Emergency Medical Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED within two years of hire.
• Less than one year of experience.
• Ability to perform under stress in emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations.
• Ability to multitask and use critical thinking.
• Ability to drive an ambulance safely in various weather conditions.
• Demonstrated adherence to program policies and procedures regarding ambulance safety and transport communications.
• Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology and HIPAA regulations and guidelines.
• BLS - Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, upon hire.
• EMT-B - Emergency Medical Technician - Basic, State of Pennsylvania, upon hire.
• Pennsylvania driver's license upon hire.
• EMSVO - Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Operator, Emergency Health Services Federation, within one year.
• PHTLS - Prehospital Trauma Life Support, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, within one year.
• PEARS - Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization, American Heart Association, within one year.

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s degree.
• NIMS 100, 200, and 700.
• One year of experience working in advanced life support (ALS), or one year of pre-hospital experience as an Emergency Medical Technician on an EMS unit.
• EMT-B - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

Responsibilities

• Represent the ambulance service at public service functions, expositions, and other public events, and provide ambulance standby services when necessary.
• Assist paramedic partners with advanced life support services for patients requiring higher levels of care, including emergency scene management and coordination with other emergency services.
• Provide medical, traumatic, and therapeutic care to patients in psychiatric, medical, and traumatic crisis.
• Document full patient assessments and treatments in patient care charting software.
• Serve as a member of a two-person ambulance crew responding to emergency and nonemergency calls.
• Assess the nature and extent of injury or illness and establish and prioritize medical procedures.
• Follow dispatcher instructions and drive and operate specially equipped emergency vehicles to specified locations at a safe, controlled speed.
• Communicate with professional medical personnel at emergency treatment facilities to obtain treatment instructions.
• Stabilize, immobilize, lift, and move victims from accident or catastrophe scenes.
• Establish an equipment inspection schedule, verify equipment inspections and compliance, and recommend ways to reduce workplace injury risks.
• Clean and decontaminate the ambulance after transporting or treating a patient.