Amerimed EMS
Join our growing team! Competitive pay plus benefits!
EMT-B or Paramedic Full Time Position
Annual Evaluations: With Performance-based raises
Job Type: Full Time
EMT-B or Paramedic will respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls to render appropriate medical attention to the patient and provide safe and timely transportation to the appropriate destination and back home.
Schedule:
- 12 shifts available *shifts vary upon location*
- Built-in overtime
Benefits:
- Health, Vision and Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401K Plan available
- Tuition Reimbursement Program for career training
- Certification Renewal
- Paid time off
Responsibilities Include but not limited to the following:
- Comply with all corporate policies and procedures.
- Maintaining EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic certification as required by the State and/or NREMT.
- Maintaining a current CPR card.
- Maintaining current valid Driver’s License (must pass MVR).
- Maintaining assigned ambulance in a state of constant cleanliness and readiness to respond to non-emergency calls.
- Appropriately respond to calls when dispatched.
- Rendering appropriate medical care, within the scope of practice of an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic, under the guidance of established medical protocols and standing order.
- Demonstrate ability to work well with people, both internally and with external customers.
- Perform any other tasks required to get the job done. Shifts vary, your daily schedule and responsibilities are subject to change.
Required licenses or certifications:
- Must hold a valid State and/or NREMT License at an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic level.
- Current CPR card.
- Must possess a valid Driver's License and have a safe driving record.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
- Ability to function in environment with temperature changes, indoors and or outdoors.
- Ability to learn technical material related to job duties.
- Ability to work in a noisy environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to talk constantly, both in person and on the phone.
- Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: patient care activities, preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection of small writing and/or operation of office machines and EMS related equipment.
- Must be able to speak English constantly.
- Must be able to read English.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position constantly (approximately 80% of the time)
- Must be able to type or write constantly (approximately 15% of the time)
- Must be able to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
- Must be able to occasionally move about in the ambulance to access the patient, provide patient care and retrieve and use equipment.
- Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, scanner, and computer printer.
- Ability to operate EMS equipment such as blood pressure cuff, glucometer, EKG machine, pulse oximeter, etc.
- Frequently communicates with patients, EMS providers, hospital and facility staff. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
- Must be able to bend, kneel, crouch, push, pull, reaching, lifting, squat, twist, carrying and climb stairs to access a patient and or equipment inside cramped spaces such as the back of an ambulance.
- Must be able to routinely lift more than 200 lbs. with assistance, from ground level to move or manipulate a patient, on a backboard or load a patient and stretcher into an ambulance.
- Must be able to grasp paperwork and or small equipment such as glucose test strips.