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Transport EMT-B (Part-Time) - Cal-Ore Life Flight - Brookings, OR

Job Description

Job Description Summary : Our mission of providing care to the world at a moment's notice is at the heart of everything we do. We are caregivers, first and foremost and we will be there when you need us.

With more than 38,000 employees, Global Medical Response teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services around the world. We provide end-to-end medical transportation as well as fire services, integrated healthcare solutions and disaster response.

JOB SUMMARY
Responds to emergency and non-emergency calls and delivers high quality patient care and customer service within the prescribed scope of practice, established protocols and company policies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES
* Maintains thorough familiarity with treatment protocols, response requirements and quality assurance procedures in system in which assigned.
* Maintains awareness of any and all changes in the system components and company policy.
* Maintains the level and type of certification(s) consistent with performing tasks in the system to which assigned.
* Complies with all state and company requirements for operation of motor vehicle.
* Operates a company vehicle in accordance with company policy and safe practices.
* Quickly and safely locates addresses through knowledge of number systems and street layouts.
* Ensures that unit remains in a state of readiness in terms of mechanical reliability, medical supply and equipment, cleanliness, and appearance standards.
* Reports immediately to the Lead Paramedic any discrepancies in vehicle or equipment standards that could compromise the unit's ability to complete a call.
* Completes all appropriate documentation as outlined in company policy.
* Reports all problems and unusual occurrences immediately to the Lead Paramedic or Supervisor.
* Meets and communicates with existing customers/staff members (including skilled nursing, assisted living, and hospital facilities) on a regular basis to ensure that AMR is meeting their needs and to determine if there are any additional services that AMR is able to provide for them. Reports these interactions to the operations and/or account manager on a regular basis.
* Works collaboratively with all allied health and public safety personnel at all times to ensure excellent customer service and the best possible patient care.
* Maintains a professional appearance by adhering to hygiene and uniforms standards.
* Attends all mandatory in-services.
* Maintains a cooperative working relationship with allied health and public safety personnel.
* Maintains complete and accurate documentation of patient assessment and treatment
* Maintains complete and accurate documentation of patient statistical and billing information and services rendered
* Reads road maps, drives vehicles, and accurately discerns street signs and address numbers.
* Reads medication/prescription labels and directions for usage in quick, accurate, and expedient manner.
* Communicates verbally with patients and significant others in diverse cultural and age groups to interview patient, family members, and bystanders, and ability to discern deviations/changes in eye/skin coloration due to patient's condition and to the treatment given.
* Documents in writing, all relevant information in prescribed format in light of legal ramifications of such
* Converses with dispatcher and EMS providers via phone or radio as to status of patient.
* Maintains a driving record in compliance with AMR Safety and Driving Policy
* Adherence to medical treatment protocol
* Adheres to all company policies and procedures.
* Adherence to and compliance with information systems security is everyone's responsibility. It is the responsibility of every computer user to: Know and follow Information Systems security policies and procedures. Attend Information Systems security training, when offered. Report information systems security problems.
* Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
* High School Diploma
Skills:
* Language Skills: The employee must be able to interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. The employee must be able to write routine reports and correspondence. The employee must be able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
* Reasoning Ability/Mathematical Skills: The employee must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. The employee must be able to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. The employee must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The employee must be able to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Credentials/Licenses:
* State Certified EMT Intermediate
* American Heart Association (AHA) BCLS, ACLS & PALS, valid state driver's license
* Valid State Driver's License | Job Description :

WORKING CONDITIONS AND MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. Potential exposure to communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, and airborne pathogens. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Mental Requirements: Critical thinking skills with the ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

GUIDING VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
Employee must consistently exhibit our guiding principles:
* Patient Care - We continually earn the privilege to care for our patients. It is at the forefront of everything we do.
* One Team - We respect each other and achieve together what no individual can alone.
* Innovation - We are driven to develop solutions that inspire progress.
* Vigilance - We will never waver in our commitment to safety and preparedness in the fulfillment of our duties.
* Ownership - We are accountable for what we do and take pride in how we do it.
* Citizenship - We are dedicated to being good stewards in the communities we serve.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to: Operations Supervisor / Operations Manager
Interrelationships: Operations Support

EEO Statement

Global Medical Response and its family of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Disabled