Emergency Medical Technician
Company: Lone Star Ambulance
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: August 8, 2022
Job Description:
SUMMARY : Provides emergency medical care, patient assessment
and care, transport services, and other services by performing the
following duties.Appropriate for an energetic, professionally
minded EMS individual.QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS : To perform this
job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily.The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
- Valid, current state Emergency Medical Technician
certification.
- Valid current Drivers License.Has no more than 2 accidents
&/or moving violations in the last 3 yrs.
- In general, no criminal record in which the individual received
a verdict of other than non guilty in a criminal
proceeding.However, specific factors, including but not necessarily
limited to how recent the criminal proceeding, the nature of the
criminal act, and other factors will be utilized by Administration
in determining relevance and overall impact on the individuals
suitability for initial or continued employment.
- Must be at least21 years of age.
- May not be concurrently employed by any other ambulance service
or any other entity which could pose a conflict.EDUCATION and/or
EXPERIENCE : High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
preferred.Emergency medical technician training and certification
required.LANGUAGE SKILLS : Ability to read and interpret documents
such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and
procedure manuals.Ability to write routine reports and
correspondence.Ability to speak effectively before groups of
customers or employees of organization.MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :Ability
to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.REASONING ABILITY : Ability
to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete
variables in situations where only limited standardization
exists.Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in
written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.CERTIFICATES, LICENSES,
REGISTRATIONS :
- Must have valid State Emergency Medical Technician
certification
- current CPR certification
- Current and valid Driver's LicenseESSENTIAL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Safe and efficient operation of ambulances and other company
equipment.
- Basic life support treatment and transportation of sick and
injured persons.
- Providing emergency medical treatment, while not exceeding the
level of skill, training and certification of the individual
employee.
- Full compliance with all applicable state, local, and federal
regulations and laws, pertaining to but not limited to protocols,
standards of care, motor vehicle operations, and patient
rights.
- Observes patient, records significant conditions and treatments
rendered.
- Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs
to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of
patient.
- Prepares inventories and stocks supplies and inspects equipment
for proper operation.
- Cleans and disinfects interior of ambulance.Cleans and details
exterior of ambulance.Cleaning and maintaining the cleanliness and
proper stocking of the ambulance, company vehicles, equipment,
office, lounge, and bathrooms.
- Must be able to safely lift, transfer and maneuver patients in
and out of ambulances, facilities, residences and other
locations.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with patients, family
members, medical personnel, and the general public in verbal and
written form.
- Must have reliable transportation and must report to work
punctually for all scheduled shifts and in proper uniform.
- Maintaining a clean and complete uniform, personal hygiene, and
professional, pleasant and polite demeanor to all persons with whom
the individual comes in contact with while on duty.
- Must be available, willing and able to work, when requested up
to and including 60 minutes prior to the scheduled shift start time
and may be dispatched an additional transport, if the employee is
still on the clock up to and including their scheduled shift end
time.Specific requirements are explained in the Procedure
Manual.
- Completing and maintaining accurate records and documentation
with regard to transport, equipment inspection, supplies usage
incidents and other forms of documentation inherent in the
operation.
- Promote the company, perform public relations when assigned,
perform standby coverage at special events, deliver medical
equipment and supplies when assigned, and other details when
assigned.
- Attending company meetings and educational sessions whenever
possible.
- Inspecting and promptly reporting damage, deficiencies, safety
issues or other problems with ambulances, company vehicles,
equipment and supplies, or any other matters relevant to the safe,
efficient and proper operation of the company.Such reports are to
be made immediately to Administration.
- Reporting immediately to Administration in writing any change
in the employees driving record status, certification status or any
other change in circumstances or status which could affect the
individuals ability to effectively and safely perform the duties of
the position or to otherwise qualify for the position held.
- Reporting immediately to Administration in writing any change
in the employees health status or physical status which could
affect the individuals ability to effectively safely perform the
duties of the position, or to otherwise qualify for the position
held.
- Reporting immediately to Administration any change in
information provided to the company on employment records or other
company records.
- In the interest of maintaining the highest level of quality
patient care, safety, and efficiency of operation, it is the
responsibility of each employee to report immediately to
Administration any violation of the personnel policies or
procedures.
- Compliance with all provisions of the Employee Policies and
Procedures Manual, as well as all other company rules, regulations,
directives, or instructions from supervisors.
- Must maintain strict confidentiality regarding all information
pertaining to company policies, pricing, contract terms, trade
secrets, competitive information, strategic information, patient
date, forms, manuals, charts, employee data, or any other sensitive
or confidential information obtained while employed by or
pertaining to the company, its employees, business information, or
patients.Due to the extremely sensitive nature of this position,
this duty of strict confidentiality extends beyond the term of
employment.
- Supervised by and reports to Operations Management (including
Shift Supervisors).
- Other duties as assigned by Administration.HOURS : Full or part
time.Various shifts.PHYSICAL DEMANDS :The physical demands
described here 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 handle, or feel objects,
tools. Or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance;
stool, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.The employee
occasionally is required to use a sense of smell.The employee must
frequently lift transfer, maneuver, load and otherwise move clients
and/or equipment weighing up to 125 pounds .Such maneuvers are
often performed in surroundings which involve numerous steps,
narrow pathways, and around obstacles, and often must be performed
in a time efficient manner while still ensuring their own safety as
well as the safety of the client, their partner, and any other
individuals or objects in the area.Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to
adjust focus.WORK ENVIRONMENT :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 of this job.While performing the
duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside
weather conditions.The employee occasionally works near moving
mechanical parts.The noise level in the work environment is usually
moderate.
Keywords: Lone Star Ambulance, San Antonio , Emergency Medical Technician, Professions , San Antonio, Texas
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