EMT A - Emergency Medical Services (12 Hours)(Days)

The Paramedic will be responsible for providing Basic Life Support (BLS) patient care, Advanced Life Support (ALS) patient care, and ambulance transportation.Education: High School Diploma or GEDExperience: One year of related experience. Requires a working knowledge of standard practices and procedures.Licenses and CertificationsParamedicACLS CertificationDriver's LicenseHealthcare Provider (CPR)Qualifications:Knowledge: * Emergency clinical practices and protocol * Use of medical and related emergency equipment * Local geographyBehavioral and Technical Skills: * Act calmly and quickly in emergencies * Work independently as part of a team, sometimes alongside emergency fire and police units * Create and maintain a positive and cooperative working environment in stressful situations * Work during odd hours and for extended periods, sometimes outdoors and in adverse weather conditions * Work with much standing, bending and kneeling * Work with a partner in lifting patients whose weight occasionally exceeds 200 pounds * Avoid or minimize health risks from exposure to ill patientsTechnical Skills: * Exercising judgment, dexterity, and physical coordination * Preparing clear and concise reports * Driving emergency vehiclesGeorgia Paramedic License requiredStatement Of Employment PhilosophyBeing a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.FunctionsArea of ResponsibilitiesProvides emergency and non-emergency ambulance operation in conjunction with a partner, demonstrating excellent driving judgement and due to regard for public safety during operation and positioning of unit.Responds to all assigned calls in the most appropriate, safe, and efficient manner to quickly assess the scene and request other help if needed.Provides BLS patient care in accordance with established procedures and prescribe local protocols and clinical guidelines. Diagnoses and treats patients with appropriate techniques, resources, and equipment.May work with a Paramedic in an ALS operation, providing overall care in the areas of patient assessment, packaging and transport.Completes appropriate medical records and transportation reports.Maintains a thorough working knowledge of current EMT standards to care, including equipment and use.Maintains a thorough working knowledge of local geography, including mapping, street, and grid book systems.Maintains units and equipment in a clean, organized and ready condition after each response.Ensures proper fuel, fluid, and tire pressure levels at all times. Reports equipment damage or malfunction as prescribed.Completes all station duties and maintains crew quarters in neat and serviceable conditions.Compliance StatementEmployee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.Required Knowledge & SkillsEducation: High School Diploma or GEDExperience: No prior work experience required.Licenses and CertificationsDRIVER'S LICENSEEMT - AHEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)QualificationsKnowledge: -Emergency clinical practices, procedures, and protocolTechnical Skills: -Diagnosing and treating patients -Exercising judgement, dexterity, and physical coordination -Preparing clear and concise reports -Driving emergency vehiclesBehavioral and Physical Skills: -Act calmly and quickly in emergency situations -Work independently as part of a team, sometimes alongside emergency fire and police units -Create and maintain a positive and cooperative working environment in stressful situations -Work during odd hours and for extended periods of time, sometimes outdoors and in adverse weather conditions -Work with much standing, bending, and kneeling -Work with a partner in lifting patients whose weight occasionally exceeds 200 pounds -Avoid or minimize health risks from exposure to ill patients.Georgia EMT-A license required.DefinitionsThe EMT will be responsible for providing Basic Life Support (BLS) patient care and ambulance transportation.Position ResponsibilitiesContact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.Effect of Error: Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.People Management ResponsibilitiesSupervisory Responsibility: Regularly uses assistance of aide or helper or leads the work of one to four co-employees; checks performance of work assigned as to accuracy and time, doing same work, it's more difficult aspects, or other related workWork Environment/Physical EffortMental Demands: A wide variety of complex, changing problems, most of which cannot be anticipated, and there is little existing precedent. Requires careful analysis for the effect of solution on other activities and overall coordination in the organization. Accuracy is essential and not subject to further check. Work involves high degree of resourcefulness, independent judgment, initiative, and long-range planning to achieve major functional objectives.Working Conditions: Extreme - Constantly involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.Working Conditions Aspects for ImmunizationsPerforms tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): YesDirectly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: YesPhysical Effort: Considerable physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles medium weight equipment, materials, or supplies most of day. Occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.). Works in reaching or strained positions frequently.Physical AspectsBending: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeTyping: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeManual Dexteritypicking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeFeeling (Touch)determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeHearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.Reachingabove shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeReachingbelow shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeVisual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.Color Vision: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeSpeaking: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeBalancing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeWalking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeCrawling: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeRunning - in response to an emergency: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeLifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeLifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeLifting over 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeHandlingseizing, holding, grasping: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeCarrying: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeClimbing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeKneeling: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeSquatting: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeTasting: Not requiredSmelling: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeDrivingUtility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the timeDrivingClass C vehicles: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeDrivingCDL class vehicles: Not requiredN95 Respirator usage (PPE): Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timeHazmat suit usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the timePushing/Pullingup to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timePushing/Pulling25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the timePushing/Pullingover 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time