EMT or Paramedic - Summerville SC
On-siteSummerville, South Carolina, United States
Summerville, South Carolina, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeLicense Or Certification
Full TimeLicense Or Certification
Job Summary
Respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls to render medical attention and transport patients safely. Provide appropriate care within your scope of practice under established protocols while maintaining ambulance readiness and compliance with corporate policies. Keep certifications current, including EMT-B, I, AEMT, or Paramedic licensure, CPR, and a valid driver's license. Work 12-hour shifts with guaranteed overtime, communicating constantly with patients, providers, and facilities. Perform physical tasks such as lifting patients and operating EMS equipment in high-paced environments.
Required Qualifications
- EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic certification
- Maintaining EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic certification as required by the State and/or NREMT
- Current CPR card
- Current valid Driver's License
- Safe driving record (pass MVR)
- Must hold a valid State and/or NREMT License at an EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic level
- 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
- Must be able to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, scanner, and computer printer
- Must be able to operate EMS equipment such as blood pressure cuff, glucometer, EKG machine, pulse oximeter, etc.
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- 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 an environment with temperature changes, indoors and or outdoors
- Ability to learn technical material related to job duties
- Ability to work in a noisy environment
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