Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at Lifepoint Health

Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Apr, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Critical thinking, Decisive judgment, Patient stabilization, Emergency medical care, Patient monitoring, Resuscitation, Ambulance operation, Medical documentation

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

05120 EMT Responds to calls for emergency medical services and provides patient care as directed and/or determined necessary. Reports to: Director of Emergency FLSA: Non-exempt Education: High School Diploma or equivalent Required; Two years of college Preferred; Graduate of a Program in Discipline Required License: EMT-B Required Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) Required Skills Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. Essential Functions Safely navigates ambulance to patient's location. Provides stabilization of scene and requests additional assistance as necessary. Determines nature and extent of illness or injury and patient's history from available sources. Administers emergency medical care within scope of practice, including patient stabilization, monitoring, and resuscitation, from the scene to receiving medical facility. Contacts medical personnel, reports/records observations, and follows directives from supervising Physician or Registered Nurse. Maintains equipment, restocks supplies and cleans ambulance as necessary. Non-Essential Functions Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country. We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Responsibilities

Responds to emergency medical calls and provides patient care, stabilization, and monitoring from the scene to the medical facility. Maintains ambulance equipment and restocks supplies while reporting observations to medical personnel.