Ada - Emergency Medical Technician - Full time

MHM Support Services; United States; On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Health System seeks Emergency Medical Technicians to provide direct patient care, including assessment and basic life support, following Mercy standards and the Employee Code of Conduct. EMT-I duties may include clerical, dispatch, and maintenance tasks as needed.

Required: EMT licensure for the state, valid driver’s license, Hazmat Awareness, BLS, and NIMS 100/200/700/800 within 90 days of hire; applicants must be at least 19 years old. Shifts may vary.

Qualifications

• EMT license for the state where employed, valid driver’s license
• Hazmat Awareness certification
• BLS for Healthcare Providers certification
• NIMS 100, 200, 700 and 800 within 90 days of hire
• Applicants must be at least 19 years old

Responsibilities

• Perform direct patient care including assessment, evaluation, and basic life support
• EMT-I may also perform clerical, dispatch, and maintenance duties as required
• Work in accordance with Mercy Health System goals, philosophy, Standard of Care, and Employee Code of Conduct

Job description

Find your calling at Mercy! Overview Performs direct patient care including assessment, evaluation, and basic life support according to the goals of Mercy Health System, the philosophy of the Sisters of Mercy, Standard of Care, and Employee Code of Conduct. EMT-I's may also perform clerical, dispatch, and maintenance duties as required. Performs related duties as assigned.

Position Details: Qualifications

• Education: None.
• Licensure: EMT license for the state where employed, valid drivers license.
• Experience: Applicants must be at least 19 years of age to operate Mercy EMS vehicles.
• Certifications/Registration: Hazmat Awareness, BLS for Healthcare Providers, NIMS 100, 200, 700 and 800 within 90 days of hire.
• Other: May be required to work differing shifts and schedules.

Working Conditions, Mental and Physical Requirements:

• Unimpaired mobility: Must be able to respond quickly to ambulance, must be able to access patients in difficult terrain, must be able to climb stairs, must be able to work in close and dangerous environments such as damaged vehicles, must be able with partner to carry equipment and patients.
• Must be able to perform strenuous physical requirements such as CPR, lifting and moving of equipment and patients in a variety of environmental conditions.
• Must be able to perform required medical skills and techniques.
• Must have correctable vision acceptable for day and night operation of emergency vehicles, must have color acuity adequate for determining of skin and blood color, and must be able to read medication dosages on drug labels and syringes.
• Must be able to hear and understand information provided by patients, family or bystanders; must be able to hear breathing sounds and accurately determine auscultated blood pressure; must be able to differentiate separate conversations in active, distracting environments; must be able to hear and understand radio traffic when responding with lights and sirens.
• Must be able to speak and enunciate clearly and at a level audible to others in loud conditions, must be able to speak clearly in stressful situations, must be able to verbally communicate with patients, families and other emergency services personnel.
• Incumbents will be required successfully satisfy the physical demands of the role. This will include a pre-hire and annual fitness for duty test.

Equipment Used:

• Mobile and portable communications equipment
• Monitor/Defibrillator/Pacer
• approved stretcher
• stair chair
• backboard
• scoop type device
• variety of bags and kits
• assigned ambulance
• computer
• FAX
• printer
• other office related equipment

Why Mercy?

• From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.

Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters.

At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion.

As we grow, you'll grow with us.

Transforming the Health of Our Communities

Our Mercy health system was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. But our heritage goes back more than 195 years. It began with an Irish woman named Catherine McAuley, who was determined to help women and children in Dublin experiencing poverty. Though Catherine had a modest upbringing, she received an unexpected inheritance that allowed her to fulfill that dream. In 1827, she opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, intending to teach skills to women and educate children. Many volunteers came to help. A few years later, Catherine founded the Sisters of Mercy, one of the first religious orders whose Sisters were free to walk among the poor and visit them in their homes. In 1843, the Sisters of Mercy came to the United States. In 1856, they traveled to St. Louis. In the years to come, they would establish hospitals throughout the Midwest. Many of these would join together in 1986 as Mercy.