Advanced EMT - PRN

LCMC Health; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health seeks an EMT Lead to provide advanced life support in prehospital settings and augment ED staff in emergency care of sick and injured. You will assess patients and guide care across ages in variable environments, supervising other emergency personnel as needed.

The role emphasizes documentation, ambulance readiness, radio procedures, and adherence to hospital policies to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as a Registered EMT and driving emergency vehicles.
• Licenses and certifications include BLS, Defensive Driving, EMT-Basic, NREMT-Intermediate.
• Must hold a valid Louisiana Driver's License Class D.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and observes the patient's mental and physical condition and uses sound judgement to initiate proper treatment and care.
• Consistently provides documentation on daily duties, patient care provided and hospital charges.
• Checks ambulance and equipment to ensure cleanliness and readiness/optimum working order.
• Operates the ambulance in accordance with departmental policies, traffic ordinances, ensuring patient and staff's safety.
• Observes proper radio procedures per department policy and practices.
• Responds to the needs of patients of all ages and patient's family's needs or requests for assistance.
• Follows departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Education

EMT-Basic (Louisiana)

NREMT-Intermediate

BLS - CPR

Defensive Driving

Driver's License - Class D

Job description

Your job is more than a job. The EMT Lead provides the advanced life support in a prehospital setting and augments various hospital emergency department staff in the emergency care of the sick and injured. Provides assessment and treatment to patients of all ages in a variety of environmentally uncontrolled settings. Supervises other emergency personnel in providing patient care.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Assesses and observes the patient's mental and physical condition and uses sound judgement to initiate the proper treatment and care of infant to geriatric patients. As appropriate, takes patient history, performs physical exams, controls bleeding, provides airway control, restores and maintains circulation, and provides care consistent with the general standard of care as directed and according to the treatment protocols.
• Consistently provides comprehensive documentation on daily duties, patient care provided and hospital charges.
• Checks ambulance and equipment to ensure cleanliness and readiness/optimum working order.
• Operates the ambulance in accordance with departmental policies, traffic ordinances, ensuring patient and staff's safety.
• Observes proper radio procedures per department policy and practices.
• Responds to the needs of patients of all ages and patient's family's needs or requests for assistance.
• Follows departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Experience Qualifications

• Required: 5 years of experience as a Registered EMT and Driving emergency vehicles.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (CPR, BLS) - American Heart Association
• Defensive Driving Certification - Defensive Driving Certification Issuer
• Driver's License - Class D - Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
• Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-Basic) - Louisiana Department of Health
• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Intermediate ("Med Tech") ("EMT") (NREMT - Intermediate) - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

Work Shift

Variable Hours (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

About East Jefferson General Hospital

East Jefferson General Hospital, a landmark of LCMC Health's incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in East Jefferson Parish for over 50 years. And we're only beginning to realize our greatest potential. Learn more about East Jefferson General Hospital and our legacy, our future, and our national recognition as a Nurse Magnet Hospital.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.