AEMT Ground Transport

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Healthcare Inc. seeks an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician to deliver critical care in diverse and non-traditional settings.

You will perform basic life support, assess conditions, stabilize patients, and transport them to care facilities, coordinating with other providers to optimize outcomes. The role emphasizes autonomous decision-making, ongoing EMS training, proper documentation, and safe operation of EMS equipment and vehicles in dynamic environments across CHEMS Idaho

Qualifications

• Successful completion of AEMT course.
• Must obtain AEMT license in state of operation within 120 days of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
• Current valid driver license in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Responds quickly and efficiently to emergency and non-emergency calls.
• Assesses patients' conditions to determine nature of injuries or illnesses.
• Provides basic life support and administers CPR and other BLS measures.
• Stabilizes patients at scene and during transport to medical facilities.
• Safely transports patients to hospitals or other medical facilities.
• Operates ambulances and other emergency vehicles safely.
• Communicates with other emergency services and with family or staff.
• Maintains and stocks medical equipment; ensures good working order.
• Documents care provided and patient condition accurately.
• Participates in ongoing training and professional development.

Skills

Patient Care

Medication Knowledge

Teamwork

Communication

Safe Patient Handling

Documentation

Regulatory Compliance

Accountability

Professional Etiquette

CHEMS

Navigating Care

Transitional Care

Vaccinations

Medication Inventories

Resource Coordination

Basic Medical Therapeutics

Education

AEMT Course

AEMT license in state of operation within 120 days

BLS for Healthcare Providers

Current valid driver license

Job description

Job Description

The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician demonstrates critical thinking capabilities in working autonomously and in collaboration with other health care providers in the delivery of care to critically ill patients in diverse and non-traditional settings.

Essential Functions

• Quickly and efficiently responds to emergency and non-emergency calls.


• Assesses patients' conditions to determine the nature and extent of their injuries or illnesses.


• Provides basic life support and administers first aid, CPR, and other basic life support measures.


• Stabilizes patients at the scene of an emergency and during transport to medical facilities.


• Safely transports patients to hospitals or other medical facilities.


• Operates Emergency Vehicles. Drives ambulances and other emergency vehicles safely and responsibly.


• Communicates and coordinates with other emergency services as well as family members or staff.


• Maintains medical equipment and ensures it is in good working order and properly stocked.


• Accurately documents care provided and the patient's condition.


• Participates in ongoing training and professional development to stay current with medical protocols and procedures.

Idaho Base: Community Health Emergency Services (CHEMS) : Provides continued or follow-up care that can prevent unnecessary readmissions, or 911 calls from those patients within the community.

Skills

• Patient Care


• Medication Knowledge


• Teamwork


• Communication


• Safe Patient Handling


• Documentation


• Regulatory Compliance


• Accountability


• Professional Etiquette


• CHEMS


• Acting as healthcare navigators for patients


• Transitional care for patients after they are discharged from a hospital stay


• Vaccinations


• Medication inventories


• Resource coordination


• Basic medical therapeutics

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful completion of AEMT Course


• Must obtain AEMT license in state of operation within 120 days of hire


• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers


• Current valid driver license in good standing

Preferred Qualifications

• Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)


• AEMT National Registry Certification


• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification (must obtain within 1 years of hire and maintain throughout employment)


• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification (must obtain within 1 years of hire and maintain throughout employment)


• Attendance License (Before start of employment)

Physical Requirements

All EMS medical crew members may be subject to certain work conditions while functioning in the full capacity of their position. These work conditions include, but are not limited to: performance of essential job responsibilities in a moving, ground ambulance, hospital as well as the potential to do so in an outdoor environment (inclement weather, extremes of temperature, accident scenes, steep terrain, back country, etc.), exposure to noise, vibration, and dehydrating environment of a ground ambulance, exposure to patients with known or unknown infectious disease in an enclosed space.

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)

May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Physical Requirements

All EMS medical crew members may be subject to certain work conditions while functioning in the full capacity of their position. These work conditions include, but are not limited to: performance of essential job responsibilities in a moving, ground ambulance, hospital as well as the potential to do so in an outdoor environment (inclement weather, extremes of temperature, accident scenes, steep terrain, back country, etc.), exposure to noise, vibration, and dehydrating environment of a ground ambulance, exposure to patients with known or unknown infectious di