Emergency Medical Technician - Advanced

Harris Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Health in Houston, TX is hiring an EMS Emergency Medical Technician to join the patient transport team. The EMT coordinates immediate transport responses and ensures safe on-ground transfers between facilities under EMS medical director guidelines.

The role involves assessing, stabilizing and monitoring patients during transport, supporting team huddles, and contributing to quality and performance improvement initiatives alongside ongoing staff education and training.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• BLS certification required.
• Texas EMT license required.
• Two years related field experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work flexible schedule and extreme weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients between facilities and coordinate responses.
• Assess, stabilize, and monitor patients during transport.
• Contribute to quality and performance improvement initiatives.

Skills

Basic Life Support

EMT License Texas

Driver's License

Two years experience

Public speaking

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

About Us

Harris Health is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health's robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Job Summary

EMS Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) serves as a patient care transport team member and coordinates the execution of an immediate transport response encompassing detection, activation, assessment, stabilization, disposition and evaluation of all patients who ultimately require a safe on-ground transfer from one health care facility to another. During transport, the EMT functions to assess, monitor, intervene, and stabilize Harris Health System patients during transport under the direction of the Harris Health System Emergency Medical System (EMS) medical director's guidelines. The EMT facilitates team huddles, debriefings and evaluation of patient transports as well as contributes to quality and performance improvement initiatives in conjunction with ongoing education and training to staff. The EMT serves as a clinical expert and consultant to support the healthcare system in providing patient-centered, culturally competent, outcome-focused, patient transports while aligning practice with state and national EMS accreditation standards, and organizational policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

School Education: High School Diploma

Licenses & Certifications

• Basic Life Support from a hospital- based American Heart Association (AHA) approved program.
• Emergency Med Tech in the State of Texas
• Texas Drivers License
• Work Experience: Two (2) Years Work Experience in related field
• Communication Skills: Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact)
• Exceptional Verbal (e.g., Public Speaking)
• Writing/Correspondence
• Writing/Reports
• Proficiencies: P.C.
• Job Attributes
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Analytical, Medical Terms
• Work Schedule: Flexible
• Oher Requirements: Able to work according to specific, subject to extreme weather conditions.
• Equipment Operated: Vehicle, Computer, Standard Patient Care Equipment