Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - PRN

Lifepoint Health®; Ottumwa (IA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifepoint Health serves Ottumwa, IA, and is seeking an EMT-B to respond to emergency calls and provide patient care as directed. The EMT will stabilize patients, monitor vital signs, and coordinate care from the scene to the receiving hospital.

Requirements include an EMT-B license and BLS certification, with a high school diploma or equivalent required and some college coursework preferred. This role involves working in a fast-paced environment and requires strong critical thinking and decisive

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Critical thinking

Decisive judgment

Minimal supervision

Stress management

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Two years of college preferred

Graduate of a Program in Discipline Required

Job 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.