EMT

Centralems; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Centralems in Fayetteville, AR is seeking an EMT to respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls, provide medical services, and assist paramedics on calls. You will drive an emergency vehicle, restock equipment, manage scenes, and perform related duties while maintaining safety and professionalism.

Requires CPR for health care providers, EMT-B license, and a high school diploma with on-the-job training. The position is full-time and on-site at our EMS facility in Fayetteville.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with on-the-job training in a specific skill area; 0–6 months related experience or training.
• CPR for health care providers required.
• State EMT Basic license and National Registration for EMT Level license.

Responsibilities

• Drive emergency vehicle daily.
• Assist in patient care.
• Restock medical equipment daily.
• Clean and prepare equipment and emergency vehicle.
• Clean facilities daily.
• Assist with emergency scene management.

Skills

Communication skills

Mathematical skills

Analytical ability

Critical thinking

Decision making

Ability to follow procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

On-the-job training / specialized schooling

Tools

10-Key

Job description

EMT# EMTFayetteville, AR 72701## OverviewPosition TypeFull TimeCategoryHealth Care## Description**GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION**The primary purpose of this position is to respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls,provide medical services to the community, and non-emergency transport for inter-facility transfers. In addition to responding to calls, the position is also required to provide assistance to the paramedicpartner on these calls.**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**1. Drive emergency vehicle. This duty is performed daily, about 50% of the time.2. Assist in patient care. This duty is performed daily, about 30% of the time.3. Restock medical equipment. This duty is performed daily, about 20% of the time.4. Clean and prepare medical equipment. This duty is performed daily, about 10% of the time.5. Clean and prepare emergency vehicle. This duty is performed daily, about 10% of the time.6. Clean facilities. This duty is performed daily, about 20% of the time.7. Emergency scene management. This duty is performed daily, about 20% of the time.8. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.## Qualifications**QUALIFICATIONS**To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentionedsatisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilityrequired.**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**High school, plus specialized schooling and/or on the job education in a specific skill area; e.g. dataprocessing, clerical/administrative, equipment operation, etc, plus 0 to 6 months related experience ortraining. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.**RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT**Funds, Property & Equipment Responsibility:**SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES**None.**COMMUNICATION SKILLS**$ 25,000Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization.**MATHEMATICAL SKILLS**Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions,percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.**CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS**Ability to utilize common sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral or diagrammedinstructions. Ability to deal with problems involving several known variables in situations of a routinenature.**SUPERVISION RECEIVED**Under immediate supervision, performs general assignments of work, with periodic check ofperformance by supervisor.**PLANNING**Limited responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/orsequence of performance of own work operations.**DECISION MAKING**Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance; the latter of which would affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.**MENTAL DEMAND**Close mental demand. Operations requiring close and continuous attention for control of operations.Operations requiring intermittent direct thinking to determine or select the most applicable way ofhandling situations regarding the organization's administration and operations; also to determine or select material and equipment where highly variable sequences are involved.**ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING**Moderately structured. Fairly broad activities using moderately structured procedures with onlygenerally guided supervision. Interpolation of learned things in somewhat varied situations.**USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS**Occasional use of highly complex machines and equipment; specialized or advanced software programs.**ACCURACY**Probable errors of internal and external scope would have a moderate effect on the operational efficiencyof the organizational component concerned. Errors might possibly go undetected for a considerableperiod of time, thereby creating an inaccurate picture of an existing situation. Could cause further errors,losses, or embarrassment to the organization. The possibility for error is always present due torequirements of the job.**PUBLIC CONTACT**Regular contacts with patrons where the contacts are initiated by the employee. Involves both furnishingand obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted.Contacts of considerable importance and of such nature, that failure to exercise proper judgment mayresult in important tangible or intangible losses to the organization.**EMPLOYEE CONTACT**Contacts of considerable importance within the department or office, such as those required incoordination of effort, or frequent contacts with other departments or offices, generally in the normal courseof performing duties. Requires tact in discussing problems and presenting data and makingrecommendations, but responsibility for action and decision reverts to others.**REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS**CPR for health care providers, certificationsState Level Emergency Medical Technician Basic licenseNational Registration for Emergency Medical Technician Level, license**PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS**Not indicated.**SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED**Basic: 10-Key**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**Not indicated.**PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES**The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations maybe made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear;regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and frequently required to stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; occasionally required to taste orsmell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds; frequently lift and/ormove up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; and depth perception.**ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS**The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employeeencounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be madeto enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions; occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places,fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, extremeheat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.