EMT

adventhealth; United States; On-site; USD 22,234 - 35,583; Full time

Job summary

AdventHealth in Florida is seeking a healthcare professional to maintain patient rooms, support nurses with procedures, and ensure safety and comfort. Responsibilities include rounds, oxygen therapy initiation, venipuncture, IV management, and assistive care across patient populations.

The role requires EMT certification, an EMT-A option, and BLS, with bilingual abilities preferred to assist diverse patients.

Qualifications

• EMT certification is required.
• Bilingual abilities are preferred for patient communication.

Responsibilities

• Maintains room and work area organization and cleanliness.
• Performs hourly patient rounding and ensures patients have call bells, pillows, blankets, and caregiver labels.
• Initiates oxygen therapy as directed by RN/physician and assists with procedures/exams.
• Prepares and assists with sutures, pelvic exams, lumbar punctures, and casting.
• Administers or assists with venipuncture, IV setup, and monitoring as needed.

Skills

EMT

Bilingual

Education

Technical/Vocational School (required)

Customer Service (preferred)

Job description

Job Description: Maintains room and work area organization and cleanliness, and ensures proper stocking levels per standard principles. Exemplifies AdventHealth’s core values of Keep Me Safe, Make It Easy, Love Me, and Own It through behavior. Follows CDC isolation guidelines, demonstrates appropriate use of PPE, performs hand hygiene according to policy, and enforces safety regulations. Performs hourly rounding on patients to keep them informed, ensures they have call bells, pillows, blankets as needed, and that caregiver names are on the boards. Initiates oxygen therapy as directed by registered nurse or physician. Transports unmonitored patients to inpatient departments and stable monitored patients to PCU/med‑tele, or accompanies registered nurse to transport patients to specialty units. Assists physician or registered nurse with procedures and exams, including set‑up and clean‑up for sutures, pelvic exams, lumbar punctures, and application of orthopedic splints and casting. Applies slings, sling‑n‑swathe, finger splints, and dressings. Utilizes age‑specific competencies in the care of all patient populations. Champions customer service by keeping patients informed, providing updates, apologizing for waits, demonstrating caring and compassion, advocating for pain management, and ensuring patients can get help at any time. Attaches and completes 12‑lead EKG tests before providing the strip to the physician on duty. Initiates cardiac monitoring, detects dysrhythmias, and notifies the assigned nurse or charge nurse of abnormalities. Performs venipuncture for testing and inserts peripheral IVs, hangs IV fluid without medication, and maintains prescribed IV flow rates.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• EMT (required)
• Bilingual (preferred)

Education and Experience

• Technical/Vocational School (required)
• Customer Service (preferred)
• N/A (Field of Study)

Licenses and Certifications

• Emergency Medical Technician Certificate (EMT) (required)
• Advanced‑EMT (EMT‑A) (required)
• Basic Life Support – CPR Certificate (BLS) (required)

Physical Requirements: (Please click the link below to view work requirements) Physical Requirements – https://tinyurl.com/msy4mja2

Pay Range: $16.14 – $25.83

Background Screening Requirement (Florida Law): Certain positions are subject to Florida Level 2 background screening, including fingerprinting, as required by state law. Applicants may review general information about Florida’s background screening requirements at https://info.flclearinghouse.com/.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti‑discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.