Emergency Medical Technician

Emergency Medical Technician

Redfield Community Memorial Hospital and Clinic is seeking a qualified individual to join our team!

Position Highlights

Job Summary: To provide quality emergency medical service in a rapid, safe, efficient manner to all patients requesting our services. EMT's must live in Redfield or stay in town when on call.

Essential Job Functions:

• To maintain current certification and/or licensures as required for your level of training
• To be familiar with the operation of the equipment and vehicles you will be working with
• To be able to provide at the minimum, BLS service
• To maintain patient confidentiality
• To be able to work as a team with your partner and outside services; i.e. fire departments, law enforcement, disaster teams
• To be able to provide safe, efficient, quality medical care in extreme conditions
• Must live in Redfield or stay in town when on call

Marginal Job Functions:

• Accurately filling out trip reports
• Fueling and restocking after runs
• Cleaning and disinfecting the ambulance

Essential Physical Demands:

• Lifting is a requirement of this position. Must be able to lift safely at least 70 lbs. Sometimes much more
• Must be able to be awakened at all hours and respond quickly and safely

Work Environment: Ranges from safe, warm environment to any extreme condition. Personal safety is stressed at all times

Equipment Used to Perform Job: Equipment is provided in our ambulances. Must be familiar with the equipment used at your particular level of training

Mental Requirements:

• Reading, Spatial Tending
• Reading, Complex Form Precision working
• Writing, Simple Clerical Follow instructions
• Writing, Complex Compiling Influence others
• Math skills, Simple Coordinating Time requirement
• Math skills, Complex Analyzing Memorization
• Tasks, Simple Synthesizing Problem solving
• Tasks, Complex Supervising Independent judgment
• Driving Instructing Decision making

Potential Job Stressors:

• Time, close working conditions, maintaining certifications, working with patients that are ill, intoxicated, high, abusive, threatening, dying, or other conditions and these could be family members.
• Missing family functions

Education: Minimum of EMT-B Certification

Experience: Preferred