Emergency Medical Responder

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Respond to all calls for service dispatched from the Central EMS communications center as directed.
• Maintains valid driver’s license, complying with all state and local laws, while safely escorting EMT and Patients according to SOP and protocols as approved by the medical director.
• Ensures ambulance and all equipment is cleaned and checked daily. Any deficiencies should be reported immediately to the shift supervisor.
• Prepares and completes appropriate reports including exposure reports, incident reports, daily, weekly, and monthly unit check offs.
• Ensures unit and crew members adhere to Central EMS policies, procedures, guidelines, directives, and standards. Reports any deficiencies to the shift supervisor.
• Ensures vehicle complies with required laws, rules license, and regulations as outlined by the State of Georgia and other authorized agencies.
• Prompt and regular attendance at work and mandatory meetings.
• Maintain a state of readiness and professionalism while on-duty.
• Maintain a professional appearance and conduct while in company uniform either on or off duty.
• Self-motivated and requires little supervision and direction.
• Performs other such duties as may be required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of specific job related standard operating procedures and Protocols, approved by medical director.
• Ability to read and interpret local maps, follow orders provided by dispatch and request additional information wherever required.
• Demonstrated ability to represent Central EMS and other team members as an EMS professional.
• Demonstrated skills in the successful completion of multiple, simultaneous, and rapidly emergent tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to read and understand medical terminology, preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate information both written and verbal to respond to questions regarding patient care, Central EMS operations and other customer service issues.

Working Environment

• Due to the nature of EMS Care working conditions, employees may be exposed to inclement weather, potentially hazardous conditions, psychological stressors, diseases, and other illnesses.
• Frequent interruptions, work pressure, difficult personalities and irregularities in work schedule are expected.
• Employee is subject to continually changing deadlines, while performing the duties of this job.
• The employee will be occasionally required to attend meetings, some of which may take place outside of regular working hours.
• The employee will occasionally go for periods of time without sleep, food, or breaks as determined by call load.

Qualifications

• State of Georgia EMT-R Certification
• Must be 18 years or older
• High School Diploma or GED (minimum requirement)
• Basic Life Support Certification (provided during training)
• Completion of documented training, including 5-day orientation (mandatory completion)
• Background, MVR & Drug screen required (provided upon offer)
• Current State of Georgia Driver’s License

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to use hands and arms to grasp, handle, reach, push, pull. Some manual dexterity required.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, climb, or balance. Occasionally will sit/ drive for periods of 2 hours or more.
• Ability to remain alert to verbal and nonverbal communications while driving or assisting medical professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to lift and/or move up to 180 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 300 pounds or more with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.