Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

About the role

EMTs respond to calls for emergency medical services and provide patient care as directed.

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.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; two years of college preferred; graduate of a Program in Discipline required.
• EMT-B license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Skills

• Critical thinking skills.
• Decisive judgment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Work in a stressful environment.
• Take appropriate action.

Benefits

Lifepoint Health offers a diverse healthcare delivery network spanning 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. Lifepoint Health is committed to making communities healthier and believes in creating places where employees want to work, with opportunities for meaningful and satisfying careers.

Pay

FLSA: Non-exempt

Schedule

N/A

Qualifications

N/A

Skills

• Critical thinking skills.
• Decisive judgment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Work in a stressful environment.
• Take appropriate action.