EMT I

About the role

St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley since 1936 (Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville, TX). St. Joseph has a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians, specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring Primary Care, Express Clinics and Imaging and Diagnostic Services.

Responsibilities

• Perform essential general patient care, following clinic workflows for efficient high-quality service in an outpatient setting.
• Complete comprehensive patient intake duties: obtaining vital signs, verifying allergies and medications, documenting reasons for visits.
• Collect and prepare specimens.
• Administer ordered medications and vaccines.
• Clean and sterilize instruments.
• Ensure exam room readiness.
• Complete safety checklists and escalate any non-routine issues promptly.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to patient care, efficiency, and safety; manage intake processes and support clinical operations.
• Follow protocols, maintain a clean and stocked environment, and proactively address concerns.
• Personal, crew, patient and bystander safety: perform scene size‑up; in dynamic emergency scenes look out first for your own safety then the safety of others.
• Patient assessment and delivery of care: provide patient care functions according to protocol, procedure, and written directives to your level of certification; perform a patient assessment on every patient encountered, providing appropriate treatment and transportation decisions.
• Maintain and improve skill level and knowledge base: attend/participate in at least 75% of annual departmental training and complete the annual Skills Competency Fair.
• Transport and transfer of care: verify patient identification prior to transport; contact the receiving facility prior to delivery and provide a patient care report; ensure safe delivery to/from the hospital and aircraft; transfer the patient to the appropriate facility and health care provider with a complete/accurate verbal patient care report; assure geographic knowledge of the service area (communities, towns, cities, counties) and use appropriate map/GPS reading skills.
• Record keeping and data collection: neatly and accurately complete written and electronic Patient Care Reports (ePCR); leave a copy of the transported patient’s report in every facility – ED.
• Patient advocacy: assist patients with special concerns that need to be brought to hospital personnel’s attention (e.g., geriatric patients who may require additional home care).

Requirements

• High School GED or High School Graduate.
• Driver’s License: TX, upon hire.
• Emergency Medical Technician certification: TX, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support – CPR, within 14 days of hire.

Pay

$20.00 - $20.00/hour