Emergency Medical Technician - Emt

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) provides Basic Life Support (BLS) services for both emergency and non-emergency requests for service assigned by the appropriate dispatch authority in a timely professional manner. Assuring the safe and prompt transportation of patients while ensuring that the care is performed in a timely, professional manner. This is a professional job that must remain flexible and may include working in hazardous conditions and in uncontrolled environments while wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

The position requires the use of critical thinking skills to assess, triage, communicate, treat and transport patients of all ages and populations in various settings, including emergency and non-emergency transport, standby and special events, and other settings where BLS services and/or care by the EMT may be provided.

Join a team that serves Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union Counties and make a difference where it matters most!

• Responds to calls in a timely manner.
• Assists and supports all public safety personnel and other healthcare providers when rendering patient care.
• Assesses the patient and provides pre-hospital basic life support treatment in accordance with each patient's condition.
• Observes and reports any pertinent changes in the patient's condition or behavior to other clinicians during care and at handoff.
• Attends to the needs of the patient in a timely manner, keeping the patient comfortable in all weather conditions during transport.
• Identifies needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (e.g., age, culture, language).
• Provides effective pre-hospital care by obtaining essential data from the patient, patient's family and other available sources.
• Operates motor vehicles safely and professionally, in compliance with all laws and rules governing same.
• Performs and documents a daily vehicle and equipment check and walk around of the vehicle.
• Maintains adequate fuel levels and fluid levels of vehicles.
• Maintains the vehicle interior in a clean manner and removes trash and other debris.
• Demonstrates the safe and appropriate use of all vehicle equipment.
• Operates wireless communication devices in a professional manner.
• Cooperates and assists with the Quality Assurance program.
• Provides complete verbal handoff when transferring care to a receiving healthcare provider.
• Completes a patient care report in a timely manner for each patient contact.
• Documents and reports all unusual events/incidents/occurrences.
• Responsible for routine troubleshooting, maintenance and cleaning of EMS equipment, vehicles, and station facilities.
• Maintains par levels of necessary supplies.
• Properly disposes of soiled linen and regulated medical waste.
• Provides education within the scope of an EMT.
• Maintains baseline and continuing knowledge of all applicable policies and regulations.
• Ensures copies of all required certifications are current.
• Maintains clinical competency through required training and reviews.
• Provides excellent customer service and initiates service recovery when necessary.
• Behaves in accordance with HMH Code of Conduct and Standards of Behavior.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), or GED equivalent programs.
• Introductory Incident Command System training (ICS-100) or equivalent.
• ICS-200 or similar for single resources and initial actions.
• ICS-700 or equivalent National Incident Management System training.
• IS-800.D:
  National Response Framework introduction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient…