EMT-P

The EMT Paramedic, working as a member of a team, responds, treats, and reacts quickly and calmly to emergency and non-emergency situations in order to provide efficient and immediate, advanced and basic life support, care to the ill and injured. Ensures during each shift that the assigned unit is properly equipped, stocked, and prepared to respond to a single or multiple patient incidents.

The EMT-P is responsible for schedules and coverage in the event that other personal is not available to cover a shift. Shift work requires a mixture of day, night, twenty-four hour and on call coverage to ensure adequate coverage for the service.

The following qualifications are the minimum requirements necessary to adequately perform this job. However, an equivalent combination of experience, education and training which provides the necessary knowledge skills and abilities would be acceptable, subject to any legal and/or regulatory requirements.

• Required:
  
  Current North Carolina EMT-Paramedic;
  Current BLS, ACLS, PALS certification;
• Hazardous Materials Awareness Level; BTLS/PHTLS obtained within three (3) months and maintained thereafter
• Preferred:
  National Registry as EMT-Paramedic
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of two years experience as a paramedic. Attend, at minimum, 24 hours of continuing education annually