EMT - Emergency Medical Technician

Why Jan-Care Ambulance

Jan Care Ambulance is the largest ambulance provider in WV and also operates in Raleigh and Durham, NC. It is a privately owned, community-oriented company built on a long history of hard work and dedication to excellence.

The primary objective of EMS is to provide safe and compassionate ambulance and medical transportation, while preserving patients’ dignity and ensuring community safety. EMS personnel provide non-emergency convalescent transfer of patients, community event medical stand‑by and respond to emergency calls to deliver immediate care and transport to the critically sick and injured at the level of training and authority.

• Attend instructional sessions for orientation, EMS operations, compliance, emergency vehicle operations, and maintain EMS certification and other required programs.
• Provide out-of-hospital care to patients and safe ambulance transport in line with statewide protocols and medical command direction under state guidelines.
• Lift, carry, and balance a minimum of 12 lbs alone and 250 lbs with assistance, up to a height of 33 inches, for a distance of 10 feet.
• Hear, comprehend, and respond to spoken information from co‑workers, patients, physicians, dispatchers, and common emergency scene sounds.
• Verbally communicate verbally in person, via telephone, and telecommunications using the English language. Meet minimum vision requirements to operate a motor vehicle.
• Read and comprehend written materials under stressful conditions; document patient information via a state-approved EMS record system.
• Demonstrate manual dexterity and fine motor skills for providing quality patient care, including bending, stooping, crawling, and walking on uneven surfaces.
• Inspect EMS equipment to ensure adequate supplies, verify proper operation, refuel and check fluids of the assigned ambulance, and report needed maintenance.
• Respond to callback or call‑in emergency situations.
• Assist other emergency personnel as required and complete tasks assigned by company supervisors and management.
• Maintain professional appearance and decorum; perform general maintenance and cleaning in stations, training facilities, and ambulances; be a self‑starter requiring little oversight.
• Perform event stand‑by operations at sporting events, community festivals, and other large gatherings.
• Respond to hazardous material incidents at the first responder level, function in other uncommon situations, and perform emergency operations during natural disasters and catastrophic events.
• Have a basic understanding of stress response and methods to ensure personal well‑being; understand body substance isolation and patients’ rights of privacy under HIPAA.
• Interact and assist in an appropriate and professional manner with a variety of outside agencies and personnel including medical facility staff such as physicians, nurses, aides, clerical staff, protective services, social workers, morticians, medical examiners, law enforcement, fire/rescue, and communication personnel.

• General knowledge of EMS operations, operation of ambulances, and proper use of EMS equipment.
• Ability to learn through training using a wide variety of EMS methods.
• Ability to readily acquire knowledge of the road/street systems and general physical layout of assigned communities.
• Acquire necessary skills including opening and maintaining an airway, ventilating a patient, providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and utilizing certification-level appropriate medications and defibrillator devices. Provide trauma care including controlling hemorrhage, treating shock, bandaging wounds, immobilizing injured extremities, necks or spines.

EMS operations occur 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in all weather conditions. Ambulances and EMS personnel must be prepared to respond at a moment’s notice and maintain viable field operations until the situation is resolved or the crew is replaced. EMS personnel operate in an uncontrolled arena of the public and must be mentally, physically, and emotionally prepared to confront diverse patient…