EMT - Emergency Medical Technician

Why Jan-Care Ambulance? Jan Care Ambulance is the largest ambulance provider in West Virginia and also operates in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina. We are a privately owned, community-oriented company with a long history of success built on hard work and a dedication to excellence.

Emergency Medical Technician – EMT

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, community event medical stand‑by, and respond to emergency calls, delivering immediate care and transport to the critically sick and injured in accordance with state protocols and medical command direction.

• Attend instruction sessions for orientation, EMS operations, compliance, emergency vehicle operations, and maintain certification and required programs.
• Provide out‑of‑hospital care to patients and safe ambulance transport in accordance with statewide protocols and medical command direction under WV EMS Rules and Regulations.
• Lift, carry, and balance a minimum of 12 lbs alone and 250 lbs with assistance at a height of 33 inches for a distance of 10 feet (WV OEMS).
• Listen, comprehend, and respond to spoken information from co‑workers, patients, physicians, dispatchers, and common emergency scene sounds (WV OEMS).
• Communicate verbally in person, via telephone, and telecommunications using the English language. Meet minimum vision requirements to operate a motor vehicle with the State of WV (WVOEMS).
• Read and comprehend written materials under stressful conditions and document patient information via written or electronic means using an approved WV OEMS record system.
• Demonstrate manual dexterity and fine motor skills, including all movements required for quality patient care; bend, stoop, crawl, and walk on uneven surfaces.
• Inspect EMS equipment to ensure adequate supplies, verify proper operation, refuel, and conduct fluid checks of 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 work in stations, training facilities, and ambulances; be a self‑starter requiring little oversight and adaptable to change, functioning in a team‑based management structure.
• Perform event stand‑by operations including sporting events, community festivals, and other events with significant numbers of people.
• 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, body substance isolation, and patients' rights of privacy under HIPAA.
• Interact professionally with outside agencies and personnel, including medical facility staff such as physicians, nurses, aides, clerical staff, adult and child protective services, social workers, morticians, medical examiners, law enforcement, fire/rescue, and communication personnel.

• General knowledge of EMS operations, ambulance operation, 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.
• Obtain necessary skills including opening and maintaining an airway, ventilating a patient, administering CPR, and utilizing certification level appropriate medications and defibrillator devices. Provide trauma care including assisting in controlling hemorrhage, treating shock, bandaging wounds, and immobilizing injured extremities and 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…