Paramedic - Nashville TN ID - 15133

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

Full job description

EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic will respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls to render appropriate medical attention to the patient and provide safe and timely transportation to the appropriate destination and back home.

Job Type: Full Time, Part Time/PRN

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shifts available *shifts vary upon location*
  • Built-in overtime of 8 hours guaranteed in every pay period for FT
  • Annual pay increases based on performance reviews
  • Pay Incentive bonuses for patients seen each day

Benefits:

  • Health, Vision and Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • 401K Plan available
  • Tuition Reimbursement Program for career training
  • Certification Renewal
  • Paid time off

Responsibilities Include but not limited to the following:

Required licenses or certifications:

  • Must hold a valid State and/or NREMT License at an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic level.
  • Current CPR card.
  • Must possess a valid Driver's License and have a safe driving record.

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
  • Ability to function in an environment with temperature changes, indoors and or outdoors.
  • Ability to learn technical material related to job duties.
  • Ability to work in a noisy environment.

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to talk constantly, both in person and on the phone.
  • Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: patient care activities, preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection of small writing and/or operation of office machines and EMS related equipment.
  • Must be able to speak English constantly.
  • Must be able to read English.
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position constantly (approximately 80% of the time)
  • Must be able to type or write constantly (approximately 15% of the time)
  • Must be able to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
  • Must be able to occasionally move about in the ambulance to access the patient, provide patient care and retrieve and use equipment.
  • Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, scanner, and computer printer.
  • Ability to operate EMS equipment such as blood pressure cuff, glucometer, EKG machine, pulse oximeter, etc.
  • Frequently communicates with patients, EMS providers, hospital and facility staff. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
  • Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
  • Must be able to bend, kneel, crouch, push, pull, reaching, lifting, squat, twist, carrying and climb stairs to access a patient and or equipment inside cramped spaces such as the back of an ambulance.
  • Must be able to routinely lift more than 200 lbs. with assistance, from ground level to move or manipulate a patient, on a backboard or load a patient and stretcher into an ambulance.
  • Must be able to grasp paperwork and or small equipment such as glucose test strips.

 

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