Paramedic - Oak Ridge
Company: Amerimed
Location: Oak Ridge
Posted on: August 6, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionSalary: Join our growing team! Competitive pay
plus benefits! ParamedicSalary: Up to $73,000 + Bonus Opportunities
Annual Evaluations: With Performance-based raises Job Type: Full
Time, Part Time, PRN Number of hires or this role: Open 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 Hours Available
Schedule:
- 12-24 hour shifts available *shifts vary upon location*
- Built in overtime 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:
- Comply with all corporate policies and procedures.
- Maintaining ACLS and Paramedic certification as required by the
State and/or NREMT.
- Maintaining a current CPR card.
- Maintaining current valid Driver's License (must pass
MVR).
- Maintaining assigned ambulance in a state of constant
cleanliness and readiness to respond to non-emergency calls.
- Appropriately respond to calls when dispatched.
- Rendering appropriate medical care, within the scope of
practice of a Paramedic, under the guidance of established medical
protocols and standing order.
- Demonstrate ability to work well with people, both internally
and with external customers.
- Perform any other tasks required to get the job done. Shifts
vary, your daily schedule and responsibilities are subject to
change.
Required licenses or certifications:
- Must hold a valid State and/or NREMT License at Paramedic
level.
- Current ACLS card.
- 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 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.
Keywords: Amerimed, Knoxville , Paramedic - Oak Ridge, Healthcare , Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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