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Monroe Ambulance Critical Care Technician in Malone, New York
Critical Care Technician
Malone, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=347+Elm+St.+Malone+NY+USA+12953)
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Join our Team!Monroe Ambulance offers a family-friendly environment where we support our local community. At Monroe you’ll find all departments work together as a team to live out our core values: quality, compassion, and integrity.
About the Opportunity
Starting rate of pay : $21.00 - 24.00 per hour varies based on experience.
Overnight schedule provides a $3.00 stipend on top of the pay rates listed above.
Must have NYS Critical Care Technician/Advanced EMT certification.
Comprehensive benefit package
Available Overtime
Critical Care Technician responds to emergent and non-emergent calls for service providing compassionate and appropriate care, efficiently and safely. Providers will routinely transport patients to appropriate destinations for continued care. Outlined below are key categories with responsibilities EMT-Bs are accountable for to fulfill the company purpose.
The Critical Care Technician must demonstrate competency in all EMT-B skills and equipment usage. Must be able to provide Advanced Life Support using the AEMT skills and equipment. Must be able to administer appropriate medications.
Responds to calls when dispatched. Reads maps, may drive ambulance to emergency site using most expeditious route permitted by weather and road conditions. Observes all traffic ordinances and regulations.
Uses appropriate body substance isolation procedures. Assesses the safety of the scene, gains access to the patient, assesses extent of injury or illness.
Communicates with dispatcher requesting additional assistance or services as necessary.
Determines nature of illness or injury. Visually inspects for medical identification emblems to aid in care (medical bracelet, charm, etc.)
Uses prescribed techniques and equipment to provide patient care.
Provides additional emergency care following established protocols. Assesses and monitors vital signs and general appearance of patient for change.
Makes determination regarding patient status and priority for emergency care using established criteria. Reassures patient, family members and bystanders.
Assists with lifting, carrying and properly loading patient into the ambulance. Avoids mishandling patient and undue haste.
Determines appropriate medical facility to which patient will be transported.
Transports patient to medical facility providing ongoing medical care as necessary enroute.
Reports nature of injury or illness to receiving facility.
Asks for medical direction from medical control physician and carries out medical control orders as appropriate.
Assists in moving patient from ambulance into medical facility.
Reports verbally and in writing observations of the patient's emergency and care provided (including written report(s) and care provided by Certified First Responders prior to EMT-B/AEMT arrival on scene) to emergency department staff and assists staff as required.
Complies with regulations in handling deceased, notifies authorities and arranges for protection of property and evidence at scene.
Replaces supplies, properly disposes of medical waste.
Properly cleans contaminated equipment according to established guidelines.
Checks all equipment for future readiness.
Maintains ambulance in operable condition.
Ensures cleanliness and organization of ambulance, its equipment and supplies. Determines vehicle readiness by checking operator maintainable fluid, fuel and air pressure levels. Maintains familiarity with all specialized equipment.
*Additional Salary Detail:The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, years of experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.
Requirements
Valid NYS EMT-CC certification
Valid CPR Certification at the Healthcare Provider level along with ACLS
Valid NYS Driver's License
Communicate effectively in a professional manner.
Lift, carry and balance up to 125 pounds (250 pounds with assistance)
Interpret oral, written and diagnostic from instructions
Use good judgment and remain calm in high stress situations
Be unaffected by loud noises and flashing lights
Function efficiently without interruption throughout an entire work shift
Read English language and manuals.
Navigate major arterial roadways and understand the location of major medical facilities.
Accurately discern street signs and addresses.
Interview patients, patient family members, and bystanders
Document, in writing, all relevant information in prescribed format considering legal ramifications of such
Converse, in English, with coworkers and hospital staff regarding the status of the patient
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move 125 lbs. without assistance and 250 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Potential exposure to communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, and airborne pathogens.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Monroe Ambulance is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law. Monroe Ambulance is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Monroe Ambulance prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants in all aspects of employment including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, training, leaves of absence, benefits, termination, employer-sponsored activities, social and recreational programs, and recognition. Monroe Ambulance prohibits discrimination against all legally protected classes including age, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, gender expression, gender identity, genetic predisposition, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, pregnancy-related condition, prior arrest/conviction record, race, religion, reproduction health choices, sex, sexual orientation, or other non-merit-based factors.