EMT-B DRIVER at Johns Hopkins PICU

Job Title: EMT (EVO)- Must be able to work weekends!

Location: Johns Hopkins Hospital Transport Team-PICU

Sign on Bonus- EMT’s and Paramedic $2,000 (FT or PT) will be paid out in increments $500 for every 500 hours worked. This equates to a $500 quarterly payment if working full time hours.

Referral Bonus- EMT’s and Paramedic $2,000 (FT or PT) will be paid out in increments $500 for every 500 hours worked by your referral. This equates to a quarterly payment of $500 if referral is working full time hours.

SUMMARY: Provides basic life support emergency medical care, patient assessment and care, transport services, and other services by performing the following duties. In addition, performs all of the duties of and must meet the qualifications of an EMT.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred, and EMT certification as indicated above.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

1. Must maintain valid, current Maryland Emergency Medical Technician

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following

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 handle, or feel objects, tools. Or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stool, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee occasionally is required to use a sense of smell.

The employee must frequently lift transfer, maneuver, load and otherwise move clients and/or equipment weighing up to 250 pounds. Such maneuvers are often performed in surroundings which involve numerous steps, narrow pathways, and around obstacles, and often must be performed in a time efficient manner while still ensuring their own safety as well as the safety of the client, their partner, and any other individuals or objects in the area. 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 of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• Must meet the qualifications of a Maryland EMT.
• A background check in compliance with state regulations for EMT certification.
• Must maintain BCLS certification.
• Provide life support treatment of patients.
• Safe and efficient operation of ambulances and other company vehicles and equipment.
• Basic life support treatment and transportation of sick and injured persons.
• Providing emergency medical treatment, while not exceeding the level of skill, training and certification of the individual employee.
• Full compliance with all applicable state, local, and federal regulations and laws, pertaining to but not limited to protocols, standards of care, motor vehicle operations, and patient rights.
• Observes patient, records significant conditions and treatments rendered.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of patient.
• Prepares inventories and stocks supplies and inspects equipment for proper operation.
• Cleans and disinfects interior of ambulance. Cleans and details exterior of ambulance. Cleaning and maintaining the cleanliness and proper stocking of the ambulance, company vehicles, equi…