The EMT will be responsible for providing Basic Life Support (BLS) patient care and ambulance transportation.

Education:

High School Diploma or GED

Licenses and Certifications:

Driver's License

EMT

• A
  Healthcare Provider (CPR)
  

Qualifications:

Knowledge:

• Emergency clinical practices, procedures, and protocol
  

Technical Skills:

• Diagnosing and treating patients
• Exercising judgement, dexterity, and physical coordination
• Preparing clear and concise reports
• Driving emergency vehicles
  

Behavioral and Physical Skills:

• Act calmly and quickly in emergency situations
• Work independently as part of a team, sometimes alongside emergency fire and police units
• Create and maintain a positive and cooperative working environment in stressful situations
• Work during odd hours and for extended periods of time, sometimes outdoors and in adverse weather conditions
• Work with much standing, bending, and kneeling
• Work with a partner in lifting patients whose weight occasionally exceeds 200 pounds
• Avoid or minimize health risks from exposure to ill patients.

Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain an acceptable motor vehicle record. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a motor vehicle record (MVR) check and meeting insurability requirements. A minimum of two (2) years of driving experience is required.

Georgia EMT-A license required

Statement Of Employment Philosophy

Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine. Functions

Area of Responsibilities

Provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance operation in conjunction with a partner, demonstrating excellent driving judgement and due to regard for public safety during operation and positioning of unit.

Responds to all assigned calls in the most appropriate, safe, and efficient manner to quickly assess the scene and request other help if needed.

Provides BLS patient care in accordance with established procedures and prescribe local protocols and clinical guidelines. Diagnoses and treats patients with appropriate techniques, resources, and equipment.

May work with a Paramedic in an ALS operation, providing overall care in the areas of patient assessment, packaging and transport.

Completes appropriate medical records and transportation reports.

Maintains a thorough working knowledge of current EMT standards to care, including equipment and use.

Maintains a thorough working knowledge of local geography, including mapping, street, and grid book systems.

Maintains units and equipment in a clean, organized and ready condition after each response.

Ensures proper fuel, fluid, and tire pressure levels at all times. Reports equipment damage or malfunction as prescribed.

Completes all station duties and maintains crew quarters in neat and serviceable conditions.

Compliance Statement

Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline. Required Knowledge & Skills

Education:

High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

No prior work experience required. Licenses and Certifications

DRIVER'S LICENSE

EMT

• A
  HEALTHCARE

PROVIDER

(CPR) Qualifications

Knowledge:

• Emergency clinical practices, procedures, and protocol
  

Technical Skills:

• Diagnosing and treating patients
• Exercising judgement, dexterity, and physical coordination
• Preparing clear and concise reports
• Driving emergency vehicles
  

Behavioral and Physical Skills:

• Act calmly and quickly in emergency situations
• Work independently as part of a team, sometimes alongside emergency fire and police units
• Create and maintain a positive and cooperative working environment in stressful situations
• Work during odd hours and for extended periods of time, sometimes outdoors and in adverse weather conditions
• Work with much standing, bending, and kneeling
• Work with a partner in lifting patients whose weight occasionally exceeds 200 pounds
• Avoid or minimize health risks from exposure to ill patients.

Georgia EMT-A license required.

Definitions

The EMT will be responsible for providing Basic Life Support (BLS) patient care and ambulance transportation.

Position Responsibilities

Contact with

Others:

Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.

Effect of Error:

Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.

People Management Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibility:

Regularly uses assistance of aide or helper or leads the work of one to four co-employees; checks performance of work assigned as to accuracy and time, doing same work, it's more difficult aspects, or other related work Work Environment/Physical Effort

Mental Demands:

A wide variety of complex, changing problems, most of which cannot be anticipated, and there is little existing precedent. Requires careful analysis for the effect of solution on other activities and overall coordination in the organization. Accuracy is essential and not subject to further check. Work involves high degree of resourcefulness, independent judgment, initiative, and long-range planning to achieve major functional objectives.

Working Conditions:

Extreme

• Constantly involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.

Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations

Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes

Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: Yes

Physical Effort:

Considerable physical effort

• Lifts, carries, or handles medium weight equipment, materials, or supplies most of day.

Occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.). Works in reaching or strained positions frequently.

Physical Aspects

Bending:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Typing:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  Manual Dexterity
• picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Feeling (Touch)
• determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  

Hearing:

Constant = 67%

• 100% of the time.
  Reaching
• above shoulder: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Reaching
• below shoulder: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  

Visual:

Constant = 67%

• 100% of the time.

Color Vision:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Speaking:

Constant = 67%

• 100% of the time.

Standing:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Balancing:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Walking:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Crawling:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  Running
• in response to an emergency: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Lifting over 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Handling
• seizing, holding, grasping: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  

Carrying:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Climbing:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Kneeling:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Squatting:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  

Tasting:

Not required

Smelling:

Frequent = 34%

• 66% of the time
  Driving
• Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Occasional = 1%
• 33% of the time
  Driving
• Class C vehicles: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Driving
• CDL class vehicles: Not required
  N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Occasional = 1%
• 33% of the time
  Pushing/Pulling
• up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Pushing/Pulling
• 25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time
  Pushing/Pulling
• over 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34%
• 66% of the time