Pediatric & Neonatal Transport EMT/EVO- OKC Region

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Pediatric & Neonatal Critical Care Transport EMT in our Oklahoma City region. This position is part of a comprehensive critical care transport team that provides transport services for critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients throughout the region. The primary role of this position is to operate/ drive the neonatal and pediatric critical care ambulances and provide assistance to the Neonate/Pediatric transport team as needed. Shift work will be 12-hour day and/or night shifts with weekends and holidays required. Additional training and certification are required and will be provided. Applicants must have 1 years of experience as an EMT, demonstrate the ability to be part of a team and have exceptional references and recommendations .

Provides BASIC Life Support including medical evaluation, treatment and stabilization of the critically ill and injured; responds to emergency rescue situations involving

potential lo ss of life or bodi l y injury; maintains control, manages a nd directs patient care at the scene of a pre-hospital emergency; provides training and instruction to lesser trained personnel; performs other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB :

• Follow s stan dard operating policies / procedure s as de ve l oped

and direc ted by the Company .

• Cleans and maintains equipment .

• Cleans and maintains (minor maintenance) ve hicles .

• C l eans and maintains li v ing quarters.

• Maintains records of vehicles, su ppli es, training and daily work; and

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

GENERAL INFORMATION :

The s upervi so r m akes assignments in terms of shifts to be worked and t h e

genera l s cope of th e work assignment. The incumbent performs the work in accordance with the procedures , policies and medical orders provided. The incumbent

must exercise judgmen t in app l ying the proper guide lin e to the proper situation. The work is spot checked and eva l uated based on feedback from the patient, medical staff and others.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess and maintain:

• EMT Licensure (1 years of experience)

• CPR for the Health Care Provider

• Good knowledge of the street sys tem s, addresses and physica l l ayou t of th e state of Oklahoma , and of the rescue equ i pment and the emergency

medica l equ i pment u se d in Advanced Life Support. Additional training and certification at the pediatric and neonatal transport level will be provided and required for employment.

• Good ability to :

• p erform technical medical sk ills with a hi g h degree of accuracy.

• understand and effective l y deal with emotional and medical n ee ds of v ictims of injuries , acute illne sses, or p syc hol og ic a l emergencies.

• maintain a professional and objective approac h to th e care of ill or injur e d persons .

• l earn new concepts in rescu e and medical ski ll s and t ec hniqu es a nd in pre- ho s pit al care.

• perform a

va rie ty of limited m ec hanic a l work in vo lved in the use , te st in g and maintenance of rescue and medical eq uipm e n t.

• direct the work of and teach other personnel.

• understand an d follow oral and written instructions and orders.

• maintain a professiona l attitude when representing the Co mpany .

• estab li s h and maintain effective working re l atio n s hip s with other e mplo yees , ass i st in g agencies, ho sp ital personne l and the ge n era l public

• drive and operate large type 1 critical care emergency ambulance units.

• author reports with narrative and numeric information along with the other transport team members.

• Additionally, incumbents must maintain a high degree of academic

and practical knowledge in emergency paramedicine, pediatric and neonatal care, and must attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses and seminars both on and off dut y to maintain annual paramedic certification, as required by

the state in which you will be working.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

The work requires the incumbent to operate emergency

medica l vehicles , move medica l equipment and extract injured persons from a wide variety of situations. Situation can in vo l ve veh i cular, industrial and residential

accidents, injurie s or illn ess and occ ur anywhere in our coverage area. At times the work requires mov e m ent over various types of terrain , (hilly , steep, rocky, rough, and/or wet/ s li ppery surfaces). The incumbent always must be able to carry or help carry someone from the site of the injury to the mode of transportation (vehicle/helicopter) and attend the injured party to

the hospital.

In order to perform a physical assessment of the injured party, the incumbent must see, hear , and communicate wi t h the injured party.

EMT's wi ll be i ss ued and must wear Company

issued uniforms while o n duty ; additionally, Paramedics wi ll be responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of uniforms , as we ll as all issued e quipment.

Paramedics are required to carry a Company issued pager / radio at a ll times in order

to rec eive i mmediate not i ficatio n of an ass i gnment.

**PLEASE NOTE:

Pafford Medical Services reserves the right , at th e di sc retion of the appropriate appointing authority, to waive any of the minimum qualifications for those app li cants whose general or specific qua l ifications wou ld ot h erw i se qua l ify the applicant for the

po si tion or l ead the appointing a uthorit y to belie ve that the app li cant can perform the assigned duties and fu lfillin g the assigned respon s ibilitie s.