Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
* Respond to medical emergency calls and provide medical attention to sick or injured, including 9‑1‑1 calls.
* Respond to structure fires and be readily available to treat sick or injured.
* Patient evaluation, extrication, triage, preparation for transport, and orderly transfer of the patient to a medical facility.
* Preparation and administration of all narcotics and medications (licence level applicable) and inventory of all items.
* Maintain knowledge of all medications, including trade and generic names, therapeutic effects, indications for usage, contraindications for usage, side effects and routes of administration.
* Method, timeliness and level of medical care on all emergency calls.
* Inspect vehicle and equipment to promote fleet, personnel and patient safety.
* Clean the vehicle and equipment after each run.
* Write accurate, professional and legible reports.
* Regular attendance and reporting to work on time.
* Maintain clean crew quarters and launder department laundry.
Marginal Job Duties and Responsibilities
* Maintain working relationships and serve as liaison with other medical agencies and hospital facilities by coordinating activities with other crews, divisions and agencies.
* Assist in identifying, developing and implementing departmental training and community outreach programs.
* Assist in conducting in‑service training pertaining to EMS activities.
* Make presentations to groups and interact with citizens.
* Conduct tours of facility.
* Perform QRV (Quick Response Vehicle) duties at the direction of the shift supervisor.
* Perform various other duties and functions as required or assigned within are of expertise or scope of the position.
Supervision Received
This position reports to the Emergency Medical Services Supervisors.
Minimum Qualifications
1. High School Diploma or equivalent, Region IV Paramedic Certification, State of Illinois Paramedic License and:
2. At least one year of experience as an EMT, or a combination of education and experience may be considered.
3. Valid C driver’s license required or greater.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
* Considerable knowledge of Paramedic or EMT techniques and procedures.
* Standard of business practices, policies and procedures.
* Relevant legal and technical terminology encountered in the course of work.
* Modern office management practices and procedures, equipment and systems.
* Maintain a positive attitude; demonstrate a commitment to City goals and values; exhibit a customer service‑oriented manner and work together in a team environment.
* Maintain all continuing educations as required by Region IV, HSHS St. Elizabeth's EMS System, and four‑year recertification requirements per the State of Illinois or assigned education.
* Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
* Comfort emotionally upset persons.
* Handle medical emergencies in a competent fashion.
* Safely drive a vehicle in an emergency manner.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co‑workers and the general public.
* Analyze information and statistics to solve problems through deductive and inductive reasoning.
* Work independently on complex and confidential assignments without detailed instructions.
* Perform and accomplish requirements of the job using appropriate general office equipment (fax machine, copy machine, calculator, multi‑function telephone).
* Use basic computer word processing, presentation and spreadsheet/database management applications (Microsoft Word/Access/Excel).
* Strong working knowledge of internet and performing internet‑based searches.
* Use and set up equipment needed for presentations (projector, laptop computer, video equipment).
* Comprehend and make inferences from written materials.
* Understand, interpret, explain and apply relevant policies, procedures and regulations.
* Attend to details, calculate numerical formulas and verify accuracy of amounts and calculations.
* Be able to lift equipment and patients onto a stretcher then onto ambulance for transport. Be able to for extended periods of time and have the ability to walk up and down flights of stairs.
* See clearly at close and far distances with or without corrective lenses, identify and distinguish colors, adjust focus and see to the right and left while focused on an object (ipheral vision).
* Recognize and respect diversity and work effectively with peoples of other cultures.
Physical Requirements
* Able to ascend/descend from truck.
* Lift and carry a simulated and weighted backboard device.
* Lift 110 lbs. 18in from floor to waist to simulate safe lifting of stretcher.
* Push and pull weighted sled to simulate stretcher operations.
* Keeling, stooping, crouching for extended times.
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