What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Medical Technician position at Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation?
LOCATION: Ekuk
PURPOSE OF THE JOB: As an EMT I, contractor representing BBAHC CHAP Department: The purpose of the job is to provide efficient and immediate emergency care to the critically ill and injured within the limits and training of a licensed EMT I. Providing quality effective emergency care management, prepares for emergency transport to ordering facility, and delivering adequate patient transfer information to transferring facility Physician. Dates will be outlined in contract.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be high school graduate or have GED certificate or equivalent.
- Required current EMT In certificate and BLS card from the State of Alaska.
- Must be licensed within the State of Alaska EMS.
- Must have 2 to 3 years’ experience in providing EMT I or equivalent services.
- Dependable and maintains patient confidentiality.
- Must successfully pass the pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.
- Able to provide 24-hour emergency coverage in assigned community for full contract time.
- Able to perform the physical demands of the job.
- Must be able to meet physical requirements of responding and provide emergency care all hours of the day and night to all patients, includes travel by air, four-wheeler, and skiff/boat by water.
- Ability to adapt to cultural aspects of rural Alaska, and prolonged village conditions.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Functions as an EMT I in responding to urgent and emergent care of injured patients within the EMT I scope of practice with the State of Alaska. Providing basic life support such as basic airway management, splinting, hemorrhage control, oxygen therapy, suction, CPR, and some lifesaving medications. Stabilizing, treating, and reporting to receiving facility Physician, and prepare patient for immediate transport by Medevac, and providing effective documentation of encounter. Position does not entail routine or preventative care.
- Provide basic emergency care for the ill and injured person(s) as described in the Scope of Service. All care provided will be within the medical limits and training of an EMT I.
- Responds timely to all emergency situations ensuring scene safety first.
- Understands Basic Medical Legal practicing guidelines.
- Completes required paper encounters on First Responder Patient Care Run Sheets within 24-hour time with listing of every encounter on a Daily Medical Log to be submitted at the end of contract period to the CHAP Office.
- Cooperates with other BBAHC employees and CHAP staff to ensure quality patient care and documentation.