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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As an Emergency Medical Technician(EMT) at CHI Health Good Samaritan, you’ll put your skills to use in providing care for patients as a first responder, assessing and treating them and providing transport to hospital. You are an integral part of the care experience, often the first care provider that a patient interacts with while at their most vulnerable.
- Assesses, treats and provides transportation to patients according to established State of Nebraska Emergency Medical Services rules and regulations, State of Nebraska Model Protocols, and hospital policies and procedures, independently, collaboratively or under the supervision of paramedics, physicians, physician assistants, or registered nurses and according to the scopes of practice allowed by the State of Nebraska and Good Samaritan Hospital.
- Provides, assists with or participates in education for team members and community.
- Performs and ensures safe, knowledgeable age-specific patient care in a holistic manner.
Incentives: Up to $3,000 sign on bonus
Job Requirements
- Graduate of a Nebraska approved EMS training program
- Active EMT license in the state of Nebraska
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association
- Nebraska Driver's License
Where You’ll Work
CHI Health Good Samaritan has provided paramedic-level emergency ambulance service to the City of Kearney and Buffalo County Fire District #1 since 1988. Our EMT and Paramedics also provide mutual aid response to area ambulance and rescue squads in order to bring the emergency department closer to the patient.
Established by the Sisters of the St. Francis in 1924, CHI Health Good Samaritan is a 268-bed regional referral center in Kearney, Neb. At CHI Health Good Samaritan, you’ll find an advanced level trauma center that also offers AirCare emergency helicopter transport and an ambulance program providing long distance and local 911 service. Among our many other services are cardiac care including open-heart surgery, a level II neonatal intensive care unit, a nationally accredited cancer center, comprehensive neurosurgery, advanced orthopedic program, and inpatient and outpatient mental health services at our free-standing Richard Young Behavioral Health facility