EMT - Interfacility Transport

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Competitive salary dependent on experience, $22.20 to $27.89 per hour

Department: Non-Emergency Wheelchair Transport Division. This is an entry level position with opportunities to progress to a full-time position on an ambulance.

We are currently recruiting Oregon licensed EMTs to join our team! We offer a variety of 8, 10, and 12 hour shifts. This position operates out of both our Clackamas and Hillsboro locations. We offer paid paramedic school tuition assistance for EMTs, and offer flexible schedules that work around your school schedule if you're currently enrolled in an EMT or Paramedic program, or are currently taking pre-requisite courses for Paramedic school.

For Oregon licensed EMTs, our non-emergency wheelchair transport division is a great entry level position. This role involves working full-time in our wheelchair transport division while also cross training on BLS and ALS ambulances, with opportunities to progress to a full-time ambulance position. As EMTs work to gain experience and seniority, there are opportunities to train and work in our other divisions, which include:

• BLS Interfacility Ambulance
• ALS Interfacility
• Critical Care Transport, including ECMO and Organ Donation
• Secure Transport
• Metro MedCALL
• Rural 911 Ambulance Coverage
• Event Standby & Medical Services

Requirements of the job include:

• Minimum age of 21
• Current Oregon EMT Certification
• Current HCP BLS CPR Certification
• Current and Valid Driver's License (employees who are not licensed in Oregon or Washington are required to obtain an Oregon or Washington driver's licensed within 30 days of starting employment)
• Minimum of 2 years driving history in the United States

Candidates are also required to meet Metro West Ambulance's motor vehicle record, criminal background, drug and alcohol screening, and physical requirement standards. Metro West is a drug free workplace.

Unique Benefits include:

• Progressive pay scale
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid clinical education and training
• A variety of shifts
• Health and dental benefits for full time employees
• Life insurance
• 401(k) with 5% company match
• Generous PTO
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Paid community volunteer days

Physical Requirements

Unimpaired Mobility: Must be able to respond quickly to ambulance calls, must physically be able to access patients located in difficult terrain and dangerous environments and locations, must be able to climb stairs and other structures, must be able to work in close and dangerous environments, such as without limitation, damaged vehicles, must be able to carry heavy equipment and patients.

Physical Abilities: Must be able to perform strenuous physical requirements, including without limitation, lifting and moving of heavy equipment and patients in a variety of environmental and dangerous conditions, perform CPR and other lifesaving maneuvers. Ability to carry a fully stocked airway kit and medical kit up and down 18 steps once without stopping. Ability to (with the help of a partner) remove a patient weighing 180 pounds from the floor using a sheet or Mega-Mover and carry the patient 50 feet to an awaiting gurney. Ability to (with the help of a partner) remove a patient weighing 180 pounds from a chair and place the patient on the floor. Ability to perform one person CPR according to American Heart Association standards on a manikin for 5 minutes continuously without interruption. Ability to (with the help of a partner) secure a patient weighing 180 pounds to a backboard and carry the patient on the backboard to an awaiting gurney 50 feet away. Ability to (with the help of a partner) load the gurney into an ambulance and move the patient on the backboard to the bench seat. Ability to (with the help of a partner) carry a patient weighing 180 pounds in a chair around a corner down 2 steps and around a second corner. Ability to use a four-point lift (with the help of partners) to carry a gurney with a patient weighing 180 pounds across uneven ground for 50 feet. Ability to change a tire on an ambulance.

Fine Motor Skills: Must be able to perform required medical skills and techniques, including without limitation, bandaging, splinting and establishing an IV, performing endotracheal intubation and other advanced airway techniques, manual defibrillation, pleural decompression.

Vision: Must have correctable vision that permits the safe operation of emergency vehicles, the reading of gauges, fine print and figures associated with emergent medical care and treatment; and color acuity to differentiate varying colors that may be necessary in providing emergency care and treatment.

Hearing: Must be able to hear sufficiently to obtain information provided by patients, family members, bystanders, medical professionals and other emergency personnel; and adequate hearing necessary to provide emergency care and treatment in active, distracting environments.

Speech: Must be able to speak and enunciate clearly and at a level audible to others in loud conditions. Must be able to verbally communicate in stressful and distracting environments with patients, family members, medical professionals and other emergency personnel.

Metro West Ambulance is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Metro West Ambulance is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for the position applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or other non-merit factors. Metro West Ambulance is a drug free work place.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.20 - $27.89 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: In person

Salary : $22 - $28