About This Role
Providing basic and advanced life support on an emergency basis for sick and injured individuals is the core of this role. The Paramedic drives an ambulance, maintains equipment, and performs medical and non-medical transfers.
Responsibilities
- Train new employees and students
- Drive an ambulance in a variety of conditions in response to emergency calls
- Provide basic and advanced life support
- Participate in the care and upkeep of equipment (i.e., ambulance, life support equipment)
- Perform both medical and non-medical transfers
- Make presentations at schools, cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes, civic groups and public safety agencies
- Maintain adequate stock of consumable supplies; restock as needed
- Complete reports, forms associated with patient care
- Testify in court (i.e., murder trial, DUI, chain of custody) and give depositions
- Attend training sessions; maintain all required certifications and forward copies to the Shift Training Officer
- Assist with control of scene and non-injured parties
- Perform related duties as required
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- At least 18 years of age
- Good driving record
- Florida certified Paramedic
- Certification in CPR
- ACLS certification
- EVOC certification required within 30 days of hire
- Ability to read a variety of policy and procedure manuals, work orders, logs, technical data, etc.
- Ability to speak with clarity, voice control and confidence and to articulate information to others
- Ability to prepare written reports, using appropriate format, punctuation, spelling and grammar
- Ability to apply principles of emergency medicine and common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written or oral instructions; to deal with problems involving variables in or from standardized situations; to make independent judgments in the absence of supervisor; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation
- Ability to comprehend and interpret received information
- Ability to add and subtract totals, multiply and divide, calculate percentages and decimals
- Ability to deal with people beyond receiving instructions
- Ability to perform under moderate to high levels of stress when confronted with an emergency or a tight deadline
Important Details
- Physical requirements: Must be able to exert in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Must be able to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs or hands and arms. Must be able to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. Must be able to bend downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Must be able to bend legs at knees to come to rest on knee(s). Must be able to bend body downward and forward by bending legs and spine. Must be able to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Must be able to reach, extending hand(s) in any direction. Must be able to handle, seize, hold, grasp, turn or otherwise work with hand(s). Must be able to finger, pick, pinch or otherwise work primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm. Must be able to sit for long periods of time. Must be able to remain alert for long periods of time with little rest.
