Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Emergency Medical Technician

• Administers medications consistent with CHS policies and procedures.
• Responds to emergencies provides emergency medical care.
• Performs physical assessments of patients, and refers patients requiring further evaluation or treatment to a registered nurse, physician or other health care professional.
• Maintains emergency kits; checks for missing and/or outdated supplies and restocks them as necessary; restocks medical equipment and replenishes first-aid equipment and supplies in treatment area. A variety of treatments including, but not limited to, diabetic care, obtaining vital signs, EKG's, blood draws, wound care, and dressing changes.
• Receives information from referent to determine priority and assess client's needs for services.
• Ensures that there is an adequate supply of materials available.
• Prepares and/or processes documents; reviews for accuracy and completeness; updates information and/or evaluates against policy; compares elements for consistency or logical relationships, etc.
• Orders, receives, inspects, and stores equipment, merchandise, commodities, materials, and/or supplies.

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certificate required.
• Have the ability to work well with medical staff, officers, and individuals who are incarcerated.

• Experience working as an EMT

• We are currently hiring for both days and nights.
• Correctional Health Services provides 24-hour coverage, seven days a week, 365 days a year. EMTs work 12-hour shifts, 7 shifts within 2 weeks. Rotating holidays and weekends.
• Schedules will have a set pattern of shifts that are predictable and repeating.

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certificate required.
• Risks which require the use of special safety precautions and/or equipment, e.g., working around operating machines, working with contagious diseases or hazardous chemicals, etc.
• Work requires physical exertion. May require the ability to stand; walk over rough surfaces; bend, crouch, stoop, stretch, reach, lift moderately heavy items (up to 50 lbs.) in a recurring manner and/or for long periods of time.