Position Title: Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
Reports to: EMS Chief (Service Director)
Work Schedule:
Starting Pay: $23/hour
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Under general supervision, the Advanced EMT responds to emergency calls and planned events to protect life, property, and the environment; performs specialized technical duties related to rescue, hazardous materials, and administration of basic and advanced life support to the sick and injured; participates in community education, community wellness, training and equipment maintenance and cleaning, and facility maintenance and cleaning activities.
While not required, other useful qualifications
Under the general direction of the Chief (Service Director), the Advanced EMT is responsible for performing semi-skilled, skilled and administrative tasks for the Mineral Point Rescue Squad, Inc., including data management and reporting, office and clerical support operations, facilities and apparatus maintenance and cleaning.
The EMT-Advanced represents advanced level care in the emergency medical system. The EMT trained at this level is prepared to care for patients at the scene of an incident and while transporting patients by ambulance to the hospital. The EMT-Advanced has the emergency skills to assess the patient’s condition and manage all medical and traumatic emergencies.
Note: This list is intended only to illustrate the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements does not exclude them from the position.
Although independent action is required, this position is subject to routine quality assurance review.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to perform strenuous or peak physical effort during emergency, training, or statin maintenance activities for prolonged periods of time under disagreeable conditions that include extreme heights, intense heat or cold, excessive noise, communicable diseases, vibration, confined spaces, emergency driving, little to no sleep for extended periods of time. The employee is regularly to use hands and fingers, handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to walk, sit, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally run, dodge, jump, or maneuver with equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. An A-EMT must continue to perform physically demanding work, requiring sound judgement, under adverse working conditions.