EMVO - Emergency Medical Vehicle Operator

Overview

Jan Care Ambulance is the largest ambulance provider in WV and we operate in Raleigh and Durham, NC. We are a privately owned, community oriented company with a history of success built on hard work and excellence. Our culture emphasizes belonging and unity, and we maintain a high quality fleet and professional standards. We have a national accredited paramedic program and provide modern educational opportunities to develop EMS providers.

If you wish to be part of an organization that can positively impact your career, your life and community, this is the right fit.

EMVO - Emergency Medical Vehicle Operator

The primary objective of EMS is to provide safe and compassionate ambulance and medical transportation, while preserving patients’ dignity and ensuring community safety.

EMS Personnel’s job duties include the provision of non-emergency convalescent transfer of patients, community event medical stand-by, and response to emergency calls to assist in providing immediate care and transport to the critically sick and injured at the level of training and authorization.

• Attend instruction sessions for orientation, EMS operations, compliance, emergency vehicle operations, maintain EMS certification and other required programs.
• Provide out-of-hospital care to patients and safe ambulance transport in consideration of statewide protocols and medical command direction and assessment to the level of authorization and training under WV EMS Rules and Regulations (64
  
  CFR
  48) and guidelines.
• Lift, carry, and balance a minimum of 12 lbs? (text unclear) and up to 250 lbs with assistance, at a height of 33 inches, for a distance of 10 feet, per job requirements.
• Have the ability to hear, comprehend and respond to spoken information from co-workers, patients, physicians, dispatchers and sounds common to the emergency scene.
• Verbally communicate in person, via telephone and telecommunications using the English language. Meet the minimum vision requirements to operate a motor vehicle in WV.
• Read and comprehend written materials under stressful conditions. Document patient information via written or electronic means using an approved WV OEMS record system.
• Demonstrate manual dexterity and fine motor skills required for quality patient care. Bend, stoop, crawl and walk on uneven surfaces.
• Inspect EMS equipment to ensure adequate supplies, verify proper operation, refuel and perform fluid checks of the assigned ambulance, and report needed maintenance.
• Respond to callback or call-in emergency situations and assist other emergency personnel as required; complete tasks assigned by supervisors.
• Maintain professional appearance and decorum; perform general maintenance and cleaning of stations, training facilities and ambulances; be self-starting, adaptable to change, and able to function in a team-based management structure.
• Perform event stand-by operations including sporting events, community festivals and other events with significant crowds.
• Respond to hazardous material incidents at the first responder level and function in other uncommon situations; perform emergency operations during natural disasters and catastrophic events.
• Have a basic understanding of stress response and personal well-being; understand body substance isolation and patients’ rights under HIPAA.
• Interact professionally with a variety of outside agencies and personnel including medical facility staff, law enforcement, fire/rescue and communications personnel.

• General knowledge of EMS operations, operation of ambulances and proper use of EMS equipment.
• Ability to learn through training using a wide variety of EMS methods.
• Ability to readily acquire knowledge of road/street systems and the general physical layout of assigned communities.
• Obtain necessary skills including airway management, ventilation, CPR, and appropriate medications and defibrillator use. Provide trauma care including hemorrhage control, treatment of shock, wound bandaging, and immobilization of injuries.

Your employment with Jan-Care Ambulance is contingent upon the successful completion of all onboarding steps once an employment offer…