AEMT - Mon EMS; Part-time

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The primary focus of the AEMT is to provide basic and advanced limited emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and for those patients who require non‑emergency or interfacility medical transport. This individual possesses the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. AEMTs function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight.

AEMTs perform interventions with the equipment typically found on an ambulance. The AEMT is a link into the health care system and resource for routine and interfacility transports.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• National Registry of AEMTs Emergency Medical Technician certification*
• West Virginia Office of EMS AEMT Certification
• Valid Driver's License
• Emergency Vehicle Operations Course or ability to successfully complete within six (6) months of hire
• Valid BLS (Basic Life Support) for Healthcare Providers (AHA Preferred)
• Successful completion of National Incident Management System (NIMS) within (1) month of hire
• IS 100:
  Introduction to the IC System
• IS 200:
  Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• IS 700:
  An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
• IS 800:
  National Response Framework, an Introduction
• ITLS (International Trauma Life Support) or PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life Support) certification (obtained within 6 months of hire and renewed within 2 years of certification date)
• PEPP (Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers), PALS (Pediatric Life Support), or EPC certification (obtained within 6 months of hire and renewed within 2 years of certification date)

• Associate or Bachelor's degree
• ALMS (Advanced Medical List Support) or ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
• GEMS
• 2 or more years of experience as a field provider at the AEMT level

• Safety Culture: The AEMT will lead by example to ensure that all activities performed while on duty at Mon EMS are done in a manner to ensure the safety of Mon EMS personnel, our patients, and the community. This includes attitude toward safety such as, but not limited to vehicle safety, OSHA compliance, scene management, routine facilities maintenance, etc.
• Quality Assurance - Readiness: Ensures that in-service vehicles, supplies, controlled substances, and equipment have been thoroughly checked. Ensures that all reported discrepancies are corrected at the earliest possible time. Documents and reports discrepancies to the appropriate supervisory officer.
• Work Attitude: The AEMT will: take the initiative to complete work assignments without prompting; exert maximum effort and serve as a role model for coworkers; demonstrate persistence during the performance of daily duties; bring a high level of energy to job performance; and maintain an optimistic demeanor during job performance.
• Acting with Integrity: The AEMT will: aim to reduce waste in daily operations; follow all appropriate ethical standards in the workplace; consistently act honestly and display the highest level of integrity; be accountable and accept personal responsibility for his or her own actions; and understand the importance of ethical behavior in the face of adversity or contrary public opinion.
• Communication: The AEMT will understand the importance of effective communication with key stakeholders including but not limited to coworkers, patients, customers, other emergency responders, dispatching personnel, healthcare professionals, the public, etc.
• Problem Solving: The AEMT will: use current information to make educated decisions; have a basic understanding of how analytical decisions are made to help ensure clinical and operational excellence; be able to concentrate and use information gathering skills to make immediate coherent decisions; and have basic knowledge of all reasonable job functions of all other field providers.
• Executing Tasks - Response: The AEMT will respond to all requests in a timely and efficient manner. Response to emergency assignments with an "out of chute" time of 60 seconds from dispatch to unit response. For medical transports and interfacility transports, arrival to the patient’s location (floor, residence, etc.) five (5) minutes or earlier.
• Executing Tasks - Patient Care: The AEMT will provide excellent patient care based upon knowledge of current EMS district and/or state protocols and QA/QI initiatives; internal Mon EMS benchmarks; and evidence‑based medicine or best practices.
• Quality Assurance - Documentation: The AEMT will take the initiative to complete and review their own patient care and billing documentation for completeness and accuracy prior to the end of every shift worked.…