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.
1. High school diploma or equivalent
2. National Registry of AEMTs Emergency Medical Technician certification*
3. West Virginia Office of EMS AEMT Certification
4. Valid Driver’s License
5. Emergency Vehicle Operations Course or ability to successfully complete within six (6) months of hire
6. Valid BLS (Basic Life Support) for Healthcare Providers (AHA Preferred)
7. Successful completion of National Incident Management System (NIMS) within (1) month of hire
8. 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)
9. 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)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Associate or Bachelor's degree
2. AMLS (Advanced Medical List Support) or ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
3. GEMS
EXPERIENCE:
1. 2 or more years of experience as a field provider at the AEMT level
CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.
1. 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 (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) compliance, scene management, routine facilities maintenance, etc.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 her or his own actions; and understand the importance of ethical behavior in the face of adversity or contrary public opinion.
5. 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.
6. Problem Solving: The AEMT will: use current information to make educated decisions; have a basic understanding of how analytical decision 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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. Measured by documented random sampling of shift documentation, documentation noted to be incomplete by the billing office or other QA personnel.
10. Quality Improvement – Competency & Education: The AEMT will complete knowledge, psychomotor, and affective domain education assignments, simulation programs (simple or high-fidelity), and other programs as assigned by Mon EMS or the West Virginia Office of EMS in a timely fashion.
11. Managing Significant Incidents: Responds to multi-patient incidents and serves as an officer in the Incident Command System depending on the complexity and authority of the response.
12. Civic Responsibility: The AEMT will: understand the value of giving within the community; understand the balance of success of the organization with that of society and maintains focus on doing what is in the best interest of the patient first and foremost; set a good example for coworkers and consistently behave in accordance with law and policy; and understand that patient advocacy is important to the organization.
13. Social Knowledge: The AEMT will understand the importance of cultural diversity; have rudimentary knowledge of cultural relationships and geographical layout within the Mon EMS area including local history; understand various cultural and religious perspectives on ethics and be prepared to act in accordance with beliefs that may differ from their personal perspective; understand the laws and regulations that apply to the daily operation of the organization and ensure that the organization maintains appropriate compliance.
14. Work Habits & Attitudes: The AEMT will take the initiative to complete the job at hand without prompting including but not limited to all patient care assignments; general custodial and housekeeping duties; vehicle cleanliness; initiative to handle routine and special projects; and accomplish other Mon EMS duties as assigned by superior.
15. Motivating Others: The AEMT will understand the importance of her or his role as a clinical team member within the organization; and of organizational goals and objectives and ensure all coworkers understand the same.
16. Learning: The AEMT will demonstrate the importance of developing good learning strategies; maintaining a level of intellectual curiosity; continuous learning; and seeking feedback regarding personal performance to continuously grow.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Frequent crouching, bending, stooping, kneeling reaching, pushing and pulling.
2. Frequent sitting, standing, walking, lifting and carrying.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SKILLS & ABILILTIES:
Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Ability to utilize computing systems that are required for essential job functions. This includes but is not limited to:
Scheduling and timekeeping software
Web-based learning platforms
Electric Patient Care Report (ePCR) systems
Scan and attach documentation to electronic systems
Sending and receiving email communications with and without attachments
HR (Human Resource) portals
Incident management and fleet management systems
General office programs such as Microsoft Office or similar software including but not limited to: Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, SharePoint
WVU Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity among our workforce and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, language, national origin, religious affiliation, spiritual practice, age, mental and physical ability/disability or Veteran status.
