WARREN EMS HAS OPENINGS FOR 2 FULL TIME PARAMEDICS

Position Objectives:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Duties

• Performs a variety of technical tasks while performing emergency medical services to prevent or minimize loss of life from emergency medical conditions.
• Public assistance: responds to provide EMS services not otherwise specified (elderly or disabled patient assistance), citizen assist, and lift assist.
• Responds to alarms.
• Provides primary patient care in the prehospital setting.
• Completes the necessary documentation and prepares the medical apparatus for service return.

Peripheral Duties

• Meets with elected or appointed officials, EMS officials, community and business representatives, and the public on all aspects of the EMS activities
• Attends conferences and meetings to keep abreast of current trends in the field.
• Serves as a member of various employee committees

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum education of a high school diploma or G.E.D equivalent

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of modern medical services principles, procedures, techniques
• Working knowledge of prehospital medical treatment and resuscitation techniques and their application as demonstrated through State E.M.T. Certification
• Considerable knowledge of applicable laws, ordinances, departmental standard operating procedures and regulations.
• Capable of operating EMS tools and equipment
• Ability to supervise subordinate personnel
• Ability to perform work requiring good physical condition
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to effectively give and receive verbal and written instructions
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, supervisors, and the public
• Ability to meet the special requirements listed below.

Special Requirements

• Must be eighteen (19) years of age or older at time of hire.
• Must posses, or be able to obtain by time of hire, a valid State Driver's License and Ambulance Vehicle Operators Course (AVOC) or state-recognized equivalent without record of active suspension or revocation in any state.
• No felony conviction or disqualifying criminal history within the past seven years.
• Ability to read and write the English language
• Ability to meet EMS physical fitness standards
• Must posses a Maine PIFT certification
• ACVLS (every two years)
• PALS (every two years)
• Mandatory Reporter (every two years)
• ICS 100, 200, 700
• Valid CPR card
• Narcan Leave Behind training (Options Training)
• Valid Maine State Paramedic License

Tools and Equipment Used

Emergency medical aid unit, other standard equipment, radio, pager, personal computer and phone.

Physical Demands

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to: sit, talk or hear; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or operate objects, tools, or controls: and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to: climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and taste or smell.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.