Job Description
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.
Summary:
Provides safe and timely ground transport of patients, while also providing basic life support care to patients. Ability to adapt to new skills and information is essential to succeed in this role. This position is physically demanding and requires excellent driving and customer service skills along with some computer skills. It is essential that EMT-Bs in this capacity are comfortable with providing out-of-hospital care and willing to learn new skills to facilitate the transfer of patients. Additionally, provides personal care and basic nursing care and advanced tasks to patients assigned under the direct supervision of the RN Shift Supervisor when performing duties in the ED. Candidates for this role will be trained as a Clinical Helper during their orientation and training to perform skills in the ED when not providing transport duties.
Responsibilities:
1. Monitors patient condition during ground transport to provide optimal stabilization.
2. Performs appropriate interventions during transport according to UNC Nash Specialty Care Protocols within the guidance of the NC Office of EMS (NCOEMS)
3. Monitors communication equipment and communicates with dispatch personnel, medical staff, family members and other stakeholders: ensures relevant information is collected and proper treatment is administered, communicates assessments and plan of care in a professional manner with the appropriate personnel.
4. Documents patients’ status, delivery of care and evaluation of the patients’ response to care according to unit specific procedures and established protocols.
5. Contacts physicians for guidance, as needed, and follows treatment protocols as described by UNC Nash Specialty Care Transport Medical Direction.
6. Operates medical and mechanical equipment in the pre-hospital, hospital, and transport environment. Ensures all various medical equipment is functioning; restocks medical supplies as needed
7. Obtains direction regarding further care from medical staff. Delivers emergency care, such as CPR, oxygen, bandaging and splinting to patients, in accordance with reestablish protocols under UNC Hospitals Critical Care Transport Medical Direction, if necessary.
8. Participates in plan of care for patients who are acutely ill and require transport from referring institutions.
9. Performs patient care duties as assigned per the Clinical Helper description when working in a staffing capacity within the ED during transport “down time” (See Clinical Helper Job Description).
Other information:
Education Requirements:
• High school graduate or GED.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• EMT-B Current certification as EMT-B with the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services.
• BCLS Certification Recertification required every 2 years.
• CPI Certification (Must obtain within 1 year of hire) Recertification required every 2 years.
• Valid NC Driver's License.
Professional Experience Requirements:
• 2 years’ experience as an EMT (B).
Job Details
Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals
Entity: Nash UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: Specialty Care Transport
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: NASH HC
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.
Summary:
Provides safe and timely ground transport of patients, while also providing basic life support care to patients. Ability to adapt to new skills and information is essential to succeed in this role. This position is physically demanding and requires excellent driving and customer service skills along with some computer skills. It is essential that EMT-Bs in this capacity are comfortable with providing out-of-hospital care and willing to learn new skills to facilitate the transfer of patients. Additionally, provides personal care and basic nursing care and advanced tasks to patients assigned under the direct supervision of the RN Shift Supervisor when performing duties in the ED. Candidates for this role will be trained as a Clinical Helper during their orientation and training to perform skills in the ED when not providing transport duties.
Responsibilities:
1. Monitors patient condition during ground transport to provide optimal stabilization.
2. Performs appropriate interventions during transport according to UNC Nash Specialty Care Protocols within the guidance of the NC Office of EMS (NCOEMS)
3. Monitors communication equipment and communicates with dispatch personnel, medical staff, family members and other stakeholders: ensures relevant information is collected and proper treatment is administered, communicates assessments and plan of care in a professional manner with the appropriate personnel.
4. Documents patients’ status, delivery of care and evaluation of the patients’ response to care according to unit specific procedures and established protocols.
5. Contacts physicians for guidance, as needed, and follows treatment protocols as described by UNC Nash Specialty Care Transport Medical Direction.
6. Operates medical and mechanical equipment in the pre-hospital, hospital, and transport environment. Ensures all various medical equipment is functioning; restocks medical supplies as needed
7. Obtains direction regarding further care from medical staff. Delivers emergency care, such as CPR, oxygen, bandaging and splinting to patients, in accordance with reestablish protocols under UNC Hospitals Critical Care Transport Medical Direction, if necessary.
8. Participates in plan of care for patients who are acutely ill and require transport from referring institutions.
9. Performs patient care duties as assigned per the Clinical Helper description when working in a staffing capacity within the ED during transport “down time” (See Clinical Helper Job Description).
Other information:
Education Requirements:
• High school graduate or GED.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• EMT-B Current certification as EMT-B with the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services.
• BCLS Certification Recertification required every 2 years.
• CPI Certification (Must obtain within 1 year of hire) Recertification required every 2 years.
• Valid NC Driver's License.
Professional Experience Requirements:
• 2 years’ experience as an EMT (B).
Job Details
Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals
Entity: Nash UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: Specialty Care Transport
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: NASH HC
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
About UNC Health
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.
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