Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Lifepoint Health

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Las Cruces, New Mexico

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Responds to emergency medical calls and provides patient care, stabilization, and monitoring from the scene to the medical facility. Maintains ambulance equipment and restocks supplies while reporting observations to medical personnel.

Qualifications

We are looking for an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) to respond to calls and provide patient care. You must have a high school diploma or equivalent, EMT-B license, and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Critical thinking skills and the ability to work in a stressful environment are essential.

Job Description

05120 EMT
Responds to calls for emergency medical services and provides patient care as directed and/or determined necessary.
Reports to: Director of Emergency
FLSA: Non-exempt
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent Required; Two years of college Preferred; Graduate of a Program in Discipline Required
License: EMT-B Required
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS)
Required Skills
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. 
Essential Functions
Safely navigates ambulance to patient's location. Provides stabilization of scene and requests additional assistance as necessary.
Determines nature and extent of illness or injury and patient's history from available sources. Administers emergency medical care within scope of practice, including patient stabilization, monitoring, and resuscitation, from the scene to receiving medical facility.
Contacts medical personnel, reports/records observations, and follows directives from supervising Physician or Registered Nurse.
Maintains equipment, restocks supplies and cleans ambulance as necessary.
Non-Essential Functions


Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Lifepoint Health

Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas is a system of hospitals located across Middle Tennessee with a vision of transforming healthcare by improving health outcomes, enhancing the patient experience, and improving access and convenience. Visit one of our critical access hospitals in your community offering an extensive range of in-patient, outpatient and emergency services for adults and children. Highpoint Health – Sumner 555 Hartsville Pike Gallatin, TN 37066 Highpoint Health – Riverview 158 Hospital Dr. Carthage, TN 37030 Highpoint Health – Trousdale 500 Church Street Hartsville, TN 37074
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