Emergency Medical Technician - Various Shifts

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

The Mount Sinai Health System Department of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Receives emergency calls from dispatcher or Supervisor and promptly, safely responds to assignments.
• Ensures the safety of the patient and other pre hospital personnel at all times.
• Provides direct patient care from first contact through authorized hand off including but not limited to:
  • Performing medical histories and performs physical exams as indicated on patients in the field.
  • Initiating indicated treatment modalities according to written policies and medical control physician orders.
  • Accompanying the patient to the Emergency Department.
  • Monitoring and treating the patient during transportation.
  • Transporting the patient to the appropriate emergency department and reports orally to the nurse and/or physician.
• Writes a comprehensive report documenting the situation at the scene, physical exam, orders received, treatments rendered, response to these treatments, and other information deemed pertinent.
• Operates and maintains ambulances, other emergency vehicles, and equipment to ensure they are in efficient working order. This includes but isn't limited to: replacing fuel, making minor repairs, cleaning and restocking the equipment and vehicles to maintain NYSDOH and FDNY regulatory standards. Reports any obvious mechanical malfunctions or deficiencies to the supervisor immediately verbally and/or in writing.
• Follows NYSDOH and FDNY Rules, Regulations and Protocols at all times.

Requirements:

• Four year high school diploma or equivalent
• Successful completion of training program as an NYSDOH Emergency Medical Technician, and other protocol update programs as currently required.
• NYS certification test score minimum of 80%
• Certification as a NYS EMT with at least 1 year of 911 experience in NYC preferred.
• Tri-State issued driver's license with infraction free driving abstract requested within the last 30 days
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area.
• Ability to perform heavy and awkward lifting of patients in difficult areas and terrain.
• In order to be considered you must include the following documents with your application:
  • EMT certification
  • State EMT Exam Results
  • Driver's Abstract showing no infractions
  • Driver's license

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About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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