EMT-Pediatric Critical Care Transport (11A-1130P)

Description

Nemours is seeking an EMT for our Transport Team! Schedule is mid-shift 11a-1130p full-time 72 hours biweekly position with every third weekend and every third holiday requirements.

As one of the nations leading pediatric healthcare systems Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated family-centered care to more than 280000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware Florida Maryland New Jersey and Pennsylvania. At Nemours our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own.

This position is responsible for thesafe and efficient transportation of patients from referring hospitals or to other facilities and destinations. This includesthe safe and efficient operation of the vehicle andbeingan assistant to the transport Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist teams. All direct care is provided under EMT Certification. Additional skills performed by the EMT are under the direct supervision of transport Team RN/RT and under Medical Command Officer direction.

The CCTT transports on average ten (10) patients daily. Ninety (90) percent of patients are transported by ambulance; the remaining patients are flown by helicopter. Patient placement includes specialty care units such as pediatric intensive care neonatal intensive care cardiac intensive care burn units emergency and surgical units as well as the general pediatric addition to performing inter-hospital transports the CCTT staff assists with patient care in the PICU NICU and ED and serves as resources to other nursing units within the hospital. The Nemours CCTT is honored to be one of only a few pediatric transport teams to offer and successfully transport patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

Qualifications:

• Must have and maintain a driving record that is acceptable to Nemours insurance carrier
• High School diploma or equivalent
• NREMT and Delaware EMT required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operators Certificate) or approved equivalent required
• MD NJ and PA EMT certifications within 90 days of hire
• PEARS required by end of orientation.
• At least 2-3 years of previous experience as an EMT
• 2-3 years of Type 1 and/or Medium duty ambulance driving experience preferred.

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