Emergency Medical Technician

About Symbiosis

To fix what’s wrong in healthcare, think outside the hospital.

If you’re tired of the status quo within the healthcare system, then you’ve found a team of like-minded colleagues.

Symbiosis has reimagined out-of-hospital services that encompass urgent care, ambulance transport, event safety, and telemedicine services in one integrated approach. Within this practice, we provide fully equipped and professionally staffed basic life support, advanced life support, and critical care transport ambulances. From EMTs to paramedics to EMS dispatchers – we pride ourselves on the trained, responsive and compassionate professionals who comprise our team.

We are currently hiring qualified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Both full-time and part-time positions are available. If you have the experience, a desire to learn and succeed, and want to work for one of the most exciting and dynamic companies around, send us your resume! Our EMTs operate primarily in the following divisions:

• Interfacility Transport (BLS, ALS, & CCT): Assist in the care and transportation of patients from hospitals across southern California.
• Event Safety: As a leader in emergency event medical safety, Symbiosis provides its employees with medical experience at large-scale productions such as raves, music festivals, and motorsport races.

Benefits Include:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid sick leave
• 401(k)
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• CPR classes
• Continuing education and skills

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Responsibilities:

• Provide EMT shift coverage based on call volume needs.
• Responds to instructions from dispatch and drives the emergency vehicle to specified locations.
• Determines nature and extent of illness or injury, or magnitude of catastrophe, in order to establish the basic life support procedures needed to be followed, basing decisions on statements of persons involved, the examination of victim or victims, and knowledge of the emergency medical practice.
• Removes or assists in the removal of victims from vehicles, or the scene of an accident or catastrophe, and assists in the transfer of victims to receiving facilities.
• Takes and records a patient's vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, and respiratory rate.
• Administers prescribed treatment at the site of an emergency, or in specially equipped vehicles, performing such activities as first aid, immobilization of injuries, application of splints, administration of oxygen, treatment of minor wounds or abrasions, or administration of basic life support procedures.
• Assists admitting and billing personnel to obtain and record information related to the patient's vital statistics and to establish the necessity for medical transportation.
• Completes field care report patient billing /trip ticket and daily driver's unit checkout form.
• Assist with equipment, medication, and supply inventory management
• On-call coverage.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic Qualifications:

• California state EMT card required.
• American Heart Association or Red Cross Healthcare Provider CPR Certification required.
• CA driver’s license required and must have an excellent driving record.
• Medical Examiner’s Certificate required.
• Ambulance Driver’s Certificate (ADC) required.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge of modern EMS principles, procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Reading, writing, comprehension, and basic mathematical skills are required.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to solve problems.
• Must maintain calm in stressful and chaotic situations.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of standing, walking and lifting.
• Must be able to lift up to 100 pounds at times with or without assistance.