EMT/Basic - Critical Care Transport

Description

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UNC REX Critical Care Transport providesBasic Life Support (BLS),Advanced Life Support (ALS), andCritical Care Transport (CCT)acrosseastern North Carolina, ensuring high-quality, compassionate care every mile of the way.

Our transport fleet consists of10 fully equipped ambulances, designed to support a wide range of patient acuity levels:

• BLS Transports: Staffed by two EMTs

• ALS Transports: Staffed by an EMT and a Paramedic or Registered Nurse

• Critical Care Transports: Staffed by an EMT, Paramedic, and Critical Care Nurse

Our team supports patients moving between hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and specialty care centers. We manage everything fromroutine transferstocritically ill patientsrequiring ventilator support and advanced therapies likeintra-aortic balloon pumpsandLVADs.

With an average of600 transports per month, our fast-paced, inter-facility transport service plays a critical role in the continuum of care.

We work closely with a broad range of specialists, including:

• Neurologists

• Pulmonologists

• Emergency Physicians

• Hospitalists

• Intensivists

• Cardiologists

This collaboration ensures seamless care duringSpecialty Care Transport (SCT)andALS transport, 24/7, to and from UNC REX Hospital, UNC Hospitals, affiliated facilities, and other regional medical centers.

EachCritical Care Transportcrew is composed of:

• AnEMT

• ACritical Care Paramedic

• ACritical Care Nurse

Our highly trained teams are equipped to manage the most complex cases, including:

• Cardiac Arrest

• STEMI

• Stroke (CVA)

• Respiratory Failure

• Sepsis

• Trauma

• High-Risk Obstetrics

• Pediatrics

Critical care ambulances are strategically based inRaleighandSmithfield, with coverage extending to theHolly Springsarea, ensuring rapid response and high-level care throughout the region.

• Be part of aspecialty-trained, mission-driven team

• Work in adynamic, high-acuity environment

• Collaborate with top-tier providers across multiple specialties

• Make areal impacton patient outcomes across eastern North Carolina

UNC REX Critical Care Transportis where expertise, compassion, and teamwork come together-on the road and in the lives of our patients.
Apply now to be part of our lifesaving journey.

Summary:

The EMT/Basic Critical Care Transport position requires the EMT to transfer injured or critically ill patients between hospitals and other healthcare facilities. 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 EMTs in this capacity are comfortable with providing out-of-hospital care and willing to learn new skills to facilitate the transfer of patients.

Responsibilities:
1. Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others and supports patient safety initiatives.
2. Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self. Attends education programs based on identified learning needs. Attends 75% of departmental continuing education.
3. Identifies expected patient outcomes. Assists the RN or Paramedic as needed in revision of plan of care. Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care. Communicates effectively via the 800 radio using clear speech and professionalism.
4. Demonstrates competence in assisting the RN or Paramedic with the care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care. Utilizes healthcare organization and departmental, policies, protocols, and procedures in delivery of care. Assists in determining the best mode of transportation for the patient. Operates Rex Hospital patient transport vehicles and ambulances in a safe manner and in accordance with Rex Hospital policies and North Carolina State law, without exception.
5. With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor. Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. participates in promoting cost-effective care. Gives feedback to co-workers. Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment. Promotes a safe, clean, and secure care environment for all.
6. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs of the patient. Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others. Assesses and anticipates care of individual patients within scope of practice set forth by the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services.
7. Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* None required as long as other position qualifications are met
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* NCDL
* EMT
* BCLS
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Two (2) years experience as an EMT
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. IT Skills: Ability to work effectively in Word, Excel and various report writing programs. Ability to create reports, analyze data and make sound business decisions based on appropriate information sources. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex Critical Care Transport

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range:$19.59 - $27.84 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Night Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.