EMT or Paramedic - Rome/Cartersville - Hire Velocity

Join our growing team! Competitive pay plus benefits! 

EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic

Annual Evaluations: With Performance-based raises 

Job Type: Full Time, Part Time, PRN

EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic will respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls to render appropriate medical attention to the patient and provide safe and timely transportation to the appropriate destination and back home. 

Job Type:  

Full-time & Part-Time Hours Available 

Schedule: 

• 12-24 hour shifts available *shifts vary upon location* 
• Built-in overtime for each bi weekly pay period and annual pay increases based on performance reviews ranging from 1-5%
• Full time 12 hour shifts have 8 hours of built in overtime per 2 week pay period and anywhere from 16-20 or more guranteed hour of OT for 24 hour shifts
• $10 t.i.p.s BONUS plan paying $10 for each patient daily paid out on each pay check.

Benefits: 

• Health, Vision and Dental insurance 
• Disability insurance 
• Life insurance 
• 401K Plan available 
• Tuition Reimbursement Program for career training 
• Certification Renewal 
• Paid time off 
  
   

Responsibilities Include but not limited to the following: 

• Comply with all corporate policies and procedures. 
• Maintaining EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic certification as required by the State and/or NREMT. 
• Maintaining a current CPR card. 
• Maintaining current valid Driver’s License (must pass MVR). 
• Maintaining assigned ambulance in a state of constant cleanliness and readiness to respond to non-emergency calls. 
• Appropriately respond to calls when dispatched. 
• Rendering appropriate medical care, within the scope of practice of an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic, under the guidance of established medical protocols and standing order. 
• Demonstrate ability to work well with people, both internally and with external customers. 
• Perform any other tasks required to get the job done. Shifts vary, your daily schedule and responsibilities are subject to change. 

Required licenses or certifications: 

• Must hold a valid State and/or NREMT License at an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic level. 
• Current CPR card. 
• Must possess a valid Driver's License and have a safe driving record. 

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. 
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Excellent time management skills. 
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment. 
• Ability to function in environment with temperature changes, indoors and or outdoors. 
• Ability to learn technical material related to job duties. 
• Ability to work in a noisy environment. 

 
Physical Requirements: 

• Must be able to talk constantly, both in person and on the phone. 
• Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: patient care activities, preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection of small writing and/or operation of office machines and EMS related equipment. 
• Must be able to speak English constantly. 
• Must be able to read English. 
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position constantly (approximately 80% of the time) 
• Must be able to type or write constantly (approximately 15% of the time) 
• Must be able to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. 
• Must be able to occasionally move about in the ambulance to access the patient, provide patient care and retrieve and use equipment. 
• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, scanner, and computer printer. 
• Ability to operate EMS equipment such as blood pressure cuff, glucometer, EKG machine, pulse oximeter, etc. 
• Frequently communicates with patients, EMS providers, hospital and facility staff.  Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. 
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment. 
• Must be able to bend, kneel, crouch, push, pull, reaching, lifting, squat, twist, carrying and climb stairs to access a patient and or equipment inside cramped spaces such as the back of an ambulance. 
• Must be able to routinely lift more than 200 lbs. with assistance, from ground level to move or manipulate a patient, on a backboard or load a patient and stretcher into an ambulance. 
• Must be able to grasp paperwork and or small equipment such as glucose test strips.