Emergency Medical Technician

Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) is hiring a Paramedic to join our Emergency Medical Services team in Hickory County, Missouri. CMH is made up of 34 primary and specialty clinics, 6 long-term care facilities and 1 residential care facility. Offering acute care, emergency services, ambulatory care, pharmacies, walk-in clinics, surgeries, addiction recovery, rehab therapies and more, CMH has its community covered!

About the department: CMH Emergency Medical Services provides ambulance services to three counties in Southwest Missouri: Polk, Hickory, and St. Clair. Services include 9-1-1 emergency response and non-emergency medical transport. Ambulances are equipped with advanced medical life support for adult and pediatric patients. CMH Pre-Hospital Services is recognized as a high-quality care provider for time-critical diagnosis of trauma, heart attack, stroke and sepsis.

A typical day includes: Providing pre-hospital care as an EMT and assisting the EMT-P with patient care in accordance with established treatment protocols of CMH.

Prepares and maintains ambulances, equipment, and inventory of supplies
Assesses and determines scene safety, and/or utilizes community/organizational resources to assure scene safety
Initiates advanced life support and makes an accurate initial assessment of patients' conditions
Transports patients, utilizes other methods of transportation, or relinquishes patient care as per state guidelines and / or medical control
Documents a complete assessment on each patient examined using understandable language and / or organization-approved abbreviations

Job Requirements:

Education: Completion of an approved EMT training course
Experience: Minimum of 1 year of experience as an EMS or in an emergency department setting
Skills: Ability to remain calm and exhibit a professional composure during high-stress and crisis situations
Licensure/Certification: Active Missouri EMT license
Physical: Prolonged periods of standing and walking, lifting more than 100 pounds with and without assistance

The position is: Full-time rotating day shifts from 9am-9pm

Benefits include:

Competitive wage
Annual merit increase
No-cost health insurance option for employee
Full suite of insurance benefits available for employee and family
Early access to pay with on-demand PayActiv
Employee assistance program
Paid time off
Increased matched savings to Retirement Plan
Employee discounts

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For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kelly Fender at 417-328-6251, or by email at [email protected].

Location: Citizens Memorial · Ambulance-Hickory County
Schedule: Full Time, Days, 9a to 9p