Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Advanced or Paramedic

Company: Sterling Medical Corporation
Location: Blackstone
Posted on: November 23, 2021

Job Description:

Sterling Medical is currently looking for experienced advanced EMTs and Paramedics to assist with the Afghan project we have at McGuire AFB in New Jersey as well as Fort Pickett in Virginia. These are 90-day assignments with the potential for extension, depending on the base need. You would assist in caring for American citizens returning from Afghanistan, this includes Afghani citizens that have acted as friends of the US and are now arriving in the US for purposes of relocation to this country. So far, we have recruited RN's, Phlebotomists, Nurse Practitioners, and other medical professionals, that if also approved, you will be working with on the bases. Ft. Pickett in Virginia is looking for candidates that are open to either days or nights. McGuire AFB in New Jersey is currently only looking for candidates that are able to work night shift. Shifts will vary between 8-12 hours, never exceeding 12 hours.Job Requirements: Responsibilities include: Administer emergency medical care to injured persons

• Perform emergency and non emergency procedures
• Respond to all emergency medical situations
• Respond to emergency and non-emergency requests
• Operating an emergency or patient transport vehicle
• Responding to various emergency patient situations
• Administer emergency care to sick or injured residents
• Assist professional medical personnel in emergency treatment administered at a medical facility
• Perform emergency intervention and patient triage
• Provide classes on proper use of fire extinguishers
• Assist professional medical personnel in emergency treatment administered at medical facility
• Moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles
• Provide emergency medical treatment to sick or injured persons at site of emergency and while in transit to medical facility
• Searching for medical identification emblems as a guide to appropriate emergency medical care
• Participate in emergency response services
• Provide treatment in a hospital emergency department (ED), ambulance emergency response, in-flight emergency response, non-in-flight emergency response, transfer
• Providing prehospital emergency medical care of simple and multiple system trauma
• Respond to an emergency call
• Clean equipment following infection control and cleaning guidelines
• Respond to a variety of emergency calls requiring the performance of a variety of emergency medical skills, such as administering oxygen, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, emergency medical care Qualifications:
  • Current/Active BLS
  • Updated Resume
  • Copy of EMT-A OR Paramedic License (MUST include Advanced or Paramedic to qualify)
  • Copy of COVID vaccination
  • McGuire (Only) requires a copy of MMR Vaccination
  • Desired Start Date Please also specify which base you would prefer to go to as this also would include a travel addendum, especially if it is a further distance. Our travel addendum would include the following:
    • Flight (round-trip)
    • Lodging
    • Auto Rental
    • $55 per diem

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