EMT- Critical Care Transport (Finance)
Nemours is seeking an EMT for our Critical Care Transport Team! Full-time Flex (may include Days, Nights, or Mids)
As one of the nation's leading pediatric healthcare systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 2800,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. At Nemours, our associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were out own.
This position is responsible for the safe and efficient transportation of patients from referring hospitals of to other facilities and destinations. This includes the safe and efficient operation of the vehicle and being an assistance to the transport Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist teams. All direct care is provided under the EMT certification. Additional skills performed by the EMT are under the direct supervision of the transport team RN/RT and under Medical Command Officer direction.
The CCTT transports on average 130-140 calls a month. Ninety (90) percent of patients are transported by ambulance; the remaining patients are transported by flight. Patient placement includes specialty care units such as pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, cardiac intensive care, emergency, and surgical units, as well as the general pediatric floors. In addition to performing interfacility transports, the CCTT staff assists with patient care and available resources in units throughout the hospital.
Requirements:
- Must have and maintain a driving record that is acceptable to Nemours' insurance carrier.
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Florida EMT certification required.
- BLS from the American Heart Association.
- EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operators Certificate) or approved equivalent required.
- At least 2-3 years of previous experience as an EMT
About Us
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
