EMT Driver

What You Will Do

• Safety and risk management.

• Knowledge and experience in preparing an ambulance for safe operation as well as providing a safe, transport experience for the patient and medical crew. Focuses on providing expertise to support a team based care delivery model.

• Completes the initial UH Emergency Driver training course and maintains currency annually.

• Expected to understand the vehicle dynamics for patients on ventilators, central lines, chest tubes, medication administration and titration, cardiac assist devices, IAPB, Impella, ECMO, and isolettes.

• Must excel at working in an interdisciplinary environment inclusive of physicians, advanced practicing providers, nursing, respiratory therapy, and other members of the clinical care team.

• Completes appropriate documentation of vehicle readiness pre and post transport, and of vehicle operations as part of the tam post transport debrief.

• Must uphold and maintain all necessary certifications and demonstrated.

• Supports PR events to represent the transport team and University Hospitals as required.

• Displays a commitment to UH EMS-I services and UH System mission, vision, and values

• Must be an unwavering advocate for patient and crew safety.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards.

• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.

• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.