Job Description
Paramedic
The Dougherty County EMS Department is hiring on a continuous basis for a Paramedic. The purpose of this position is to respond to emergency calls to provide efficient and immediate care to the critically ill and injured, and to transport the patient to a medical facility. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.
Essential tasks include initiating patient care, assisting with the proper extrication of trapped patients, directing the operations of the first responders and bystanders, managing control drugs on ambulance, ensuring that all documents are complete after each call, ensuring proper radio communications with dispatch, hospital and other units, operating emergency vehicles, deciding on patient transport destination, driving the ambulance in emergency situations, providing professional and courteous customer service at all times to in-house staff and general public either by telephone, electro...