Health Technician

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. Incumbent serves as Paramedic, first responder and on-site member of an emergency response team (ERT) of an assigned Medical Treatment Facility or Medical Center with responsibility for the Emergency Response Team/Paramedic mission in support of a military installation. This is an open continuous announcement. We accept applications on an ongoing basis. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• Serve as Paramedic, First responder and on-site member of an emergency response team (ERT) of an assigned Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) or Medical Center (MC) with responsibility for the Emergency Response Team/Paramedic mission.
• Provide a combination of technical (nonprofessional medical) and administrative tasks related to the Advance Life Support (ALS) treatment and care of patients in an emergency environment inside and outside the MTF/MC emergency room setting
• Performs Triage to determine number and severity of victims’ and their conditions.
• Performs site assessment of incident location to determines requirements needed for additional or specialty resources, relay situation report and requests to supporting emergency service facility.
• Conduct intake procedures obtains general medical information, including allergies and drug sensitivities; and takes and records vital signs.
• Provide transport of emergency victim to medical treatment facility for further treatment or emergency inpatient care.
• Emergency Vehicles (EV) Operation. Ensures emergency vehicles are operational and ready, performing routine operator safety checks and emergency vehicle maintenance inspections of the vehicle.
• Coordinates with the 911 center or available crews for emergency ambulance response to include the military police and fire department personnel.
• Recognize, stabilize, and provide emergent care to patients presenting with a diverse range of complex medical crises, acute injuries, and systemic dysfunctions.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.