Emergency Medical Technician - Daly City, United States - 8th Element Hyperbaric Medcine

Description

• Educate and orient patients about the delivery of hyperbaric medicine oxygen treatments ("HBOT");
• Complete and document all daily startup and shutdown functions, quality assurance functions, and maintenance functions;
• Accurately obtain and document pretreatment patient assessment, which will include vital signs, fingerstick glucose, as indicated, and pretreatment questions, and submit to provider for review and approval or disapproval, prior to the start of daily HBOT;
• Accurately obtain and document posttreatment patient assessment, which will include vital signs, fingerstick glucose, as indicated, and submit to provider for review and approval or disapproval, for discharge after daily HBOT;
• Safely transport patients to and from the hyperbaric chamber;
• Provide excellent customer service to patients referred to the center, and their accompanying family members and/or caregivers;
• Safely operate and maintain the hyperbaric chamber, and notify safety director and provider on duty of any mechanical challenges or failures experienced, and complete all corrective action, as indicated;
• Accurately document and maintain required information in the chamber dive log;
• Ensure all patients entering the chamber are compliant with the list of items prohibited to enter the chamber;
• Ensure all patients entering the chamber are wearing the approved scrubs and are wearing approved shoe covers;
• Report all medical emergencies to provider on duty, and address accordingly, and as directed by the provider on duty;
• Accurately document patient medical information in electronic health record;
• Clean hyperbaric chamber with approved cleaning agents at end of every shift;
• Maintain all maintenance and service records on all equipment at the center;
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory agencies, including but not limited to HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, NFPA, DOL, CMS and commercial payers;
• Maintain compliance with all 8th Element quality assurance programs;
• Maintain professional relationship with all center staff;
• Maintain professional relationship with 8th Element administration and staff;
• Assist office manager with administrative functions, as directed by center director;
• Perform other duties as directed;

• High school degree or equivalent;
• Current EMT licensure;
• Current BLS certification;
• Experience in documenting protected health care information in EHR products, preferred;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Ability to work rotating weekend shifts as needed;

• Ability to function in hyperbaric chamber environments;
• Must have full range of body motion;
• Ability to move and/or transport patients to/from wheelchairs and treatment chairs;
• Must be able to exert, lift and/or move a minimum of 50 lbs occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs frequently, in order to lift, carry, push, pull, grip or otherwise move objects, including the human body;
• Other physical demands: stooping, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, bending, seeing, climbing and digital dexterity and sensitivity;
• Must be able to physically perform CPR;

• 8 hour shift
• Weekends as needed

• EMT License (required)
• BLS Certification (required)