Job Description

Job Description

Follows organizational direction and meets established expectations when performing required operational duties. Conducts assessment, treatment, and transport of ill or injured patients at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Level. Maintains ambulance readiness.
 

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes tasks and ensures the effective functioning of the duty.
• Follows the chain of command in reporting incidents or concerns.
• Prioritizes workload and completes correspondence promptly.
• Ensures a safe working environment through strict compliance with American Hospital Dubai’s Policy and Procedures regarding safety, infection, and security.
• Participates in mock codes and unit staff meetings (60% – 80% meetings per year)
• Directs Ambulance attendants during their shift to ensure they fulfil their job requirements per their job description.
• Plans and carries out responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Supervises lost charges stay to a minimum on the ambulances.
• Ensures a safe working environment through strict compliance with Dubai Corporation of Ambulance Services (DCAS) standards.
• Conducts training at the Life Support Training Center (LSTC) on Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) programs if they have current instructor status or assist with course preparation and clearance.
• Conducts Hospital in-service training per their clinical experience.
• Supports and monitors the Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program (RQI).
• Answers phone calls politely and professionally using proper telephone etiquette.
• Adheres to the hospital policy HPP-206 “Identification of Patient.”
• Ensures that the workplace and surrounding area are kept clean and organized at all times.
• Lifts an adult safely via the stretcher with assistance.
• Assembles, restocks, cleans, and maintains the ambulance, patient care equipment, and facility.
• Provides patient assessment, treatment, and transport at Advanced Life Support Level.
• Assists the Administrative Supervisor with the arrangements of patient transfers locally and internationally by ground transport.
• Ensures all Instructor certifications are kept current.
• Ensures that patient records are fully completed and kept up to American Hospital Dubai’s standards.
• Conducts monthly crash cart audits throughout the American Hospital Dubai.
• Regularly reviews Automated External Defibrillator (AED) functionality and First aid equipment availability throughout American Hospital Dubai.
• Ensures the Dubai Corporation of Ambulance Services (DCAS) office is fully stocked and cleaned at all times.
• Directs and supports Dubai Corporation of Ambulance Services (DCAS) and other ambulance service providers in the transportation of patients.
• Assist Emergency patients arriving outside the Emergency Department entrance.
• Assists Emergency Department team as needed.
• Performs additional duties as required

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of recent post-graduate Paramedic or Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) experience
• Evidence of continuing education
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge and skills required to respond to codes and other emergencies
• Basic computer literacy and basic use of the Microsoft Office suite
• Air Ambulance training preferred
• Previous Middle Eastern experience preferred
• American Heart Association Instructor Training preferred