Job Posting
Ambulance Driver
Required Skills:
-Knowledge of state and local traffic laws.
-Knowledge of procedures to transport non-ambulatory and acute stretcher patients and health care facilities.
-Demonstrated knowledge and skill of driving an ambulance.
Essential Functions:
-Drives an ambulance in compliance with State and local traffic laws.
-Transports patients and ambulance crew safely, to/from hospitals and other health care institutions.
-Determines ambulance speed and emergency driving conditions for transporting patients and crew.
-May lift and transfers patients between beds and stretchers assisted by the EMT.
-Lifts patients into and out of an ambulance and positions them securely in the ambulance with the assistance of the EMT.
-Notifies and communicates with ambulance dispatcher by telephone or radio regarding transport, ETA, change of -routes, delay, etc.
-Assists ambulance crew, when necessary, in restraining patients as needed.
-Assists at accident scenes as instructed or stops at encountered accident scenes or other emergencies and provides care as needed and within scope of skills, abilities and certifications.
-Drivers are assigned shifts of on-call and will be available to report for service within guidelines and standards of the EMS rules.
-Completes necessary documentation, reports and logs.
-Inspects, cleans and restocks ambulance when transports are complete.
-Reports necessary repairs, concerns to Coordinator and/or appropriate personnel.
-Performs duties within the scope as instructed by EMT or EMS Coordinator.
Driver's License Required
PRN, as needed
Closing Date: 02/16/2023
Contact Information
Lynne Herring - Director of Human Resources
Human Resources
301 Cedar Avenue
Orofino, ID 83544
Email: lynne.herring@kh.org
Phone: 208-476-8087
Fax: 208-476-7985 |