Critical Care Transport EMT  

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Port St. Lucie. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers services in a wide variety of specialties to meet community needs. You'll be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.    

Cleveland Clinic's Critical Care Transport (CCT) team is recognized as a world leader in transporting critical patients anywhere around the globe. The CCT team is an expert team of critical care providers available 24/7 to transport critically ill and injured patients of all ages. By initiating tertiary care during transfer, outcomes are often improved for many critically ill patients. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Perform all basic and life support skills as prescribed by the State of Florida and the Medical Director.  

• Assume responsibility and primary accountability for the safe operation of the designated emergency response vehicle.  

• Assist in patient care and transport as directed.  

• Work collaboratively with members of the team to provide essential emergency response services. 

• Respond safely and without delay to calls for emergency assistance. 

• Report on time to scheduled obligations. 

• Operate emergency vehicles safely and in accordance with department policy and procedures. 

• Perform daily vehicle safety and readiness checks, reporting any actual and potential hazards. 

• Provide care and communication suitable for appropriate age-specific care. Neonatal (0 - 28 days); Pediatric (29 days - 12 years); Adolescent (13 - 18 years); Adult (19 - 74 years); Geriatric (75+ years). 

• Conduct point-of-care laboratory testing as part of patient care and participate in requisite point-of-care testing maintenance procedures to comply with regulatory standards of the College of American Pathologists or other bodies as applicable. 

• Report pertinent observations regarding patients to the appropriate person. 

• Assist other emergency response agencies in securing patients for treatment/transport as needed. 

• Function as an advocate for the patient and their family by supplying and interpreting information, supporting decisions and facilitating communication. 

• Maintain the specific confidentiality issues of the patient. 

• Be responsible for completing all required departmental continuing education annually. 

• Perform daily and monthly checks to ensure continuous readiness for state inspection. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate of an accredited basic EMT program. 

• Current licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in the State of Florida.  

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification.  

• Operation of emergency vehicles (EVOC) with 8 hours of driving and 8 hours of lecture time.  

• Current valid driver’s license (VDL) and insurable through Cleveland Clinic’s liability center. 

• EVOC certificate.  

• Ability to use related clinical equipment, communications equipment and the electronic patient care report system.  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Two years of experience driving emergency vehicles as an EMT.  

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