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Mercyhealth

Integrated health system delivering coordinated care

EMT Critical Care Transport

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$18.65 - $27.97

About the Job

Requirements

  • Two years of experience in a busy 911 system and ALS experience are preferred.
  • Previous critical care transport experience is preferred.
  • A National Registry Certificate is required.
  • An EMT license in the state of practice is required.
  • Dual Illinois and Wisconsin licensure is required within 90 days.
  • BLS/CPR certification is required within 90 days.
  • NIMS Training IS 100, 200, 700, and 800, and Hazmat training are required within 90 days.
  • EVOC Driving course completion is required within three months of hire.
  • The role requires basic PC skills, the ability to read and comprehend written instructions, follow verbal instructions, and communicate verbally and in writing.
  • The role requires organizational skills, customer service skills, and grammar and spelling ability.
  • The role requires stress management, decision-making under pressure, appropriate responses to anger, fear, hostility, and violence, handling multiple priorities, and working independently.
  • The role requires the ability to perform repetitive tasks and motions, distinguish colors, hear alarms, telephones, tape recorder playback, and normal speaking voices, and demonstrate manual dexterity, eye-hand-foot coordination, and vision.

Responsibilities

  • Provide pre-hospital basic life support from initial contact until care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility, and complete patient care documentation in TraumaSoft/Epic promptly.
  • Practice within the scope defined by Illinois/Wisconsin and Mercyhealth, maintain competency through ongoing laboratory and clinical experiences, and communicate educational needs to program leadership.
  • Provide assigned patient care according to standards of care, shift routines, and applicable policies and procedures.
  • Perform basic skills and procedures approved by Mercyhealth.
  • Maintain documentation of licensure, certifications, continuing education, safety training, OSHA and HIPAA training, clinical rotations, and advanced procedures; attend educational programs required by the Medical Director.
  • Participate in departmental activities, simulation, projects, committees, research and publishing opportunities, and professional activities related to pre-hospital care, including elected or appointed legislative participation.
  • Communicate program goals and objectives.
  • Use and routinely maintain equipment and supplies; report medical equipment failures and take initial repair steps as directed; maintain adequate patient-care supplies; and assist with routine ambulance, equipment, and facility maintenance to ensure a clean, orderly, professional environment and rapid response to transport requests.
  • Serve as a CCTT ground team member by attending pre-call briefings and post-call debriefings, assisting with radio, navigation, and weather observations before calls, complying with safety standards, and conducting safety briefings as needed.
  • Participate in Mercyhealth meetings, activities, projects, committees, research, and publishing opportunities.
  • Participate in patient and referring-institution follow-up and planned outreach, marketing, and education activities.
  • Maintain a clean work and patient environment.
  • Process orders accurately and promptly; answer telephone and call lights appropriately; provide information or relay messages to patients and staff.
  • Scan, stock, order, and maintain supplies, including disposing of expired or damaged supplies in departments and ambulances.
  • Perform venipuncture, IV access, 12-lead acquisition, blood glucose analysis, and CPR/Lucas as ordered or directed in the Emergency Department.
  • Assist with splinting by gathering supplies and transport non-monitored patients to inpatient units.
  • Float to outlying Mercyhealth facilities in Janesville, Rockford, Walworth, and Harvard based on identified needs and staffing models.
  • Direct visitors to patient rooms, maintain current-patient medical records, process patient charges, and order supplies as needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Two years of experience in a busy 911 system and ALS experience.
  • Previous critical care transport experience.

About the Company

Mercyhealth

Integrated health system delivering coordinated care

Mercyhealth is an integrated health system offering hospital-based, clinic-based, and post-acute and retail health services, plus its own insurance company. Patients access care within a connected network where doctors, nurses, and staff coordinate across settings to ensure smooth transitions and better outcomes. It differentiates itself by providing a fully integrated experience—clinical care linked with an owned insurance plan—that enables coordinated treatment and consistent care close to home. Its goal is to deliver exceptional health care and make lives better for patients and families by improving access, outcomes, and the patient experience through end-to-end integration.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Rockford, IL
Founded
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