Part-time EMT

Career Information: Full and Part-time EMT

This is to advise of a vacancy for the above referenced part-time position in the Township Police Department. The primary critical function performed by paid EMS staff is the staffing and response on first aid apparatus to mitigate emergency first aid incidents. Paid EMS staff will be responsible for servicing the Township’s first aid needs and assisting the volunteer services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

All staff will be required to proficiently perform all EMT-B standards as required by the New Jersey Department of Health. Along with these standards, all paid EMS staff will be required to perform the following:

• Establish open communications and a positive rapport with volunteer first aid services.
• Safely operate all EMS vehicles and equipment adhering to all state and local traffic laws.
• Establish communications with the Wall Township Police Dispatch and provide updates on their status during assignments.
• Assess patient(s) or triage patients and summon the appropriate emergency services needed, i.e. additional BLS, or ALS.
• Prepare a complete report on every assigned call detailing patient information, details of the incident and administered care. Reports must be completed prior to securing from duty.
• Establish communications with receiving hospitals and provide hospital personnel with complete patient medical conditions.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Requirements:

• Candidates shall possess a valid New Jersey driver’s license, high school diploma or equivalent, New Jersey Department of Health Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) qualified. Preferred Prerequisites: EMT-B & C.E.V.O. certified.
• Candidates will be required to work at least forty (40) hours per month and no more than twenty-eight (28) hours during a seven (7) day work period. The candidate will be required to work shifts around-the-clock during the work period as scheduled. This includes weekdays, weekends and holidays.
• The right candidate is highly motivated, well organized self-directed professional who embraces new challenges and collaborates well with team members, accepts responsibility and sees assignments to completion; exhibits excellent oral and written communication skills. The candidate will be privy to highly confidential matters and transactions and must display the utmost discretion and professionalism.

Wall Township Township Tattoo Policy:

Visible tattoos or similar markings that are visible when wearing short sleeves on the face, head, scalp, neck, and below the elbows are forbidden. For leg tattoos only, applicants with visible tattoos while wearing shorts will be required to cover the leg tattoo(s) if assigned to assignments that require wearing shorts

Interested applicants must complete the below Civilian Application, Records Release Form and forward them to Sergeant James Cadigan 2700 Allaire Road, Wall NJ 07719 jcadigan@wallpolice.org.

The township reserves the right to interview applicants for anticipated vacancies. There is no specific deadline for this process. Applications will remain active for 1 year.