Emergency Medical Technician Jobs

03/20/23Open Until Filled$18.50 - $25.85 an hour
The pay range listed above reflects the FULL pay range for this position. Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. The position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.
Check out our shift differential pay in addition to our base wage:

• An additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 11:00pm - 7:00am
• An additional $1.25 per hour for hours worked between 3:00pm - 11:00pm

UnclassifiedCorrectional Health

• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Employee discounts for goods and services
• Enrollment in Arizona State Retirement System
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Paid vacation, sick time, and paid parental leave
• Work with a wide array of tools and technologies
• Learn more at maricopa.gov/5284/Why-Work-Here
• Join a dynamic and diverse team

• Valid Arizona EMCT license upon hire
• Experience in skilled care, acute care, primary care physician practice, prehospital, or hospital emergency medical care
• Completion of an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program meeting the Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS) requirements and pass the national registry of EMT (NREMT) exam

• Experience in a correctional or detention setting

• Administer, monitor, and assist patients with the self-administration of medications through their administrative medical director's delegated authority
• Gather patient vital signs, obtain specimens, perform ordered treatments, and apply dressings
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to monitor patients
• Assist in providing basic emergency medical care during medical emergencies in a detention setting
• Operate under the current scope of practice of the medical direction protocols for emergency medical care technicians
• Recognize and document the signs and symptoms of medical needs warranting additional professional expertise and notifying the appropriate medical staff of changes in the patient's condition, reaction to medications or treatments, and of other significant incidents

• Ability to get on the floor to perform CPR/chest compressions, push medical equipment, climb stairs, and lift patients on a gurney
• Will be assigned to various clinical locations in the Phoenix area within a 5-mile radius
• Ability to respond to emergencies
• Ability to work inside a jail environment, consisting of working near inmates and other staff and indoors in a confined area

• Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications
• Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive
• Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile
• Only the most qualified candidates will be considered