Employment

Job Type: Part-Time, On-Call, minimum of 4 on-call shifts per month

Pay: $10 per hour while on-call, $600 per call while on-call, $300 per call if canceled after going enroute, $59.69 per hour if covering a shift

Metro West Ambulance Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Team

Are you a local RN with ICU experience? Join our MICU/CCT Team as a part-time on-call RN. Make $600 a call while working just 4 on-call shifts per month.

Our MICU team provides the safest way to transport critically-ill patients from Emergency Departments and Intensive Care Units, with the training, skills, and knowledge to continue the same level of in-hospital care provided at the bedside. Our Metro West Ambulance CCT team consists of an experienced Critical-Care RN, an ALS Paramedic, and an EMT. Many of our critical-care nurses regularly care for this patient population bedside in our region’s largest ICU’s and ED’s. We’ve combined critical care nursing with emergency care, providing the highest level of ground critical-care transport in our region.

With over 1,500 employees, the Metro West Ambulance Family of Companies have served the Pacific Northwest for over 70 years.

Requirements of the CCT RN position include:

• 2 years ICU/CCU or relevant experience
• Current RN licensure in Oregon and Washington
• ACLS
• CPR
• PEPP, PALS, EPC or ENPS
• PHTLS or TNCC
• CCRN, CFRN, CCT-Paramedic

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for adapting to the changing nature of healthcare, customer’s expectations, adapting to new delivery protocols, interaction with the medical centers, hospitals, and physicians and other service providers and overall exceptional, compassionate customer service

2. Customer satisfaction, overall safety and treatment

3. Demonstrate competency regarding ventilators (including Zoll Z Vent transport ventilator), hemodynamic and invasive monitoring, cardiac monitoring and treatment and on all specialized equipment carried by the CCT ambulance

4. Procedure and protocol adherence and compliance

5. Response time, turnaround time & documentation compliance

6. Teamwork

7. Self-development and assisting in development of others

8. Certification maintenance

9. Protection and maintenance of company equipment

10. CCT Key Performance Indicator compliance

11. Perform other duties as assigned

Candidates are also required to hold a valid driver’s license, be 21 years in age or more, meet Metro West motor vehicle record, criminal background, drug and alcohol screening, and physical requirement standards. Metro West is a drug free workplace. 

Physical Requirements
Unimpaired Mobility: Must be able to respond quickly to ambulance calls, must physically be able to access patients located in difficult terrain and dangerous environments and locations, must be able to climb stairs and other structures, must be able to work in close and dangerous environments, such as without limitation, damaged vehicles, must be able to carry heavy equipment and patients.

Physical Abilities: Must be able to perform strenuous physical requirements, including without limitation, lifting and moving of heavy equipment and patients in a variety of environmental and dangerous conditions, perform CPR and other lifesaving maneuvers. Ability to carry a fully stocked airway kit and medical kit up and down 18 steps once without stopping. Ability to (with the help of a partner) remove a patient weighing 180 pounds from the floor using a sheet or Mega-Mover and carry the patient 50 feet to an awaiting gurney. Ability to (with the help of a partner) remove a patient weighing 180 pounds from a chair and place the patient on the floor. Ability to perform one person CPR according to American Heart Association standards on a manikin for 5 minutes continuously without interruption. Ability to (with the help of a partner) secure a patient weighing 180 pounds to a backboard and carry the patient on the backboard to
an awaiting gurney 50 feet away. Ability to (with the help of a partner) load the gurney into an ambulance and move the patient on the backboard to the bench seat. Ability to (with the help of a partner) carry a patient weighing 180 pounds in a chair around a corner down 2 steps and around a second corner. Ability to use a four-point lift (with the help of partners) to carry a gurney with a patient weighing 180 pounds across uneven ground for 50 feet. Ability to change a tire on an ambulance.

Fine Motor Skills: Must be able to perform required medical skills and techniques, including without limitation, bandaging, splinting and establishing an IV, performing endotracheal intubation and other advanced airway techniques, manual defibrillation, pleural decompression.

Vision: Must have correctable vision that permits the safe operation of emergency vehicles, the reading of gauges, fine print and figures associated with emergent medical care and treatment; and color acuity to differentiate varying colors that may be necessary in providing emergency care and treatment.

Hearing: Must be able to hear sufficiently to obtain information provided by patients, family members, bystanders, medical professionals and other emergency personnel; and adequate hearing necessary to provide emergency care and treatment in active, distracting environments.

Speech: Must be able to speak and enunciate clearly and at a level audible to others in loud conditions. Must be able to verbally communicate in stressful and distracting environments with patients, family members, medical professionals and other emergency personnel.

Metro West Ambulance is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for the position applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or other non-merit factors. Mero West is a drug free work place.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $35,360 to $75,920 annually, starting wage depends on experience

Our team members come from diverse backgrounds and bring a wide range of knowledge. Their drive for quality and appetite for professional growth is what shapes this company. If you are looking for a place to develop your career, thrive working under pressure in rapidly changing environments and gain a sense of satisfaction knowing a difference is being made, Metro West has an opportunity for you.

Duties include the repair and maintenance of ambulances and vans in a timely and accurate manner. Specifically, engine and fuel systems diagnostics, electrical troubleshooting and repair, brake and electrical system work, front line mechanic inspections and preventive maintenance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma, or equivalent education
• 2 years recent and verifiable Line Mechanic experience
• 2 ASE Certifications (Truck or Automotive series). Preferably Brake and Steering / Suspension
• AC Certification or equivalent ASE Certification
• Proficient with computers
• Must have a full set of personal tools (specialty tools will be provided)
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
• An ability to prioritize multiple tasks
• Maintain a safe and clean work area
• Ability to read, interpret, understand and complete repairs utilizing repair manuals

Candidates are also required to hold a valid driver’s license, be 21 years in age or more, meet Metro West motor vehicle record, criminal background, drug and alcohol screening, and physical requirement standards. Metro West is a drug free workplace. 

Just some of our benefits include:

• 401K with employer matching (up to 5%)
• Health & dental insurance
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Paid community volunteerism opportunities
• Paid time off, including paid sabbaticals
• $10,000 life insurance policy free to employees

Physical Requirements

Ability to lift heavy objects, including oxygen cylinders of 150-175 pounds. Ability to perform strenuous physical activity. Occasionally – walking inside and outside, kneeling, stooping, bending, leaning, touching. Frequently – seeing, hearing/listening, clear speech, typing. A Mechanic should be capable of lifting a 75 pound object from ground level to waist height, holding at that level for 60 seconds and then placing the object on a shelf at head height, and vice versa. Successfully lifting and maintaining such objects within a range from ground level to overhead for extended periods of time (i.e., storing/retrieving fully loaded storage boxes). Walking extended distances without difficulty, without rest, while carrying a 75 pound weight (i.e., retrieving fully loaded storage boxes). Use of fingers, hands, arms to operate shop tools and instruments as well as standard office computer display and keyboard.

Metro West Ambulance is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for the position applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or other non-merit factors. Metro West Ambulance is a drug free work place.

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Communication Specialist

Job Type & Pay: Full-time, Nights. Starting wage $25.90 per hour.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Receive telephone calls and listen to callers to accurately ascertain the nature of the call and respond with the appropriate service.
2. Enter information at a workstation computer terminal while continuing to question and listen to the customer.
3. Deploy the appropriate resources to meet the emergency and non-emergency needs of the system.
4. Adjust questioning style based upon the customer’s request.
5. Schedule appointments based on the customer’s needs.
6. Maintain accurate record of customer contacts.
7. Identification of problems and opportunities.
8. Maintain effective communications with all individuals, departments and customers.
9. Maintain a working knowledge of company Communication Center procedures as well as associated PSAP’s protocols.
10. Actively participate in continuing education and maintain all required certifications.
11. Complete other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• High School Diploma or GED
• Current CPR and First Aid Training (EMT Licensure may substitute for First Aid)
• Typing 45 WPM minimum
• Detail Oriented
• Ability to be DPSST Certified with the State of Oregon
• Customer service experience
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong computer skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Preferred

• Communication Center Experience
• Experience with CAD and SSM
• EMD Certification

Physical Requirements

Ability to lift 2 pounds. Ability to carry 2 pounds for a distance of 50 feet. The employee is regularly required to use fingers, hands and arms to finger, handle, feel, reach, touch, manipulate or operate standard office equipment. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand and walk. Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee is frequently required to see, talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close and distant vision.

Metro West Ambulance is an Equal Opportunity employer. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religious belief, national origin, or disability in hiring of employees.