Basic Ambulance Assistant (2 year fixed term contract) at University of the Witwatersrand

About the Job

Requirements

• Matric Certificate
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and team work skills;
• Must be flexible and be prepared to work at various Campuses and occasionally after hours;
• Computer literacy is essential;
• Must have a valid driver’s license, plus PDP.

Duties

• Respond to emergency call outs anywhere on Campus, within the precincts of the University and all the Residences within and outside the University.
• Manage medical emergency incoming and outgoing calls.
• Make medical decisions at the emergency scene, within his/her Scope of Practice and under direct and indirect supervision of a Paramedic.
• Collaborate with fire fighters and police in evaluating the situation as the first health care provider at the scene of the emergency, if need be.
• Referral of ill or injured patients for Primary Health Care at Campus Health & Wellness Centre (CHWC), and serious & life-threatening conditions to the Hospital.
• Attending to emergency walk-ins at the clinic
• Assist the clinical staff with dressing of wounds.
• Screening of patients at the CHWC.
• Maintain and monitor all emergency equipment in his/her care
• Maintain accurate record-keeping, including compilation of daily statistics.