
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Ambulance Services, FT, Variable
Columbia, SCFull-timePosted 1w agoStill listed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Emergency Medical Technician provides pre-hospital care in emergency and non-emergency situations. The role assesses patient conditions, delivers basic life support and emergency care, and transports patients to healthcare facilities. The EMT collaborates with patients, families, healthcare providers, and emergency response teams, documents care, maintains equipment and vehicles, and follows safety, infection-control, regulatory, and organizational standards.
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Full job description
Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
Job Summary Provides pre-hospital patient care in emergency and non-emergency situations. Responsibilities include assessing patient conditions, delivering basic life support (BLS), administering emergency care, and safely transporting patients to healthcare facilities. Collaborates with healthcare professionals, documents patient care accurately, and ensures compliance with all regulatory and organizational standards.
Essential Functions
- All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
- Assesses patients’ conditions to determine appropriate emergency care.
- Provides CPR, airway management, oxygen therapy, bleeding control, and other basic life support interventions.
- Administers first aid, manage medical emergencies, and provide support during traumatic injuries or illness.
- Safely transport patients to healthcare facilities using emergency vehicles while adhering to traffic laws and organizational policies.
- Completes patient care reports, maintaining compliance with legal, regulatory, and organizational standards.
- Communicates e with patients, families, healthcare providers, and emergency response teams.
- Ensures all medical equipment, supplies, and vehicles are properly maintained, stocked, and operational.
- Follows all safety protocols, infection control procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Participates in ongoing training, skill development, and certification maintenance to ensure clinical competency.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory/Management Responsibilities This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.
Minimum Requirements
- Education - High School diploma or equivalent OR post-high school diploma/highest degree earned preferred.
- Experience - Pre-Hospital Care Experience preferred
In Lieu Of N/A
Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses
- Valid driver’s license and an acceptable motor vehicle record as defined by the Acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) Chart.
- SC Emergency Medical Technician (SCEMT)
- National Registry of Emergency Technicians (NREMT)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to demonstrate skill proficiency on an annual basis.
- Ability to maintain Professional Certifications by Attending In-service Training Programs.
- Ability to attend staff meetings
- Ability to comply with Employee Health requirements
- Ability to complete mandatory Employee Training Programs
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to work effectively in high-stress, fast-paced environments.
Work Shift Variable (United States of America)
Location Richland
Facility Prisma Health EMS
Department Ambulance Services
Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.
How this job compares
Set against the 651 open Emergency Medical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$54–75K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$20–25/hr304 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 651 open Emergency Medical Technician jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Global Medical Response120 open
- Superior Ambulance Service46 open
- Aspirus Ironwood Hospital20 open
- Experience
- Emergency Medical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (155 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 375 of the 651 open Emergency Medical Technician jobs (58%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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