EMT - Long Island City, NY

Job Description

At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 150 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (formerly Alere) is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

• Respond to calls for assistance
• Administer first aid and level-appropriate care per state, local and national guidelines
• Properly assess injuries and the coordination for appropriate transportation to medical facilities
• Effectively communication with Safety Managers, EMS Personnel and Medical Facility Staff
• Assist site Safety Personnel with safety related duties and inspections
• Provide detailed documentation of medical and safety related incidents
• Coordinate with Safety Managers in maintaining the most safe and secure construction site environment
• Administer daily site required drug and alcohol testing programs

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Current CPR or BLS (Basic Life Support) or equivalent credential
• State Certification for EMT or Paramedic or National EMT certification, (NREMT)
• At least 2 years of experience working as an EMT

• Prior experience with Site Safety
• Safety certifications like
• CHST, Construction Health and Safety Technician
• CSP, Certified Safety Professional
• OSHA 30
• Construction industry experience
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent communication skills

At Abbott, we're committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today, 99,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please send an email to [email protected].