Emergency Medical Technician

Job Summary:

Provides medical care to associates, conducts screenings, promotes wellness, and performs safety and health functions. Helps promote and maintain team member health. Maintains a weekly presence on the production floor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promotes and schedules wellness activities, including participation in Health Fairs and Shift Safety meetings. Supports Safety & Health goals.

• Treats team member injuries/incidents. Monitors work related injuries and ensures team members are seen at a minimum of once per week.

• Contacts company physicians as necessary (i.e., restriction clarification, after hour emergencies, etc.).

• Assists with trend analysis to identify opportunities for improving safety.

• Schedules CPR/first aid training and HazMat physicals.

• Assists with trend analysis to identify opportunities for improving safety.

• Conducts Drug and Alcohol tests, audiometric tests, and various other wellness tests.

• Administers return-to-work program and Management Accountability program.

• Ensures all necessary medical supplies are available and in working order. Regularly checks and maintains medical equipment.

• May maintain safety data sheet books.

• Completes all medical documentation and data entry including patient care reports.

• Assists with new hire orientation and conducts new hire checks daily.

• Serves as a Voluntary Protection Program team member.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of medical terminology

• Working knowledge of medical equipment

• Solid organization, time-management, and multi-tasking skills

• Detail-oriented with the ability to maintain accuracy in data.

• Strong communication and customer service skills

• Clerical and computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Suites, SAP, AS400, etc.)

• Ability to evaluate and interpret reports and basic data

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Prior EMT experience

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

• Work will be performed in a variety of conditions including a climate-controlled office environment(s) and in a manufacturing plant environment with varying conditions, such as cold areas, wet areas, warm areas, chemicals, and other site conditions. This position requires the individual to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment.
• The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Disclaimer

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of what is required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not imply or establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Butterball, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.