First Aid Room Attendant

First Aid Room Attendant

Job Details

Job Location

Killington, VT

Position Type

Full-Time Seasonal

Job Category

Mountain Operations

Description

Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation: Starting wage $20.50, adjusted based on experience

Benefits: Seasonal position eligible for a season pass for employee/dependents and privileges at several other resorts. Several discount programs (i.e. food & beverage, retail/rental, tickets, etc.) also available.

Job Summary:

Killington/Pico Patrol Team is looking for First Aid Room Attendants that are highly skilled, compassionate and reliable. In this role, you will assess and triage incoming injured and ill people, complete necessary forms and refer patients as appropriate while providing excellent customer service at all times.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

Interview and examine injured or ill people to determine the location and nature of injuries or illness. Refer to a physician according to the seriousness of injury or illness

Provide patients with standard medical information about the nature of their injuries, typical treatments given, and need to see physicians while keeping patients and family members calm

Ensure various administrative forms related to injuries and accidents are completely and accurately filled out

Administer first aid to skiers or others that walk into base facilities and complete procedures as necessary, including application of ice, cleaning, and bandaging wounds

Confer with supervisors and other company personnel to coordinate first aid tasks and obtain information for forms

If responding to injuries in the base lodge, ensure Dispatch is called prior to leaving station

Complete primary and secondary survey on all injured and ill customers, i.e., walk-ins and injured persons brought in by rescue personnel

Responsible for stocking first aid supplies in the First Aid Room

Responsible for taking and interpreting vital signs

Obtain information regarding past medical history pertinent to current illness or injury

Evaluate more than double the number of injured customers than on hill patrol staff

Alert to possible liability situations and notify proper management personnel

Obtain witness statements to complete documentation process

Maintain confidentiality

Check all equipment, backboards, blankets KTD'S oxygen, etc. to ensure working order

Clean and repackage used backboards, oxygen, KTD'S etc.

Make sled packs

Maintain cleanliness and order in First aid Room

Insure prompt return of patrollers to hill

Arrange transportation of injures and ill persons within the ski area and to medical facilities and relay medical status to ambulance service, as needed

Teach preventive measures for frostbite, sunburn, hypothermia, etc., as well as promoting skier and rider education

Responsible for calling in code ones to dispatch and notifying ski school, rentals, lifts, children's center of accidents and their disposition

Locate, handle, and label injured customer's equipment properly

Answer telephone calls and refer to proper channel

Assist with locating missing persons and referring to Guest Services

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Basic education (high school)

Current EMT Vermont certification

Current CPR certification

Must pass OEC prior to staffing aid room

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Good technical knowledge and skills in triage, patient assessment, first aid administration

Familiarity with standard treatment for common skiing injuries

Good basic reading and writing skills

Ability to deal with injured skiers and other customers in a courteous, efficient, and confident manner

Needs working knowledge of mountain, proper procedures to follow and proper lines of communication

Working knowledge of EMS required

Ability to remain calm in stressful situations