Job Description

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at Butterball summary:

An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at Butterball provides medical care, conducts health screenings, and promotes wellness among employees in a manufacturing environment. The role involves managing occupational health incidents, administering safety training, and maintaining medical equipment and documentation. This position supports safety and health goals while ensuring team members receive timely medical attention and participate in wellness activities.

Butterball, LLC, one of America’s most iconic brands, helps consumers celebrate Thanksgiving and every day in between. Located in the thriving Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area, our goal is to provide a diverse array of career opportunities and paths which include our farms, processing facilities and support offices. We are the largest producer of turkey products in the U.S., and we make a lot more than Thanksgiving turkeys. Our company’s measurable growth is in no small part due to our team members in North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri, who each have a seat at the table to contribute to our success

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 per occupational health directives and scope of practice. Monitors work related injuries and ensures team members are seen at a minimum of once per week or per directives.

• 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.

• 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.

   

Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent

• EMT Certification

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Caring about people, valuing contributions, and empowering to succeed is the Butterball Way. We recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to Butterball and seek to create an environment  where everyone can thrive. Everyone has a seat at the table and is expected to embody our core competencies:

• Safety First: We put safety first. The health, safety, and well-being of our people, products, and turkeys is everyone's responsibility and everyone's jobs.
• Integrity: We trust each other to do the right thing. We act with integrity and gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, respect, and authenticity.
• Stewardship: We take care of what matters. We are accountable to our commitments and take responsibility for the well-being of our teams, our quality, our customers, our business, our brand, and our communities. We are always answerable for our actions and those we lead.
• Enthusiastic Attitudes: We create a climate where everyone feels they belong and can be engaged, every day. Where our people are enthusiastic and motivated to do their best and work together to make great things happen.
• Continuous Improvement: We are committed to continuous improvement. We challenge ourselves and our company to constantly learn, develop, grow, improve, and innovate.

 

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 & Travel Requirements

• 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.

 

 

 

 

 

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball 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. This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of Butterball’s Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.

Keywords:

Emergency Medical Technician, Occupational Health, First Aid, CPR Training, Wellness Programs, Safety and Health Compliance, Injury Treatment, Medical Screening, Drug and Alcohol Testing, Manufacturing Health Services

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Work at office, Shift work, 1 day per week,

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