Lehighton Ambulance Association

Lehighton Ambulance is Hiring! We are looking for motivated EMTs, Paramedic's, Dispatchers, and Paratransit Drivers. Starting Wages... Paramedic: $24/hr EMT's: $16.75/hr (+$2.50 stipend for the BLS truck) Dispatchers: $16/hr Paratransit Drivers: $13/hr (+$2.50 stipend for the BLS truck) Benefits are offered to full-time employees. Visit the link for an application today! https://www.lehightonambulance.org/employment-application Please feel free to message Timothy Rigotti ([email protected]) or Tommy Correa ([email protected]) with any questions you might have. Join the crew today!

Lehighton Ambulance is ready for Christmas! All 4 of our stations, and our dispatch office, are counting down the days to Santa's visit. We'd like to wish all of you a Happy Holiday season and urge everyone to please be safe, and stay healthy.

From our family, to yours, we'd like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone has a great day. Stay safe, Stay healthy.

This evening Lehighton Ambulance proudly assisted Scout Troop 765 of Lansford with donations for a project they are working on, they are packing care packages to send to local active military personnel. They also received donations of food for their ‘Scouting for Food’ collection which will be used through Grace Community Church Food Pantry that serves the Panther Valley area.

Lehighton Ambulance would like to congratulate St. Luke's University Health Network on the grand opening of the new Carbon Campus. The excellent coordination, teamwork, and hard work of all crews and St. Luke's staff moved over 30 patients to the new campus in only 2 hours. This is one example of our dedication to the community. P.S. The SL Gnadden Huetten ER is now officially closed. If you need immediate medical attention please call 911.

Lehighton Ambulance will be joining Lehighton Borough Police Department and Lehigh Valley Health Network in conducting Child Safety Seat checks and education! Tuesday November 23rd, 2021 between the hours of 10am and 2pm at the Lehighton Police department, 124 South 3rd Street Lehighton PA. We want Carbon County's youth to be as safe as possible during the busy holiday traveling season. Join us in making sure your car seats are installed properly, and your little ones are as safe as can be.

Over the last couple weeks, Lehighton Ambulance hosted an internal food drive for its staff and volunteers. We collected a total of 846 items; these items are being distributed to local scout troops throughout Carbon County as part of their ‘Scouting for Food’ project! Once the scouts count and weigh all the donations they received, the food will then be distributed to local food banks to serve our communities!!! Featured in these pictures are the Boy Scout Troop 555, Troo...p 138, and Pack 138! They collected 2869 pounds of food for Christ Lutheran Church Food Pantry in Penn Forest Township and 1498 pounds of food for the Shepard House Food Pantry at Memorial Hall in Jim Thorpe!!! Congratulations to these scouts and their families, you should be proud of your accomplishments; you are truly helping your community! Also, thank you everyone who has donated and helps their neighbors in their time of need!

Lehighton Ambulance would like to thank Walmart and Walmart Lehighton for donating food, snacks, and cleaning supplies for our crews and stations for the holidays! It is greatly appreciated.

Come join our team. Lehighton Ambulance is a progressive, forward-thinking organization with dedicated staff and management working towards one goal: Excellence in patient care! Lehighton Ambulance Association is accepting applications for Full and Part Time Paramedics. Requirements for employment are as follows: Current PA EMT-P Certification with EMSVO endorsement... NIMS 100, 200, 700, and 800 BLS Provider CPR ACLS PALS PHTLS HAZMAT Awareness EVOC State Training: Excited Delirium 2021 ALS and BLS Protocol Updates Job Types: Full-time, Part-time Pay: From $24.00 per hour

Lehighton Ambulance is now seeking motivated individuals to work our newly formed EMS dispatch center. RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides direction to Lehighton Ambulance staff members during the course of the day to ensure all emergency and non-emergency calls are handled Schedule and dispatch patient transport crews, equipment, or services to appropriate locations according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones... Relay dispatch assignments, messages, and information to or from patient transport crews, and supervisory staff using telephones or two-way radios. Prepare daily work and run schedules. Monitor personnel and/or equipment locations and system utilization in order to coordinate service and schedules. Determine levels of service, amount of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required to satisfy the request for service in a safe and efficient manner. Record and maintain files of requests for service, missed call requests, and other system status information. Confer with customers and supervisory staff in order to address questions, problems, and requests for service. Maintain and understand jurisdictional boundaries, as well as thoroughfares, landmarks, public buildings and waterways within the response jurisdiction and facilities that are normally serviced or destination locations.. Provide daily monitoring and status updates of tasks assigned to the patient transport crews as well as the 911 crews. PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Sitting up to 12 hours per day. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation. Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color, peripheral vision and vision monotony. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE * Successfully completed NIMS 100, 200, 700 and 800 on line training within 6 months of hire. CPR/First Aid required within 6 months of hire. Obtain future additional card courses, certifications or other training requirements as dictated by the positional requirements. Maintain certifications and requirements and continuing educational requirements as designated. Experience in computer operations. Previous experience in healthcare/EMS strongly preferred; radio communication skills; office skills including typing, filing, bookkeeping; excellent organizational skills; pleasant telephone manner. Ability to perform job with a minimum of direct supervision. BUSINESS OFFICE - (610) 377-5155 FAX (610) 377-5576. Job Types: Full-time, Part-time Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Come join our team. Lehighton Ambulance is a progressive, forward-thinking organization with dedicated staff and management working towards one goal: Excellence in patient care! Lehighton Ambulance Association is accepting applications for Full and Part-Time Emergency Medical Technicians. Requirements for employment are as follows: Current PA EMT Certification with EMSVO endorsement... NIMS 100, 700, and 800 BLS Provider CPR PHTLS HAZMAT Awareness EVOC State Training: Excited Delirium Narcan Administration Glucometer CPAP 2021 BLS Protocol Updates Job Types: Full-time, Part-time Pay: From $16.75 per hour

Lehighton Ambulance is now seeking motivated individuals to work our newly formed non-emergency transport division. Responsibilities: Safe and efficient transport of wheelchair and ambulatory patients Operate a wheelchair van safely... Work independently or as part of a team Assist patients in and out of wheelchair Learn the functions and all safety devices on the wheelchairs and vehicles Interact with patients, family, and hospital staff in a professional and respectful manner Complete all run reports as required Always maintain assigned vehicle in a state of ready condition Knowledge: Methods of properly assisting patients to and from a wheelchair Professional communication Basic knowledge of the Carbon County Area Basic knowledge of hospital services Requirements: Must be 18 years old Must pass a drug screen Pass a physical test Must have a clean driving record CPR shortly after hire Experience in non-emergency transports (preferred but not required) BUSINESS OFFICE - (610) 377-5155 FAX (610) 377-5576 Job Type: Part-time Pay: From $13.00 per hour

This morning members of the Lehighton Ambulance PR Team went to the Carbon County Technical Institute to help educate the senior class in Hands Only CPR! Thank you to CCTI for the opportunity to teach such an important skill!

Last night, Lehighton Ambulance had a bit of a surprise for the young ghosts and goblins running around Jim Thorpe Borough during Trick-or-Treat! One of our ambulances were decorated and displayed for everyone to see, the brave ones who chose to visit were rewarded with a sweet treat!

To all LAA Paratransit drivers who have been driving ambulance. We are holding a EMSVO Class on 1/30/2021. The class room portion will be at Main Station and the driving portion will be held at the Lehighton High School parking lot in the afternoon. Class will begin at 08:00 at main. Please RSVP [email protected] This is a requirement for emergency vehicle operations.

If you are looking for a chance to help our communities, please sign up to donate blood at our Lehighton Station on February 5th, 2020 from 2 PM - 7 PM. We will not be accepting walk-ins, so please make sure to schedule an appointment beforehand! We are also following all CDC Guidelines.

From all of us at Lehighton Ambulance we would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!

Coming to the streets near you!!! The new 5612!!! Thank you Frontline Graphix for another excellent job!!

From all of the Volunteers and Career Staff wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Lehighton Ambulance would like to thank our partners at St. Luke's University Health Network for helping our local EMS agencies and the community stay safe during the ongoing pandemic. We cannot stress to the public enough that it is safe to call 911. We have taken CDC and regional guidelines and expanded even further to ensure that our ambulances are clean for our crews and our patients.

We would like to congratulate Lehigh Valley Health Network on breaking ground at their future Lehigh Valley Carbon Campus! We are excited for the grand opening in Spring 2022.