AirCare - ALS Paramedic - Ground Transport (Wilkes Base)

Sign-on bonus available to applicants who have not received a sign-on bonus from the company for another role within the past 24 months.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional care through high-quality assessment, triage, and treatment to determine the nature and extent of a patient’s illness or injury and prioritize needed care.
• Delivers comprehensive care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Operates specialized medical equipment and utilizes advanced skills to care for patients of all ages (infants to geriatric) with diverse medical needs.
• Functions autonomously outside of the hospital environment under standards and protocols approved by the Medical Director, as established by the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services (NCOEMS).
• Performs advanced practice procedures to improve patient outcomes, including video laryngoscopy, blind airway insertion device (BAID), needle chest decompression, central line placement (EJ), intraosseous placement, and initiation/titration of pharmacological agents.
• Initiates and manages ventilation equipment, including setup, operation, assessment, and adjustment of patient airway support and ventilator settings.
• Ensures patient care equipment is functional and supplies are stocked using daily check-off sheets; reports any issues.
• Maintains a clean, restocked, and mission-ready ambulance patient care area at the start of each shift and as needed.
• Handles equipment challenges and failures independently without support from internal hospital resources.
• Obtains necessary signatures and paperwork for each transport.
• Thoroughly documents medical care and treatments in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Collects and analyzes assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes and develops individualized care plans.
• Implements care plans, coordinates delivery, and promotes health and safety.
• Evaluates progress toward patient outcomes.
• Practices ethically and delegates care appropriately.
• Promotes shared governance and contributes to research that positively affects clinical outcomes.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Communicates effectively in various formats across all areas of practice.
• Evaluates own practice in relation to professional standards, guidelines, statutes, and regulations.
• Utilizes resources to provide safe, effective, and financially responsible paramedic services.
• Participates in committees, shared governance, or other decision-making activities.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Models the mission, vision, values, and goals of the health system.
• Supports patient-centered care by understanding every teammate’s role in meeting patient needs.
• Maintains annual compliance in specialty education, including simulation lab, mechanical ventilator management, emergency vehicle operations, sleep deprivation, Just Culture, and stress management.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED.
• Successful completion of an accredited EMT-Paramedic training program.
• North Carolina Paramedic certification.
• BLS certification required.
• ACLS and PALS certifications required by the end of orientation.
• Two (2) years of clinical paramedic experience, including one (1) year of active field pre-hospital experience.
• Completion of an Advocate Health-approved driving course within 90 days of hire.
• Valid driver’s license and qualification as insurable by Advocate Health’s insurance carrier for driving AirCare vehicles.

Skills

• Strong clinical knowledge and skills for diverse patient populations.
• Proficiency in advanced practice procedures.
• Ability to function autonomously in high-pressure environments.
• Effective communication in various formats.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and continuous learning.
• Ethical practice and delegation of care.
• Resource management for safe, effective, and financially responsible care.
• Participation in shared governance and decision-making activities.