Critical Care Paramedic - AirCare - Full-Time/ Part-Time

About the role

To provide optimum critical/emergency care to sick or injured patients transported by aircraft or other vehicle to UMMC or other designated facilities.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma/GED and completion of CAHEA or CAHEP EMT-paramedic program
• Three (3) years of related pre-hospital experience
• Maximum weight limit of 250 pounds when fully clothed
• Must be able to lift a patient weighing 250 pounds onto a stretcher and to carry said patient and stretcher for a minimum of fifty (50) feet and load patient and stretcher into a helicopter or other vehicle, with the help of other provider

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required

• Valid driver's license
• Certification as NREMTP (National Registered Paramedic)
• MS Paramedic and MS Critical Care Paramedic
• Certifications in basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, neonatal resuscitation, NIMS (ICS 100 and 700) and either BTLS or PHTLS or ITLS
• FP-C or CCP-C
• Certification in ABLS and ASLS preferred
• Certification as a Louisiana NREMTP and Alabama NREMTP preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of the information and techniques necessary to identify, diagnose and treat injuries and disease for adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
• Knowledge of agents, equipment, procedures, and techniques for the provision of emergency and critical care for inter-facility and scene transports
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to provide physical and psychological treatment and comfort
• Ability to work calmly under stressful conditions
• Ability to withstand exposure to noise, external weather conditions and high altitudes

Responsibilities

• Provides physical and psychological comfort to patients
• Monitors patient condition during transport and adverse reactions to drugs of treatment
• Interacts with pre-hospital and hospital personnel to ascertain the details surrounding the patient injuries or illness
• Ensures the proper functioning in inventory of communications equipment, medical transport equipment, and supplies. Reports equipment failures
• Maintains, sterilizes and cleans transport medical equipment to ensure the safety of patients in accordance with UMMC standards and protocols
• Promotes positive image of UMMC by participating in community outreach and education programs
• Assists in precepting and orienting colleagues and healthcare students
• Ensures regulatory compliance of patient care provided during transport. Prepares and maintains applicable reports and documentation
• Evaluates, plans, provides and documents care for patients in the disaster, transport (air/ground), and/or the out of hospital environment

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Constant exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold
• Constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment
• Constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations
• Constant working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours
• Frequent travelling to offsite locations
• Constant activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality
• Frequent bending, lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, climbing, crawling, crouching/stooping, driving, kneeling, pushing/pulling, reaching, sitting, standing, twisting, and walking

Occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more

Pay & Schedule

• Pay Class: Hourly
• FTE %: 100
• Work Shift: Full-Time/Part-Time
• Benefits Eligible: Grant Funded