Emergency Department Paramedic (Full Time)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, equal-opportunity, scam warning, navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also remove "North Country Healthcare is an equal-opportunity employer..." etc. Also remove "Please Note: All new hires are required to attend a mandatory three-day orientation..."? That is substantive? It's about orientation requirement; might be considered relevant but maybe it's part of benefits? It's not pay/schedule/benefits but could be considered part of "About the role" or "Requirements"? It's a condition of employment. Might be considered part of "Requirements" or "Qualifications"? It's not a qualification but a condition. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Orientation note is not exactly those categories; it's a requirement for onboarding. Might be considered part of "Requirements" or "Qualifications". I'd keep it as a requirement maybe under "Requirements" as a bullet.
We need to extract sections:
- Position Summary: could be "About the role" (summary). Use About the role
then
with summary. - Education: list essential qualifications: Graduate of Paramedic Program, NRP Certification required within one year, MOAB required within one year, Licensure: Current licensure as Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic, Current licensure as Emergency Medical Care Provider in NH, Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS certifications required prior to employment, Critical care course completion required within two years, Association* accredited course in BLS (for clinical staff) or Heartsaver CPR AED (for nonclinical staff), renewal regularly with up to three-month grace period. We can put these under "Requirements" or "Qualifications". The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications if content distinct. But we should avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Education and Licensure under "Qualifications". Skills under "Skills". Work Experience under "Requirements" maybe. Essential Functions under "Responsibilities". Non-essential Functions maybe not needed. Pay: The anticipated hourly range is given: $27.27/hr - $34.10/hr - $36.83/hr. That's specific, so we should include a Pay section. Schedule: Not mentioned explicitly. No schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section. Benefits: Not mentioned besides orientation reimbursement maybe? There's travel reimbursement if not home base. That's a benefit. Also orientation mandatory three-day orientation at WMC. That's not a benefit but a requirement. Travel reimbursement could be a benefit. Also maybe "North Country Healthcare is a non-profit affiliation..." that's about the organization, could be "About the role" or "About the employer". Could be under "About the role" or maybe a separate "About the organization" but not in allowed headings. We could include under "About the role" a paragraph about NCH. We must not include EEO statement. Remove that. We must not include application instructions (like "please direct your inquiries to Human Resources"). We must not include duplicated lines. Let's extract substantive content: Position Summary paragraph: "The Emergency Department (ED) Paramedic will function as a member of the clinical team in the Emergency Department assuming and providing quality care to patients in the Emergency department. The Androscoggin Valley Hospital (AVH) paramedic may be asked to accompany an EMS service on a transfer to another facility based on acuity. The AVH paramedic will follow the protocols set forth by the state of New Hampshire and the WMC standards of care. The Paramedic is accountable to the Emergency Department Manager and Emergency Department Director." Education/Essential Qualifications bullet list: - Graduate of Paramedic Program. - NRP Certification required, must be obtained within one year of employment. - MOAB required within one year. - Current licensure as a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic. - Current licensure as an Emergency Medical Care Provider in the State of New Hampshire. - Current BLS, ACLS, PALS and PHTLS certifications required prior to employment. - Critical care course completion required within two years of employment. - Association* accredited course in Basic Life Support (BLS) (for clinical staff), or Heartsaver CPR AED (for nonclinical staff), and renewal on a regular basis, with up to a three-month grace period after the expiration date. Skills list: - Advanced Clinical Proficiency Preferred. - Effective Communication and Collaboration. - Risk Management and Problem Solving. - Technology and Documentation. - Compassionate Patient Care. Work Experience: - Two years' experience as a Paramedic required. - Hospital experience preferred. - Excellent interpersonal skills, conflict management and time management skills required. - Basic computer systems knowledge. Essential Functions (Responsibilities) many bullet points. We need to capture them as list items under Responsibilities. Let's list them: - Demonstrates current clinical competence and excellence in clinical practice as outlined in skills competency tool. - Accepts responsibility and accountability for his/her own clinical practice while functioning as a Paramedic in the ED. - Adheres to the Standards of Practice in the ED based upon physician orders and during transports under the NH EMS Protocols. - Accepts responsibility and accountability to identify and report Risk Management situations. - Completes Occurrence Reports with all details documented. - Notifies the EMS Coordinator, the Emergency Department Manager, and the Risk Manager when risk related situations arise. - Brings recommendations on new products and recommendations to reduce supply expenses to the EMS Coordinator and Department Manager as needed. - Demonstrates a commitment to containing costs and efficient use of materials. - Assesses EMS patients immediately upon arrival at the scene. - Assesses Emergency Department patients. - Assesses and Triage Emergency Department patients. - Interprets rhythm strips accurately. - While functioning in the ED, review all test results including (but not limited to) EKGs, Lab and X-ray and report findings to the ED physician. - In conjunction with the ED physician and ED RN, coordinates the in-hospital interdisciplinary plan of care. - Implements the plan of care including the administration of medications according to State and hospital formulary/policy. - Monitors for desired effect as well as side effects and adverse effects. - Documents findings. - Assists the physician and other providers in treatments and procedures (i.e. suturing, splinting). - Implements physician orders within scope of practice for a Paramedic. - Reviews and updates treatment plan in collaboration with the pre-hospital team or the ED team, the family and the patient. - Appropriately triage patient using ESI model and notify ED RN and Physician of any immediate critical findings. - Initiates orders in the ED per protocol and policy as appropriate. - Input Physicians orders into Order Management system and carry out waive testing as needed. - Processes other physician orders for diagnostic tests. - Documents all pertinent information on the pre-hospital PCR or the patient’s medical record in an accurate, detailed and legible manner adhering to procedures for charting. - Transports patients to and from other departments as requested. - Monitors patients and continues essential services (i.e. oxygen, IV therapy) during transport as indicated. - Ensure sensitivity toward patients and caregiver/family by eliciting patient’s physical and emotional concerns, being a receptive listener, and providing an environment conducive to interviewing and the delivery of care. - Upon request, accompanies a patient on a paramedic level transfer from any affiliate to another acute care facility. - Ensures completion of NH Transfer form and obtains orders from physician prior to transfer. - Follows appropriate infection control practices and precautions as outlined in the hospital policies and procedures. - Supports patient care initiatives in all clinical departments by responding to Code Blue and Rapid Response Team calls in-house and performing IV starts in any department as requested. - Adhere to Medication Safety policies in regards to appropriately bar-coding medications and patient ID bands. - Obtaining a witness whenever a barcode override for a medication to be administered is necessary. - Meeting this standard would be using barcode override 3% (or less) of the time. Non-essential Functions: "Performs additional duties as assigned." and "Adheres to facility Values, Service Excellence and Standards of Excellence." Might be considered generic; we could include under Responsibilities as a bullet maybe but it's vague. Might drop as boilerplate? It's not exactly boilerplate but it's generic. Could keep as a bullet under Responsibilities. Pay: "The anticipated hourly range for this position is $27.27/hr - $34.10/hr - $36.83/hr. Final compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's applicable experience, skills, qualifications, and other job-related factors." About North Country Healthcare (NCH): paragraph describing NCH. That's substantive; we could put under "About the role" or maybe a separate "About the organization". Since allowed headings include About the role, we can include that info there. Orientation requirement: "Please Note: All new hires are required to attend a mandatory three-day orientation at Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster, NH. This orientation provides essential training, compliance information, and an introduction to our organizational culture to ensure a smooth and successful transition into your role. Attendance on all three days is required for onboarding completion. Additionally, if Weeks Medical Center is not your designated home base, you will be eligible for travel reimbursement in accordance with our standard travel policy." That's a requirement (orientation) and a benefit (travel reimbursement). Could be under Requirements (orientation) and Benefits (travel reimbursement). Benefits section: we have travel reimbursement. Also maybe orientation is not a benefit but a requirement. We'll include travel reimbursement under Benefits. We must not include EEO statement. Remove that. Now construct HTML:
About the role
Position summary paragraph + NCH description maybe combined.
But we might split: About the role includes position summary and maybe NCH description. That's fine. ThenResponsibilities
with- of essential functions (including non-essential maybe). Ensure we don't duplicate.
Then
- Travel reimbursement for orientation if Weeks Medical Center is not your designated home base, per standard travel policy.
Requirements
with- of education/qualifications, work experience, orientation requirement.
Then
Qualifications
maybe we can merge with Requirements; but we have both Education and Skills separate headings allowed. Could have Skills section separate. We have Skills list; we can put underSkills
. We have Pay section:Pay
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We have Benefits: