Flight Paramedic

Join our life-saving team in Redding, CA and take advantage of a sign-on bonus up to $105,000 and a location bonus up to 25%!

About Us

PHI Health is the leading air ambulance provider in the United States. With an unmatched safety record and the best aviation, medical, and communication specialists in the field, we set the standard in the air medical industry. We transport more than 22,000 patients each year from our more than 80 bases across the country, all while offering services and outreach education to local communities and leading healthcare systems. Our mission is simple: move communities to health while maintaining the highest standard of safety.

Responsibilities

• Performs a wide range of specialized functions and complex assessments, diagnoses, therapies, and emergency treatment of patients transported by rotor-wing, fixed-wing, and/or ground.
• Documents appropriate and accurate information for assessment and treatment during stabilization and transport.
• Documents accurate and complete billing information of patient transports.
• Maintains and facilitates effective and timely communication between management, internal and external customers.
• Participates in activities to support PR and marketing efforts.
• Maintains knowledge base for flight paramedic role by attending mandatory meetings, chart reviews, equipment reviews, skill labs, clinical rotations, and continuing education sessions related to the care and transport of critically ill and/or injured patients.
• Completes all annual recurrent competency requirements.
• Maintains an active paramedic certification and all other certifications required by policy.
• Clinically functions under the licensure of the program's Medical Director.
• Indirectly reports to the program's Manager of Clinical Services and the National Director of Clinical Standards.
• Responsible for knowledge of and performing within the regulations and scope of practice of the local Department of Health Services.

Requirements

• Active paramedic certification in the state employed.
• Minimum of three years (five years preferred) current Paramedic field experience in a busy 911/pre-hospital service.
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS/PEPP, and PHTLS/ITLS. NRP preferred.
• Instructor certifications preferred.
• FP-C within twenty-four months of hire.
• Flight or transport experience preferred.
• Must successfully complete the PHI Air Medical Group education/orientation program.
• Effective human relations skills required for interfacing with all levels of personnel and external customers.
• Must possess basic computer skills for e-mail, electronic charting, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in healthcare-related field preferred.
• Must be able to pass pre-placement physical exam including functional capacity exam (strength and flexibility assessment, lift up to 100 pounds), drug screening, and background screen.
• Must maintain body weight below 235 lbs.

Schedule

• 2/5 schedule rotation or 15/13 schedule rotation

Location: Redding, CA

Pay

Potential annual earnings $66,000 to $81,170 ($19.46 - $23.93 per hour).

Location bonus up to 25%: Potential annual earnings with location bonus $82,500 to $101,462.50.

Sign-on bonus up to $105,000 (California candidates are eligible for the sign-on bonus up to $52,500. Once overtime and double time hours are calculated, the additional wages can generate additional compensation, potentially making the entire bonus worth as much as $105,000 depending on total overtime and double time hours worked).

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Shift bonuses and shift incentives
• Annual Safety Bonus
• Annual Employee Bonus
• Annual continuing education allowance for clinicians

Core Competencies

• Safe: Absolute belief in the tenets of Destination Zero and that Zero is not only achievable but the only acceptable outcome.
• Efficient: Focused on outcomes that are smart and responsible by making the best use of resources to maximize overall productivity and achieve sustainable profitability.
• Quality: Committed to ensuring excellent organizational performance which produces sustainable and reliable outcomes.
• Service: Dedicated to the service of our customers, our communities, and each other.

About PHI Health

For more than 40 years, PHI Health has been providing critical air medical transport services across the country. As an organization, we outfit each aircraft with the most advanced technology, subject our crews to the most rigorous protocols and training, and pioneer the most forward-thinking safety program in the country. Our accident rate is well below the national average, and we were the first to receive the Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award. This belief has guided us toward industry firsts and given us the highest safety rating in the industry.