LifeFlight Ground Paramedic PRN - Wilson Co.

About the role

Independently works off assessment skills to activate patient care protocols to deliver patient care within the Tennessee paramedic scope of practice and the defined Vanderbilt paramedic scope of practice. Responsible for triage care in the field as well as the Emergency Department and for effective communication to ensure safe and quality patient care in paramedic team, transport and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively participates with other members of the healthcare team to provide direct patient care.
• Transports patients via various modes of transportation while providing quality ALS and Critical Care management to all ages.
• Responds to emergency requests within Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt sponsored or other contracted events.
• Utilizes the problem solving model to independently resolve patient problems and follows through with the healthcare team to implement solutions.
• Identifies patient and unit problems and finds solutions to resolve problems and follows through to implement solutions.
• Effectively communicates patient handover to the healthcare team.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Assessing, Intervening & Stabilizing Patients (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate assessing, intervening and stabilizing patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
• Medication Management (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate Medication Management in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Conducts a comprehensive and systematic assessment of a person’s ability to comply with a prescribed medication regime and reviews current and past medication history including prescription dates, doses, side effects, interactions and outcomes. Demonstrates enough acumen to recognize problems and to contact the patient’s primary care provider.
• Critical Thinking (Novice): Displays clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, and sound evidence in the successful completion of tasks and projects. Demonstrates rational and disciplined thought as manifested in results.
• Airway Establishing (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate airway establishing in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments. Has retained equivalent knowledge from past experience.
• Ventilator Management (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate ventilator management in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine and may impact team performance with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving / Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedures that apply to the role.
• Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry-level co-workers.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues – Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
• Supporting Colleagues – Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues’ priorities and working styles and develops relationships across areas.
• Supporting Colleagues – Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems and needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality – Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
• Ensuring High Quality – Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation – Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes or accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
• Fostering Innovation – Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
• Fostering Innovation – Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Requirements

• Tennessee Paramedic license
• Tennessee Driver’s License

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED (required)
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience