MIH Paramedic - 36hrs/week-Full Time

About the Role

We are seeking a Paramedic to join Tufts Medicine's growing Mobile Integrated Health team. In this role, you will provide primary care and advanced life support, medical evaluations, treatment, and stabilization of Lowell General Hospital patients with chronic and acute health issues in their homes in the Lowell area. This position offers an opportunity to advance your assessment and treatment skills with training in multiple areas, including oncology, vascular access, and heart failure.

As an allied health professional, you will provide patient care in the home and institutional settings to decrease emergency department and hospital utilization. You will function as part of a comprehensive mobile integrated response team, conducting detailed assessments and collaborating with medical control physicians to determine appropriate treatments and care management strategies for patients with acute and chronic conditions. You will respond to patient care needs, place referrals, and provide education to patients and their families regarding medical conditions.

Responsibilities

• Comply with performance improvement clinical benchmarks.
• Answer phone and place calls using proper professional etiquette.
• Complete patient care documentation in Tufts Medicine electronic medical record systems.
• Follow clinical protocols, plans, policies, and physician orders correctly.
• Perform peer review QA when assigned and participate in department M&M rounds by reviewing cases when requested (minimum of six per year unless exempted).
• Follow operational flow and procedures to maximize utilization of the Mobile Integrated Health Program.
• Work collaboratively with allied health and public safety personnel.
• Draw labs as ordered and document in hospital EMR (Epic).
• Maintain supplies and ensure mobile units and equipment are clean and orderly.
• Perform 12 Lead EKGs, ultrasound imaging, simple dressings, wound care, ace wraps, and assist with ADLs in home and institutional settings.
• Facilitate telehealth visits with providers.
• Coordinate appropriate resources as part of the Tufts Medicine continuum of care.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and patient care huddles when necessary.
• Perform home visits (scheduled, unscheduled, urgent), assessments, and treatments according to Mobile Integrated Health protocols.
• Participate in care planning with patients’ physicians, including referrals to other care providers such as VNA, PT, and OT.
• Provide lifestyle, dietary, and medication coaching.
• Complete training within one year of employment for an expanded scope of practice, including advanced wound assessment, urinary catheter management, central line management, and chronic disease management.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited Paramedic program.
• National Registered Paramedic certification.
• Massachusetts Certified Paramedic.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Valid State-issued driver’s license.
• Two years of relevant experience.
• Must obtain Community Paramedic certification by the International Board of Specialty Certifications (IBSC) within one year of employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS Instructor certifications.
• Incident Command System (ICS) course up to 200 level.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Three years of experience in community paramedicine or mobile integrated health.

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize work and complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Ability to work independently with excellent follow-through.
• Basic to moderate computer skills, including navigating hospital-based systems.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, math, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills for exchanging information accurately via phone, email, or in person.
• Ability to maintain sensitive and confidential information.
• Skills to provide care across the lifespan, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
• Ability to navigate using maps and GPS.
• Competence in using assigned equipment and safe ambulance operations.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing, walking, and climbing stairs.
• Lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients and equipment up to 125 pounds.
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Regular exposure to the risk of bloodborne diseases and other transmissible infections.
• Potential contact with hazardous materials.
• Specific vision abilities, including close and distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to handle emergency and crisis situations, including varying and unpredictable conditions such as weather.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits starting day one.
• 403(b) retirement plan with company match.
• In-depth training programs.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Free on-site parking.
• Opportunities for career growth.

Pay

Base pay range: $32.50 - $36.61 per hour.

Schedule

36 hours per week, variable shifts (days, evenings, weekends, holidays).

Location: Lowell General Hospital, 295 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA.