Paramedic, Critical Care Flight | UF Health Jax | PRN | 24hr. shift

Responsibilities

• Respond to all assigned calls in the most appropriate and efficient manner, providing high standards of patient care while ensuring a safe and hazard-free environment.
• Contribute to overall patient care in areas of patient assessment, treatment, packaging, and transport.
• Interact internally with the facility and externally with patients, families, first response agencies, health-care providers, physicians, and hospital personnel.
• Take an active role in outreach educational initiatives, including outreach education to EMS and education and resource performance improvement for Trauma Service Area agencies.

Requirements

• Required Education: High School Diploma or GED. Specific course work required within six months of hire or transfer: Advanced Trauma Life Support course Audit, FEMA IS 100, FEMA IS 200, and Air Medical Crew Curriculum Certification in accordance with Florida Administrative Code.
• Necessary Skills: Ability to learn and adapt to new equipment, ability to work in highly stressful situations, provide leadership/incident command level authority at emergency scenes in conjunction with other agencies, customer relations and organization skills, adherence to Hospital Policy and Florida Department of Emergency Medical Services guidelines, familiarity with Advanced Life Support patient care equipment, education/instruction of EMS agencies throughout the Trauma Service Area, demonstrated knowledge of pathophysiology related to cardiac, pulmonary, renal, and neurological systems.
• Required Certifications: Florida Paramedic License, BLS from the American Heart Association, ACLS from the American Heart Association, PALS from the American Heart Association, FP-C or CCP-C within six months of hire or transfer, PHTLS (Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support) within six months of hire or transfer.

Qualifications

Education/Instruction of EMS agencies throughout the Trauma Service Area.

Skills

Ability to learn and adapt to new equipment, ability to work in highly stressful situations, provide leadership/incident command level authority at emergency scenes in conjunction with other agencies, customer relations and organization skills, adherence to Hospital Policy and Florida Department of Emergency Medical Services guidelines, familiarity with Advanced Life Support patient care equipment, education/instruction of EMS agencies throughout the Trauma Service Area, demonstrated knowledge of pathophysiology related to cardiac, pulmonary, renal, and neurological systems.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

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Benefits

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