Paramedic Full time/Part Time

About the role

The position involves providing Advanced Life Support including medical evaluation, treatment and stabilization of the critically ill and injured. It also includes responding to emergency rescue situations, managing and directing patient care, training and instructing lesser trained personnel, and performing other duties as required.

Responsibilities

• Provides and directs fast, efficient Advanced Life Support to the ill and injured utilizing all basic and advanced abilities and techniques.
• Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and acceptable differential diagnosis.
• Performs critical physical examinations.
• Understands and anticipates the pharmacological treatment of critically ill and injured patients.
• Understands and anticipates potentially life-threatening presentation of non-cardiac emergencies and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation of life.
• Deals with medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute illness or injury with the goal of reducing mortality and morbidity.
• Manages and directs all first responders at the scene of a medical emergency such as EMR's, Police Departments, and EMT's.
• Maintains effective communication with physician on duty at hospital to relate patient condition and obtain orders for treatment.
• Follows standard written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted.
• Transports the ill and injured to institutions of medical care.
• Operates emergency vehicles in a safe manner under all conditions.
• Completes patient statistics and medical information forms for administrative use.
• Performs technical rescues in removing victims from varied terrain and circumstances.
• Follows standard operating policies and procedures as developed and directed by the Company.
• Cleans and Maintains equipment.

Requirements

• Paramedic Licensure
• CPR for the Health Care Provider
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Good knowledge of the street systems, addresses and physical layout of the area, and of the rescue equipment and the emergency medical equipment used in Advanced Life Support.
• Good ability to: Perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy; Understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies; Maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons; Learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care; Perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment; Direct the work of and teach other personnel; Understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders; Maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company; Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel and the general public.
• Drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
• Author reports with narrative and numeric information.

Qualifications

• Maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency para-medicine.
• Attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses and seminars both on and off duty to maintain annual paramedic certification, as required by the state in which you will be working.

Skills

• Technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
• Ability to maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons.
• Ability to learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care.
• Ability to perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment.
• Ability to direct the work of and teach other personnel.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
• Ability to maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel and the general public.
• Ability to drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
• Ability to author reports with narrative and numeric information.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• Supplemental & Life Insurance