Paramedic - TMC Rincon ED

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience: Six (6) months of paramedic-EMT experience.
• Licenses/Certifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required.
  • Current Arizona Emergency Medical Technician Certification to the Paramedic level (National Registry preferred) required.
  • Crisis Prevention Instruction (CPI) certification required within 6 months of hire.
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) certification required within three months of hire for TMC Rincon only.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of EMT-Paramedic best practices.
  • Skills in performing emergency assistance such as first aid, bandaging and splinting, applying artificial respiration or administering oxygen in cases of suffocation and asphyxiation.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to listen and accurately interpret others’ communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
  • Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers; and ability to read a clock and accurately document time.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Essential Functions

• Maintains direct and general patient care, provides on-going patient assessments and implements appropriate intervention, under Emergency Department (ED) Physician or intermediary staff orders.
• Administers IV medications during a procedure, under the direction of an ED physician, and in accordance with established protocols.
• Affirms patient’s status pre, during and post procedure and communicates accurately and timely any concerns or changes to ED Physician or intermediary staff.
• Takes vital signs, weighs patients, collects routine urine specimens, cleans catch specimens, stool specimens, and sputum specimens in accordance with established procedures.
• Administers and controls State approved medications; prepares, hangs, monitors and discontinues intravenous fluids.
• Applies/administers O2 flow as prescribed by ED Physician.
• Assists physicians and nursing staff with procedures utilizing aseptic/sterile techniques including but not limited to IV set-up, intubation, suturing, arterial lines, and chest tubes.
• Cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and after discharges; monitors and restocks supplies.
• Collects information through history, physical examination and records ensuring information is accurately documented and reported.
• Takes care of the body after death.
• Cooperates with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintains good employee relations, interdepartmental objectives, and infection control policies.
• Adheres to TMC organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies and standards.
• Performs related duties as assigned.