Physician Response Partner Paramedic

About the role

The Physician Response Partner Paramedic is an advanced practice paramedic who partners with a board-certified EMS physician on the EMS Physician Response Vehicle (PRV). This position provides advanced prehospital critical care in collaboration with the EMS physician at the scene of high-acuity calls across the regional EMS system.

Responsibilities

• Respond with the EMS physician on the Physician Response Vehicle (PRV) to high-acuity prehospital calls (trauma, medical, entrapment, mass casualty, pediatric, and other complex scenes) across the regional EMS service area.
• Function as a clinical partner to the EMS physician—anticipating needs, communicating concerns, advocating for the patient, and providing a second set of trained eyes on scene assessment, patient status, and crew resource management.
• Perform advanced prehospital critical care interventions consistent with the scope of a Critical Care Paramedic and within the scope established by the EMS Medical Director and the program's internal critical care credentialing process, including but not limited to: advanced airway management (including drug-assisted intubation), mechanical ventilation management, transfusion of blood products, procedural sedation, finger and tube thoracostomy, central and intraosseous vascular access, and resuscitative interventions.
• Assist the EMS physician in an assisting capacity only with procedures that fall outside the scope of a Critical Care Paramedic—procedures such as surgical airway, escharotomy, and field amputation. In these cases, the paramedic's role is limited to procedural support, equipment preparation, exposure and positioning, medication and blood product administration, monitoring, and documentation; the procedure itself is performed by the EMS physician.
• Independently prepare, set up, and operate critical care equipment including transport ventilators, infusion pumps, blood/fluid warmers, advanced hemodynamic monitors, and other PRV-carried devices.
• Manage, draw up, and administer medications and blood products carried on the PRV per protocol and direct physician orders.
• Maintain operational readiness of the PRV: complete daily equipment, medication, and blood product inventory checks; restock and clean the vehicle; verify communications and response systems; document checks per program policy.
• Serve as the primary operator of the PRV—drive and operate the vehicle to and from scenes safely under both routine and emergency response conditions, in accordance with University of Utah Health and program vehicle operations policy, applicable traffic laws, and Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) standards.
• Cookordinate and communicate seamlessly with frontline EMS crews, fire, law enforcement, air medical resources, and receiving hospital teams; deliver concise clinical handoff and maintain situational awareness throughout the response.
• Document all patient care, interventions, medications administered, and physician orders accurately and contemporaneously in the electronic patient care record and University of Utah Health EHR.
• Participate in ongoing internal critical care credentialing, simulation, skills laboratories, and continuing education to maintain procedural competency, even when external critical care certification is not maintained.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement activities including case review, morbidity and mortality conferences, post-mission debriefs, protocol development, and program-related research.
• Train, precept, and mentor other paramedics, residents, fellows, and learners on advanced prehospital procedures, PRV operations, and team-based critical care delivery.
• Maintain scene and personal safety awareness at all times; support the physician in scene size-up, hazard identification, and incident command coordination.

Qualifications

• Required: Current RQI Healthcare Provider ALS eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The ALS eCredential is to be obtained within 90 days of hire.
• Required: Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The eCredential is to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• Required: Current RQI Healthcare Provider PALS eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The PALS eCredential is to be obtained within 90 days of hire.
• Required: Current certification to practice as a Paramedic in the State of Utah.
• Required: Current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians - Paramedic (NRP) certification.
• Required: Current RQI Healthcare Provider BLS, ACLS, and PALS eCredentials through the University of Utah Health RQI system, obtained within the timeframes required by University of Utah Health policy.
• Required: Successful completion of the program's internal Critical Care / Advanced Practice Paramedic credentialing curriculum within the defined onboarding period; ongoing maintenance of internal credentialing thereafter.
• Required: Valid driver's license and ability to be insured under the University of Utah fleet policy; acceptable motor vehicle record.
• Required: Current Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) certification, or completion within the program-defined onboarding period; ongoing maintenance of EVOC certification as required by program policy.
• Minimum of five (5) years of full-time field paramedic experience.
• Required: Prior or current certification as a Critical Care Paramedic (e.g., CCP-C, CCEMT-P) and/or prior or current Flight Paramedic certification (e.g., FP-C), with documented clinical experience in that role.
• Preferred: Current FP-C, CCP-C, or CCEMT-P certification.
• Preferred: Experience in helicopter EMS (HEMS), critical care ground transport, tactical EMS, or wilderness medicine.
• Preferred: Prior experience working alongside physicians in a prehospital, critical care transport, or emergency department setting.
• Preferred: Additional certifications such as TP-C (Tactical Paramedic - Certified) or C-NPT (Certified Neonatal/Pediatric Transport).
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in EMS, healthcare, or a related field.

Pay

$33.00 - $35.00 per hour

Schedule

PRN shifts, hours tbd, likely 12-hour shifts including nights, weekends and holidays.