Professional Flight Paramedic - North Lima, OH

UPMC Center for Emergency Medicine is seeking a Full-Time Professional Flight Paramedic to support MedEvac 14, located in North Lima, OH.

Schedule

• (2) 24-hour shifts per week
• Holidays and weekends required

About the Role

The Professional Flight Paramedic functions as a member of the critical care transport team and is responsible for the care of critically ill or injured patients transported by the STAT MedEvac system. Responsibilities include patient care incorporating assessment, stabilization, and intervention techniques consistent with standards and protocols approved by the Medical Director. The Professional Flight Paramedic executes independent judgment to deliver appropriate care consistent with clinical protocols when contact with a medical command physician is not possible. The role involves functioning as part of a team and sharing responsibility for the team's conduct, fulfilling education and experiential requirements established by the STAT MedEvac Medical Director, and supporting the mission, goals, and objectives of the STAT MedEvac system.

Responsibilities

Operations

• Adheres to system standardization, policies and procedures, and other established practices to ensure prompt, efficient response, safe operations, and quality patient care.
• Meets all deadlines for certifications, clinical competencies, or educational requirements.
• Ensures safe operation of patient-laden stretcher, employing appropriate stretcher discipline at all times with a patient-laden aircraft or ground unit.
• Maintains safe loading, unloading, adjustment of the head of stretcher, and stretcher movement.

Outreach

• Reflects a positive attitude to customers in high-stress environments.
• Demonstrates the ability to establish rapport with customers, creating and sustaining positive relationships regardless of circumstances, environment, or patient presentation.

Safety

• Ensures the safety of patients and all others functioning in and around the aircraft.
• Utilizes appropriate safety channels to report safety concerns and uses tools available to enhance a safe work environment.

Employee Health

• Maintains fitness for duty by adhering to all employee health requirements, including maximum weight, hearing conservation program, and required medical screenings.
• Reports injuries and completes appropriate documentation, no matter how minor, to a supervisor in a timely manner.

Clinical

• Provides advanced critical care life support to critically ill or injured patients in adherence with established protocols and standards of care.
• Accesses online medical command or other resources when appropriate, employing necessary skills, competencies, and judgment to provide patient care in any environment.
• Documents appropriate assessment, interventions, and other pertinent patient information in a timely manner.
• Collects and promptly processes demographic, medical necessity, and other necessary billing information.
• Participates constructively in the peer-review driven quality improvement program.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Minimum of three years of experience at an ALS service.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment physical exam that includes a maximum height/weight restriction of 6'2" and less than or equal to 210 pounds, fitness for duty physical exam, hearing evaluation, and declaration of fitness for duty by the Medical Director.
• Eligibility to receive medical command authorization by the Medical Director.
• Reliable transportation and willingness to travel to any STAT MedEvac base site as assigned.
• Ability to successfully complete the prescribed orientation program, including classroom, clinical rotations, educational competencies, and on-the-job flight training.
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities, and operate specialized equipment.

Qualifications

• Driver's License.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) (within 90 days of hire).
• NIMS Incident Command 100 (within 90 days of hire).
• NIMS Single Resources 200 (within 90 days of hire).
• NIMS Introduction Course 700 (within 90 days of hire).
• NIH Stroke Scale Certification (within 90 days of hire).
• FP-C (within 2 years of hire).
• NREMT-P (required on hire unless otherwise specified based on home base assignment requirements).
• EMT-P (PA required upon hire, other state-specific certifications based on home base assignment requirements).
• Trauma Nursing Core Course OR International Trauma Life Support OR Advanced Trauma Life Support OR Prehospital Trauma Life Support (one required within 90 days of hire).
• Act 34.