Transport Paramedic ERT, Ground Transportation, Full-Time Days

About the role

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time night shift Transport Paramedic ERT for their Ground Transportation Department at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, IN. We're proud to offer a $6,500 sign-on bonus for this position.

Responsibilities

• Performs advanced paramedic procedures approved by the Advanced Life Support Committee and serves as a member of the Beacon Health System Transport Team.
• Manages patients with critical/emergent conditions including respiratory distress, trauma, cardiac events, diabetic emergencies, infectious diseases, drowning, poisoning, and other acute conditions.
• Affixes emergency, critical care, and clinical skills to assess, stabilize, and transport patients.
• Collaborates with care teams to develop transport plans, manage patient needs, and address emergency situations.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic transport environment while proactively managing risks.
• Operates ambulance communication systems including two-way radios and GPS mapping.
• Maintains transport logistics including contact lists, door codes, routes, and referral hospital maps.
• Administers oxygen therapy and performs airway management procedures including suctioning techniques.
• Maintains patient status, treatments, vital signs, interventions, and transport care.
• Initiates IV and intraosseous access, administers fluids, obtains lab samples, and performs point-of-care testing.
• Performs advanced life support procedures including CPR, intubation, cardioversion, defibrillation, and tension pneumothorax relief.
• Administers medications according to St. Joseph County EMS guidelines.
• Provides patient status follow-up to requesting agencies in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
• Completes and maintains required certifications/training including ACLS, BLS, PALS, NRP, PHTLS, S.T.A.B.L.E., EVOC, and departmental competencies.
• Maintains active paramedic certification in Indiana and Michigan.
• Works collaboratively with transport team members, physicians, hospitals, and external partners to ensure quality patient care.
• Demonstrates professional guest relations with referral hospitals, physicians, staff, and families.
• Serves in shift charge/field supervisory role as assigned, supporting staffing, transport coordination, and referral facility communication.
• Collaborates with Dispatch Center to optimize transport coverage and workflow processes.
• Assists with patient care procedures including feeding, bathing, intubation support, line placements, sedations, and additional clinical procedures.
• Serves in trauma responses and code events across departments as needed.
• Transports patients within the hospital and completes additional duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• The knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated below are normally acquired through the successful completion of the Indiana or State EMS-approved paramedic course, which meets the St. Joseph County EMS guidelines.
• Current unrestricted Indiana or Michigan Paramedic license and current or previous National Registry to apply.
• One year of previous experience as a Paramedic is preferred.
• Must obtain and maintain both Indiana and Michigan Paramedic licenses.
• Must obtain Critical Care Paramedic (CC-P) or Flight Paramedic Certification (FP-C) within two years of hire date.