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The ALS Paramedic provides professional care through high-quality assessment, triage / treatment to assess the nature and extent of a patient’s illness / injury and prioritize the needed care. Provides comprehensive care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Paramedic must have strong clinical knowledge and skills necessary to care for patients of all ages with a diverse range of medical needs (infants – geriatric) operating specialized medical equipment and utilizing advanced skills. The Paramedic functions autonomously outside of the hospital environment under standards and protocols approved by the Medical Director as established by the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services (NCOEMS). The Paramedic must be proficient in advanced practice procedures to provide improved patient outcomes.
Job Responsibility:
Provides professional care through high-quality assessment, triage / treatment to assess the nature and extent of a patient’s illness / injury and prioritize the needed care
Provides comprehensive care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
Must be proficient in advanced practice procedures to provide improved patient outcomes
Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation
Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues
Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation
Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes
Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment
Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes
Practices ethically
Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers
Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion
Attains knowledge and competence that reflects the current Paramedic practice
Integrate evidence and research findings into practice
Contributes to quality Paramedic practice
Communicate effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice
Evaluates own Paramedic practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations
Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide Paramedic services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible
Participates in committees, shared governance, or other facility decision making activities
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner
Models the mission, vision, values, standards of excellence and goals of the atrium health system
Supports and contributes to the patient centered care philosophy by understanding that every teammate is a caregiver whose role is to meet the needs of the patient
Independently initiates advanced practice procedures to provide improved patient outcomes depending on job and scope of practice such as video laryngoscopy, (BAID) Blind airway insertion device, needle chest decompression, central line placement (EJ), intraosseous placement, and initiation/titration of pharmacological agents
Initiates and sets up ventilation equipment
Operates, assesses, and manages patient airway support, ventilator settings and equipment
Ensures patient care equipment is in proper working order and all supplies are present by utilizing daily check-off sheets and reporting any known issues
Ensures that the ambulance patient care area is clean, restocked, and kept in a neat and orderly condition at the beginning of each shift and when necessary to maintain a mission ready status
Must be capable of handling equipment challenges and failures without support of internal hospital resources
Obtains necessary signatures and paperwork for each transport
Thoroughly documents medical care and treatments of patients in the EHR
Must maintain annual compliance in education related to specialty area and/or primary base location outside of typical Paramedic practice
Simulation lab
Mechanical Ventilator Management/Lab
Certified Emergency Vehicle Operations
Sleep Deprivation/Just Culture/Stress Management
Requirements:
High school graduate or GED required
Successful completion of an accredited EMT-Paramedic training program required
North Carolina Paramedic certification required
BLS required
ACLS and PALS required to completing orientation
Two (2) years of clinical paramedic experience required - to include one (1) year of active field pre-hospital experience required
Advocate Health approved driving course to be completed within 90 days of hire
Must have a valid driver's license and qualify as insurable by Advocate Health insurance carrier requirements for driving AirCare vehicles
What we offer:
Sign-on Bonus eligible and qualifies for a $7,500 sign–on bonus
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program
Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
Incentive pay for select positions
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance