Paramedic - Emergency (PRN / Days)

#REF!•Rockwall, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position responds to patient needs, prioritizing privacy, confidentiality, safety, and physical, psychological, cognitive, religious, and social needs. It incorporates population-specific safety and infection control measures, respects human worth, and engages family/caregivers in healthcare. The role involves mutual problem-solving, professional behaviors to help patients understand their health and illness, and a reciprocal approach to decision-making. The Paramedic is reliable, attentive, and communicates a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant attitude. They perform technical skills adapted to patient needs and provide safe patient care under physician delegation. Collaboration with the healthcare team, use of communication tools, cost-effective resource management, and prioritizing patient care are key. Flexibility with workload, patient needs, staffing, and acuity, along with respectful listening and collaboration with physicians and team members for individualized care, are essential.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent required
3 months paramedic experience or completion of a paramedic internship required
EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic required upon hire or LP - Licensed Paramedic required upon hire
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care required and maintained quarterly

Nice To Haves

1 year experience paramedic experience in EMS or fire department preferred
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 90 days of hire
PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support required within 90 days of hire
CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training required within 90 days of hire and maintained annually
Possesses organizational skills to function in a fast-paced environment
Positive interpersonal skills
Good verbal and written communication skills
Able to perform basic computer skills

Responsibilities

Responds to others' priorities regarding privacy, confidentiality, safety, physical, psychological, cognitive, religious and social needs
Incorporates population-specific safety/infection control measures into patient care
Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance and respect
Appreciates unique meanings and is concerned with understanding others’ frame of reference
Engages family/caregivers in health care situations
Uses mutual problem solving and exhibits professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness
Involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties
Gives reassurance, listens and concentrates on others
Is reliable, available and attentive
Communicates a supportive, open, positive and tolerant attitude
Performs technical skills that are adapted to reflect the population-specific, developmental and diversity needs of the patient
Provides safe patient care under the delegation of appropriate Physician and competency sign-off
Communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team
Incorporates and participates in adopted communication tools
Promotes a cost-effective team by judicious use of resources
Leads by example by giving priority to doing the right thing for patient care
Adapts to changes in workload
Demonstrates flexibility related to patient needs, staffing and patient acuity
Demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions
Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care