PARAMEDIC PRN

Texas Health Resources • Fort Worth, TX

13h • Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Fort Worth is seeking a Texas Licensed Paramedic (EMT-P) for a PRN Variable Shifts opportunity at their Fort Worth Hospital campus. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth is a 707-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving the Fort Worth community since 1930. The organization is dedicated to making healthcare human again by staffing exemplary hospitals with compassionate healthcare professionals. This role contributes to the hospital's mission by providing advanced medical care and positively impacting patients' quality of life.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Three (3) months recent Paramedic experience or completion of a Paramedic Internship is required.
• EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic upon hire required
• LP - Licensed Paramedic Upon Hire required
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire required
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support upon hire required.
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 60 days of hire required.
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention training within 60 days of hire required.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• One (1) year of Paramedic experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Other duties as appropriately delegated by RN.
• 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.
• Actively participates in the Shared Governance model at unit, entity, and/or system level; actively engages in finding solutions for unit, division and/or entity concerns or issues; uses multiple available tools to stay informed of changes, updates and communications; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care.
• Participates in change; understands, promotes, and values ed evidence-based practices, quality improvement, and/or research, and utilizes them in practice; follows guidelines and recommendations defined by regulatory or professional practice agencies. Provides daily care that achieves outcome targets for core measures, NPSG, employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction, NDNQI and other unit/organizational metrics; demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and development; demonstrates a commitment to advancing the professional practice of paramedicine; incorporates ethical principles from the Texas Department of State Health Services EMT Code of Ethics.
• Assists in meeting departmental/hospital KPIs related to: Patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, financial performance, organizational effectiveness and community health care.

Benefits

• Gain a sense of accomplishment by contributing in a teamwork environment
• Positively impact patients’ quality of life
• Receive excellent mentorship, comprehensive training and dedicated clinical leadership resources
• Enjoy opportunities for growth

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED