PARAMEDIC - Full Time

Pafford•Meridian, MS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Paramedic position responsible for providing and directing advanced life support to ill and injured individuals. The role involves a wide range of medical interventions, patient assessment, scene management, and transportation. The incumbent must maintain a high level of knowledge and skill in emergency paramedicine and adhere to company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Paramedic Licensure
CPR for the Health Care Provider
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Good knowledge of the street systems, addresses, and physical layout of the area, and of the rescue equipment and the emergency medical equipment used in Advanced Life Support.
Good ability to perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
Good ability to understand and effectively deal with the emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
Good ability to maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons.
Good ability to learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care.
Good ability to perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing, and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment.
Good ability to direct the work of and teach other personnel.
Good ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
Good ability to maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company.
Good ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel and the general public.
Good ability to drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
Must maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency paramedicine.
Must attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses, and seminars both on and off duty to maintain annual paramedic certification, as required by the state in which they will be working.

Responsibilities

Provides and directs fast, efficient Advanced Life Support to the ill and injured utilizing all basic and advanced abilities and techniques, including but not limited to the placement of peripheral and intra-osseous lines, Supraglottic airways, endotracheal intubations, Cricothyrotomy, fluid and drug therapy, cardiac monitoring and EKG interpretations, defibrillation, and cardioversion.
Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and acceptable differential diagnosis.
Performs critical physical examinations.
Recognizes common cardiac dysrhythmias and understands the principles and treatment modalities for life-threatening dysrhythmias.
Understands and anticipates the pharmacological treatment of critically ill and injured patients.
Understands and anticipates potentially life-threatening presentation of non-cardiac emergencies and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation of life.
Deals with the medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute illness or injury with the goal of reducing mortality and morbidity.
Responsible for managing and directing all first responders at the scene of a medical emergency such as EMRs, Police Departments, and EMTs.
Responsible for quality patient care as established by the Company.
Files standardized reports of patient information and care for the use of receiving hospital and administration, including nature of request for aid, pertinent past history, therapy provided diagnosis, disposition, and sufficient patient information for billing purposes.
Maintains effective communication with physician on duty at the hospital to relate patient condition and obtain orders for treatment.
Follows standard written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted.
Transports the ill and injured to institutions of medical care.
Operates emergency vehicles in a safe manner under all conditions.
Properly completes patient statistics and medical information forms for administrative use.
Performs technical rescues in removing victims from varied terrain and circumstances.
Follows standard operating policies and procedures as developed and directed by the Company.
Cleans and maintains equipment.
Cleans and maintains (minor maintenance) vehicles.
Cleans and maintains living quarters.
Maintains records of vehicles, supplies, training, and daily work.
Performs other related duties as assigned.