Paramedic - Community Mobile Integrated Healthcare

Indiana University Health System • Muncie, DE

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About The Position

The full-time BLS/ALS Paramedic serves in a specialized Mobile Integrated Healthcare–Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) role, providing patient-centered care in patients’ homes and communities, with an additional focus on maternal/fetal and high-risk pregnancy needs. The Community Paramedic works collaboratively with maternal-fetal medicine, obstetric, nursing, primary care, emergency medical services, and other interdisciplinary partners to extend care beyond the traditional hospital setting.

The role includes in-home assessment; vital-sign and symptom monitoring; medication reconciliation and adherence support; patient education; care coordination; identifying barriers and social needs; and timely escalation of clinical concerns within established protocols and scope of practice. The position requires independent work, sound clinical judgment, effective communication with patients and multidisciplinary teams, and compassionate care in complex community-based environments.

The Rural Health Transformation Program is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through a financial assistance award totaling $206,927,896.80, funded 100 percent by CMS/HHS. The posting states that the contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent official views of, or endorsement by, CMS/HHS or the U.S. Government.

Requirements

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent.
• Indiana EMT-P/Paramedic license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required upon hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or an equivalency must be obtained within the initial probationary period.
• Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) or an equivalency must be obtained within the initial probationary period.
• NIMS 100, 200, 700, and 800 must be obtained within the initial probationary period.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound clinical judgment, communicate effectively with patients and multidisciplinary teams, and provide compassionate care in complex community-based environments.
• Ability to make independent, clinically and operationally competent decisions in a challenging environment.

Nice To Haves

• Three to five years of ALS Paramedic experience preferred.
• Minimum of one year of ALS Paramedic experience preferred.
• Maternal/fetal, community paramedicine, emergency, or other high-acuity clinical experience is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care in patients’ homes and communities, with a focus on maternal/fetal and high-risk pregnancy needs.
• Conduct in-home assessments and monitor vital signs and symptoms.
• Support medication reconciliation and medication adherence.
• Educate patients and coordinate care with interdisciplinary partners.
• Identify barriers to care and patients’ social needs.
• Escalate clinical concerns in a timely manner within established protocols and scope of practice.
• Collaborate with maternal-fetal medicine, obstetric, nursing, primary care, emergency medical services, and other interdisciplinary partners.
• Exercise independent clinical judgment and make competent clinical and operational decisions in challenging environments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED