Vanderbilt Clarksville Emergency Department - Paramedic PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Clarksville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking a Paramedic to work PRN in the Emergency Department at Vanderbilt Clarksville. This role involves independently activating patient care protocols within the Tennessee and Vanderbilt paramedic scope of practice. The Paramedic will be responsible for triage care in the field and the Emergency Department, ensuring effective communication for safe and quality patient care during transport and handover. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where uniqueness is celebrated. The organization's mission is to advance health and wellness through patient care, education, and research.

Requirements

Independently works off assessment skills to activate patient care protocols to deliver patient care within the Tennessee paramedic scope of practice within the defined Vanderbilt paramedic scope of practice.
Responsible for triage care in the field as well as the Emergency Department.
Responsible for effective communication to ensure safe and quality patient care in paramedic team, transport and handover.
Assessing, Intervening & Stabilizing Patients (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate assessing, intervening and stabilizing patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
Medication Management (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate Medication Management in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Conducted a comprehensive and systematic assessment of a persons ability to comply with a prescribed medication regime. Conducted an in depth, systematic review of a persons current and past medication history including details of prescription dates, prescribed doses, side effects, interactions and outcomes. Demonstrates enough acumen to recognize problems and to contact the patient's primary care provider.
Critical Thinking (Novice): Displays clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, and sound evidence in the successful completion of tasks and projects. Demonstrates rational and disciplined thought as manifested in results.
Airway Establishing (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate airway establishing in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments. Has retained equivalent knowledge from past experience.
Ventilator Management (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate ventilator management in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
LIC-Driver's License - Tennessee
LIC-Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Nice To Haves

Less than 1 year of experience

Responsibilities

Actively participates with other members of the healthcare team to provide direct patient care.
Transports patients via various modes of transportation while providing quality ALS and Critical Care management to all ages.
Responds to emergency requests within Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt sponsored or other contracted events.
Utilizes the problem solving model to independently resolve patient problems and follow through with HCT to implement solutions.
Identifies patient and unit problems and finds solutions to resolve problems and follows through to implement solutions.
Effectively communicates patient handover to the health care team.
Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedures that apply to your own job.
Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.