Paramedic - Full Time

Pafford•Winnfield, LA

About The Position

The Paramedic provides and directs Advanced Life Support for ill and injured people, using basic and advanced medical skills and techniques. The role includes assessing emergencies, identifying possible diagnoses, performing physical examinations, treating life-threatening conditions, and addressing patients’ medical and emotional needs. Paramedics manage first responders at emergency scenes, provide quality patient care, communicate with hospital physicians, follow protocols when physicians cannot be contacted, and transport patients to medical facilities. The position also involves operating emergency vehicles safely, completing patient care and administrative reports, performing technical rescues, and cleaning and maintaining equipment, vehicles, and living quarters. Paramedics maintain records of vehicles, supplies, training, and daily work, and perform other related duties as assigned. Work is carried out under established procedures, policies, and medical orders, with judgment required to apply appropriate guidelines to each situation. Assignments are made in terms of shifts and general scope of work, and performance is evaluated through spot checks and feedback. Paramedics must maintain the required licensure and certifications, keep their emergency medicine knowledge current through continuing education, and wear and maintain company-issued uniforms and equipment. They must carry a company-issued pager or radio while on duty. The work may involve driving emergency vehicles, moving equipment, extracting and carrying injured people, and working across varied, sometimes steep, rocky, rough, wet, or slippery terrain. Paramedics must be able to see, hear, and communicate with patients during assessment and care.

Requirements

Possess and maintain paramedic licensure.
Possess and maintain CPR for the Health Care Provider certification.
Possess and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Possess and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
Have good knowledge of local street systems, addresses, and area layout, as well as rescue and Advanced Life Support medical equipment.
Perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
Effectively address the medical and emotional needs of people experiencing injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
Maintain a professional and objective approach to patient care and a professional attitude when representing the company.
Learn new rescue and medical concepts, skills, and techniques in pre-hospital care.
Perform limited mechanical work involved in using, testing, and maintaining rescue and medical equipment.
Direct and teach other personnel.
Understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel, and the public.
Drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
Author reports containing narrative and numeric information.
Maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency paramedicine and complete continuing education needed to maintain annual certification.
Be able to operate emergency medical vehicles, move medical equipment, and extract injured persons from varied situations.
Be able to move over varied terrain, including hilly, steep, rocky, rough, wet, or slippery surfaces.
Be able to carry or help carry patients from injury sites to transportation and attend to them during transport to the hospital.
Be able to see, hear, and communicate with patients for physical assessments.

Responsibilities

Provide and direct Advanced Life Support to ill and injured patients using basic and advanced medical techniques.
Recognize medical emergencies, make reasonable differential diagnoses, and perform physical examinations.
Recognize cardiac dysrhythmias and provide appropriate treatment for life-threatening conditions.
Anticipate and administer appropriate pharmacological treatment and emergency therapy.
Address the medical and emotional needs of victims of acute illness or injury.
Manage and direct first responders at medical emergency scenes, including EMRs, police departments, and EMTs.
Deliver quality patient care in accordance with company standards.
Prepare standardized patient-care reports and complete patient statistics and medical information forms for hospital and administrative use, including billing information.
Communicate with the hospital physician on duty about patient condition and obtain treatment orders; follow written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted.
Transport ill and injured patients to medical care facilities.
Operate emergency vehicles safely under all conditions.
Perform technical rescues and remove victims from varied terrain and circumstances.
Follow company standard operating policies and procedures.
Clean and maintain equipment and perform minor vehicle maintenance.
Clean and maintain living quarters.
Maintain records of vehicles, supplies, training, and daily work.
Attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses, and seminars to maintain annual state paramedic certification.
Wear and maintain company-issued uniforms and equipment, and carry a company-issued pager or radio while on duty.
Perform other related duties as assigned.