Paramedic

Medical Center Health System•Odessa, TX

60d•Onsite

About The Position

Assists professional nursing staff by performing specific patient care tasks, within the scope of practice for a Paramedic. Provides a variety of direct patient care, technical and clinical functions at the patient's bedside under the supervision of a Registered Nurse Demonstrates the ability and knowledge to assist in-patient care to meet the Emergency Department standards of practice.

Requirements

Current Texas Paramedic certification or license
Two years experience in-field training.
BLS Certification required within 90 days of hire and must maintain.
Maintains ACLS & PALS Certification.

Responsibilities

Performs other duties as assigned by the department's management staff.
As patient care and/or Hospital need dictates, both the assigned shift and work station may be changed by the department.
Participates in and promotes the "I CARE Advantage" service philosophy of Integrity, Customer Centered, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
Performs essential job functions with or without reasonable amodations.
Prepares room, cubicles and specialty care areas for patient use. Organizes stock room so items are readily available and easy to find.
Clean beds between patient use.
Restock patient rooms as needed (supplies and OSHA packs). Check stock room daily.
Check/set up oxygen or pulse oximeter for patient use.
Check/set up cardiac monitors for patient use.
Organizes clean utility room so stock is readily available and easy to find when needed.
Assists in and apany patients in transfer and discharge procedures.
Transports patients via w/c or carrier to room for triage.
Assists EMS with patient transfers to and from carrier including patients on backboards.
Assists RN with monitored transport to CCU/ICU.
Assists with transport to and from personal vehicle.
Place patients on cardiac monitor, oxygen and pulse oximeter as needed (in appropriate areas).
Transfers monitored patients to Telemetry.
Transfer Medical/Surgical patients to the appropriate Unit.
Provides patient care.
Takes accurate vital signs on all ages.
Accurate weight on all children.
Assists with dressing/undressing patients.
Positions patient as needed forfort/treatments.
Assists patients with bedpan, urinal ormode.
Performs CBG, and other point of care testing.
Performs routine treatment procedures.
Clean and dress wounds; using tube gauze, xeroform, telfa pads or other necessary bandages. Discontinue IV's or saline locks as instructed. Set up suture sets for physicians using sterile technique.
Place arm slings, Velcro splint (ankle, wrist, knee), shoulder immobilizer, clavicle splint, OCL & Orthoglass splints (after training andpetency checks).
CBG's and point of care testing (after training andpetency checks).
Phlebotomy (after training andpetency checkspleted).
12 lead EKG's (after training andpetency checks).
Starts IVs, external jungular IVs, Saline Locks abd UIs in accordance with Paramedic/Intermediate skills andpletion ofpetency checkoff within scope of practice.
Assists nurse/physician withplicated treatment procedures.
Chestpressions during Code Blue.
Restraining patients, lavaging patients, assist with chest tube placement or intubation of patients.
Assist with large lacerations.