Paramedic

SUMMARY

Administers advanced life support care to sick and injured persons in the pre-hospital and interfacility setting, as authorized and directed by the Medical Director, and Base Station Physician or Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, by performing the following duties, within the prescribed scope of practice and all applicable regulatory guidelines for prehospital care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include all of the essential duties and responsibilities outlined in the job description for an EMT-Ambulance Driver plus the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Receives and gives an accurate and concise report regarding the patient's condition, necessary interventions, and medical outcome of treatments administered.
• Assesses nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures to be followed or need for additional assistance.
• Restores and stabilizes heart rhythm and ventilation on the pulseless and/or non-breathing patient.
• Provides cardiac monitoring, including interpretation and recording.
• Takes and records patient's vital signs, including blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate.
• Initiates intravenous access to administer medications or fluids.
• Performs advanced airway management, including endotracheal intubation, to establish an airway and ventilate patients..
• Administers oral, sublingual, parenteral, and inhaled medications.
• Assists in extricating trapped victims and administers initial treatment at emergency scenes.
• Drives mobile intensive care unit.
• Transports sick and injured persons to acute receiving and extended care facilities.
• Observes, records, and reports to the Base Station; patient's condition and reaction to drugs, interventions, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Communicates with the Base Station and other medical personnel via radio-telephone.
• Participates in Quality Improvement activities of the EMS Agency, Base Station hospital and the Company including chart audits, peer review and data collection activities, tape reviews and focused studies.
• Participates in continuing education activities as a student, instructor and proctor.
• Serves as a company representative promoting positive customer relationships through proactive involvement in public business and community activities. 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities

COMPETENCIES

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Continuous Learning - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; seeks feedback to improve performance; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.

Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.

Use of Technology - Demonstrates required skills; adapts to new technologies; troubleshoots technological problems; uses technology to increase productivity; keeps technical skills up to date.

Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.

Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.

Cooperation - Establishes and maintains effective relations; exhibits tact and consideration; offers assistance and support to co-workers; works cooperatively in group situations; works actively to resolve conflicts.

Managing Customer Focus - Promotes customer focus; establishes customer service standards; provides training in customer service delivery; monitors customer satisfaction; develops new approaches to meeting customer needs.

Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; participates in meetings.

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.

Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others.

Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Visionary Leadership - Displays passion and optimism; inspires respect and trust.

Conflict Resolution - Encourages open communications; confronts difficult situations; maintains objectivity; keeps emotions under control; uses negotiation skills to resolve conflicts.

Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and principles; upholds organizational values.

Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values.

Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Personal Appearance - Dresses appropriately for position; keeps self well groomed.

Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time.

Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.

Initiative - Volunteers readily; undertakes self-development activities; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; asks for and offers help when needed.

Judgement - Exhibits sound and accurate judgment. 

Planning/Organizing - Uses time efficiently.

Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.

Quantity - Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.

Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience
Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or High school diploma or general education degree {GED) and six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common professional journals and medical documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the medical community. Ability to write reports that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to co-workers, licensed healthcare professionals, communications center personnel, supervisors, managers and administrators.
Ability to listen actively and comprehend the meaning of communications with co-workers, licensed healthcare professionals, communications center personnel, supervisors, managers and administrators.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute drug dosages based on patient weight in kilograms, IV infusion rates using various types of tubing and interpret various charts and graphs.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems, collect and analyze both subjective and objective data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of physiological and psychological signs and symptoms and process subtle and well as specific variables.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of lmageTrend EMS Field Bridge Field-ePCR Data Collection Database software; Internet software; eCore - ePro Scheduler EMS Scheduling-Timekeeping Software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Valid unrestricted California Driver's License, California Ambulance Driver's License, State of California Paramedic License, Basic Cardiac Life Support Provider's Certificate, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider's Certificate, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider's Certificate, Medical Examiner's Certificate (DL-51), OCEMS IFT-ALS Paramedic Accreditation (or OCEMS 9-1-1 Paramedic Accreditation), ICS Training (levels 100, 200, and 700); and acceptable California DMV Printout.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

Six (6) months of verifiable recent and continuing experience as a practicing California licensed paramedic is preferred for this position. However, we will accept applications from qualified and properly credentialed new grads or other candidates with less experience. Six (6) or more months of experience working as a paramedic delivering care in a 9-1-1 service environment is preferred.