Responsibilities:

• Maintains equipment.
• Assesses nature and extent of illness/injury and patient's history from available sources.
• Determines appropriate independent or collaborative response.
• Administers appropriate emergency medical care including life support procedures, decontamination protocols, obtaining EKG readings and vital statistics monitoring.
• May perform fluid/drug administration.
• If on transport team, they will communicate with medical personnel at hospital, reports/records observations, and follows directives until report and hand-off at hospital.
• Also they may navigate ambulance to scene of accident in response to emergency calls.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Completion of an accredited EMS-Paramedic training program.

Certifications:

• Current licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMTP) in the current State.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) required.
• International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) preferred.
• Current valid State Driver's License (VDL) preferred .
• State licensure if required by state law.

• If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• One year experience as a EMT-P preferred.
• Clinical experience through a EMS Paramedic Training program required.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.