Paramedic

Paramedic Part-Time Day Shift

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We're looking for qualified Paramedics like you to join our Texas Health family.

Position Highlights

• Work location: 201 Walls Drive, Cleburne, TX 76033
• Work environment: Emergency Department
• Work hours: Part-Time 24 Hours per week. 7am-7pm Rotating Schedule including holidays and weekends

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne is a 137-bed, full-service hospital that has served Cleburne and the Johnson County area since 1986. Located about 35 miles south of Fort Worth, hospital services include surgery, women's care, gastroenterology, orthopedics and ear, nose and throat care. The center has over 80 physicians on its medical staff and has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer for Quality Care in a nationwide performance improvement project, an accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers and designated a Pathway to Excellence hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Recognitions like these make our facility intensely qualified to serve our community and your professional aspirations.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent required

Experience

Three (3) months paramedic experience or completion of a paramedic internship required

One (1) year paramedic experience in EMS or fire department preferred

Licenses and Certifications

EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic upon hire required or

LP - Licensed Paramedic upon hire required

ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support within ninety (90) days required and

BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly) required and

PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support within ninety (90) days required and

CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training (Emergency Department Only) within sixty (60) days required

Skills

Possesses organizational skills to function in a fast-paced environment, positive interpersonal skills, good verbal and written communication skills, able to perform basic computer skills.

Position Responsibilities

Accountability/Basic Human Needs

• Responds to others' priorities regarding privacy, confidentiality, safety, physical, psychological, cognitive, religious and social needs; incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care; honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance and respect; appreciates unique meanings and is concerned with understanding others' frame of reference; engages family/caregivers in health care situations; uses mutual problem solving and exhibits professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties; gives reassurance, listens and concentrates on others; Is reliable, available and attentive; communicates a supportive, open, positive and tolerant attitude.

Provides Safe Patient Care Under Physician Delegation:

• Administers IV fluid without additives, saline flush, antiemetic, non-narcotic pain medication and ACLS drugs (excluding drips) using barcode medication verification (BMV) during medication administrations
• Completes accurate documentation in the electronic health record
• Provides consistent attention to airway, intake, elimination, sleep, rest, mobility and hygiene needs
• Applies antiembolic stockings and sequential compression devices
• Cervical collar management
• External defibrillation
• Nasal cannula or oxygen mask application
• Nasopharyngeal insertion and removal
• Oral airway insertion and removal
• Oxygen therapy/delivery
• Pacemaker assessment of function
• Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV Access
• Wound care dressing and application
• Incentive spirometry
• Other duties as assigned by RN

Teamwork

• Communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team; incorporates and participates in adopted communication tools; promotes a cost-effective team by judicious use of resources; leads by example by giving priority to doing the right thing for patient care; adapts to changes in workload; demonstrates flexibility related to patient needs, staffing and patient acuity; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care.

Shared Decision Making

• Actively participates in the Shared Governance model at unit, entity, and/or system level; actively engages in finding solutions for unit, division and/or entity concerns or issues; uses multiple available tools to stay informed of changes, updates and communications; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care.

Professional Development:

• Participates in change; understands, promotes, and values ed evidence-based practices, quality improvement, and/or research, and utilizes them in practice; follows guidelines and recommendations defined by regulatory or professional practice agencies.
• Provides daily care that achieves outcome targets for core measures, NPSG, employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction, NDNQI and other unit/organizational metrics; demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and development; demonstrates a commitment to advancing the professional practice of paramedicine; incorporates ethical principles from the Texas Department of State Health Services EMT Code of Ethics.

KPI's:

• Assists in meeting departmental/hospital KPI's related to: Patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, financial performance, organizational effectiveness and community health care.

Why Texas Health

As a Texas Health Paramedic Pilot you'll enjoy top-notch benefits including 401(k) with match, paid time off, competitive health insurance choices, healthcare and dependent care spending account options, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy, tuition reimbursement, a student loan repayment program and more.

At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture make it a great place to work.

Here are a few of our recent awards:

• 2024 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For (10th consecutive year & we're the only health system in Texas recognized.)
• 2023 "20 Best Workplaces in Health Care" by Great Place to Work and Fortune (9th consecutive year, 8th year in the top 3 and top spot in Texas)
• 2023 Top Workplaces in Dallas-Fort Worth by The Dallas Morning News (recognition celebrates 150 businesses that are contributing to the North Texas job market by creating strong work cultures)

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