Critical Care Paramedic: Flight and Ground

3 days ago

Lanham, United States MEDSTAR HEALTH Full time

General Summary of Position

Join our flight and ground transport team in Fort Meade, Indianhead, and St. Mary’s, Maryland as a Critical Care Paramedic where you’ll work with the Transport Team to safely care and transport patients to other medical/hospital facilities. MedStar Health is a great place to work and grow your career We provide a supportive and inclusive work environment, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, generous PTO, tuition assistance, retirement plans, and many other benefits focused on your wellbeing. MedStar Health uses top of the line equipment.

Shifts: 40 hours/week working 12-hour shifts (7AM-7PM, 7PM-7AM, 11AM–11PM, 11PM-11AM) with three shifts one week and four shifts the next, rotating between day and night shifts and including every other weekend. Self-scheduling available.
Location: Report in/out of Fort Meade, MD, Indianhead, MD or St. Mary’s, MD.

Minimum Qualifications:
·         Graduation from high school or Equivalent
·         NREMT-P certification required
·         Current NREMT and State Paramedic license for MD and DC (or ability to obtain DC within 30 days after hire).
·         Valid Driver’s License
·         BLS Certification
·         EVOC certification
·         Current valid BLS and PALS certification

Experience:
·       3 year’s experience Nationally Registered as a Paramedic required


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Delivers expert patient care in helicopters and ambulances to multiple patient types including scene work, adult subspecialties, pediatrics, and high-risk obstetrics. Assesses patient care needs, establishes priorities and delegates tasks to peers and ancillary support staff as appropriate.Assesses the needs of patients with highly complex problems. Identifies current and potential complex problems, critically analyzes trends and changes in patient status, and plans appropriate interventions directly or indirectly through other nurses and paramedicsPerforms basic and advanced airway techniques and treatment modalities, including oxygen therapy, airway maintenance, assisted ventilation, insertion of supraglottic airways, nasal and orotracheal intubation, rapid sequence pharmacological induction to facilitate intubation, surgical cricothyroidotomy, and needle thoracostomy.Administers and maintains pharmacologic agents and intravenous fluids at the scene and during inter-hospital transfer.In collaboration with the Critical Care Transport Specialist - RN, monitors and evaluates invasive and non-invasive techniques/procedures and their therapeutic effects, including the monitoring and operation of the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD), and intracranial monitoring devices during transport. Troubleshoots these devices, recognizes problems, and makes necessary corrections. Recognition and intervention of abnormal parameters includes potentially lethal cardiac dysrhythmias requiring electric cardioversion and defibrillation.Performs a variety of clinical duties including, but not limited to: insertion of nasal and oral gastric tubes and management of autologous blood transfusion systems. Initiates and maintains venous access and intraosseous lines.Obtains patient information, including detailed reports, when appropriate, and disseminates all necessary information to appropriate medical staff, per protocol. Responsible for monitoring and recording all patient data and completion of all appropriate clinical documentation in a timely manner.Maintains program readiness and ensure cleanliness and appropriate par levels of supplies used by MedSTAR Transport. Ensures helicopter or ambulance readiness with daily review of equipment and supplies and records findings on daily vehicle checklists.Ensures system readiness post-transport. Ensures that par stock levels of equipment at remote bases are maintained and informs MedSTAR leadership of supply needs, as necessary.Establishes and maintains professional radio communications with MedSTAR Communications Center and all other agencies, adhering to all FCC protocols.


 

Minimum Qualifications
Education

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • Successful completion of an approved Paramedic course required
  • Specialized and/or advanced clerical, technical or other vocational training acquired during 1 - 2 years of additional job-related training preferred

Experience

  • 3 years experience as an NREMT-P required
  • Significant field experience in a high acuity, high volume EMS system, and/or pre/intra hospital transport experience preferred


This position has a hiring range of $31.94 - $53.65

 

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