Paramedic Emergency Services

Paramedic Emergency Services

Description

Introduction

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Paramedic Emergency Services today with Parkland Medical Center.

Benefits

Parkland Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
  

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Come join our team as a(an) Paramedic Emergency Services. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Summary:The paramedic is a member of the healthcare team assisting in the care of emergency department patients under the guidance and direction of the Emergency Department Medical Director and the general supervision of the Emergency Department Director and in accordance with the standards of care and practice delineated by the State of New Hampshire Medical Control Boards Paramedic Patient Care Protocols. The paramedic provides age-appropriate individualized care under the guidance of the RN and follows physician orders for protocols, medications and diagnostic tests.

Essential Functions include but are not limited to:

• Reception,rapid initial assessmentand vital signs on arriving patients
• Answers EMS radio calls and relays information to provider and Charge RN
• Inserts airway adjuncts and administers oxygen therapy,
• End tidal CO2 monitoring
• Oropharynx and endotracheal suctioning
• Cardiac monitoring including 12 lead EKG and vital signs
• Assists with defibrillation, cardioversion and transcutaneous pacing
• Performs intravenous access including intraosseous lines and venipuncture
• Assists physician/provider with central line insertions, lumbar punctures, chest tube insertion, needle thoracotomy, endotracheal intubation, thoracentesis, arterial line insertion and suturing
• Medication administration, on the approved medication list, as described by policy
• Finger stick glucose testing
• Collectsspecimens for POC moderately complex testing according to established policies and procedures
• PerformsPOC moderately complex testing according to established policies and procedures
• Performsand documentsinstrument maintenance;performsquality control according to established procedures;troubleshootsinstruments effectively, when appropriate
• Splints extremity injuries using pre-formed devices
• Transports patients to receiving units
• Stocks supplies and equipment
• Checks outdates of supplies on carts and in drawers
• Maintains equipment including daily/monthly checks as established
• Cleans and prepares patient rooms
• Accurate and timely communication regarding patient care issues or patient status changes
• Accurate and timely documentation of care
• Communicates effectively with physicians, other providers, patients and families
• Promotes internal and external customer satisfaction
• Builds and promotes a culture of service excellence and continuous improvement
• Worksas scheduled and is compliant with Attendance and Tardiness Policy

Functions the paramedicmay not performunder any circumstances within the facility include:

• Prepare or administer any medications not on the approved medication list
• Administer or check blood products, insulin or chemotherapy products
• Take telephone orders
• Call nursing report to receiving units or to other facilities
• Perform detailed or focused assessments in EDM
• Discharge patients (may assist with discharge preparation such as crutches, splinting, dressing, etc)

Qualifications and Experience:

• Required: Graduate of an accredited School of Paramedicine with recent critical care experience andNational Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic; American Heart Association orAmerican Red Cross BLS; CPI within 3 months of hire; American Heart Association or American Red Cross ACLS and PALS within 6 months of hire
• Preferred: Associates Degree;minimum of 3 years of clinical paramedic experience and NH EMS Provider License EMT Paramedic

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed inside with good ventilation and comfortable temperatures
• This job classification has occasional exposure to electric shock, x-ray and electromagnetic energy
• This job classification has routine exposure to hazardous chemicals, noxious odors, latex and musculoskeletal injuries

Physical Requirements:

• Lifting and carrying 40 lbs frequently, pushing or pulling greater than 100 lbs occasionally, includes assisting with patient lifts and transfers
• Positional tasks may include frequent/prolonged walking, standing with occasional kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing, balancing and stooping
• Eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity. Depth perception. Corrected hearing and vision to within functional ranges. Must be able to see and read computer screens and biomedical equipment readouts with or without corrective devices
• Must be able to communicate clearly with patients, families and co-workers

Mental & Emotional Requirements:

• Demonstrates attention to detail, concentration, conceptualization and memory
• Ability to problem solve
• Handles multiple priorities
• Manages stress appropriately
• Makes decisions under pressure
• Relates to others and influences people
• Manages anger/fear/hostility/violence of others appropriately

Hazards:

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Exposure to potential electric shock
• Exposure to CRT (computer) Monitor
• Exposure to frequent repetitive motions
• Exposure to needles or other sharp objects
• Exposure to communicable diseases
• Exposure to hazardous chemical and /or pharmaceuticals

Occupational Exposure to Chemical and Pharmaceutical Wastes:

• Waste Handler Satellite:The normal work routine involves exposure to chemical and/or pharmaceutical wastes.This position is responsible for the safe handling and movement of hazardous materials/hazardous wastes to a Satellite waste container within the department. Initial training is provided upon hire and refresher training is provided annually

Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens:

• OSHA Category I: The normal work routine involves exposure to blood, body fluids, tissue or other potentially infectious materials. Position is required to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

Productivity/Fiscal Responsibility:

• When work is complete, seeksUtilizes appropriate resources to complete assignments within allocated time period
• Performs accurately and in a timely manner in periods of increased work-loads and high stress
• Follows through with assignments and informs supervisor if unable to complete tasks
• Supports responsible staffing decisions (in-patient/out-patient coverage, low volume, stand-by, on-call
• Maintains and organizes supplies appropriately
• Demonstrates efforts to eliminate waste
• Demonstrates ability to set priorities
• Demonstrates problem solving ability using appropriate resources

Building PartnershipsIdentifies opportunities to take action to build strategic relationships to help achieve goals

• Exchanges information with potential partners to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems
• Collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both departments needs can be met
• Places higher priority on organization's goals than departments goals
• Anticipates effects of departments actions and decisions on partners
• Influences others to support partnership objectives

Building Trust:

• Interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in ones intentions and those of the organization
• Shares thoughts, feelings and rationale so that others understand personal positions
• Demonstrates honesty, keeps commitments and behaves in a consistent manner
• Listens to others and objectively considers others' ideas and opinions, even when they conflict with own
• Treats people with dignity, respect and fairness
• Gives proper credit to others
• Stands up for deserving others and their ideas even in the face of resistance

Passion for Results:

• Drives high standards for individual, team and organizational accomplishment
• Sets challenging goals and high performance standards for self and others
• Initiates action and moves others toward envisioned outcomes
• Corrals energy day-to-day to maintain momentum and a sense of urgency toward desired results
• Works relentlessly to overcome obstacles
• Is dissatisfied until results have been achieved
• Derives satisfaction from goal achievement and continuous improvement

Compelling Communication:

• Clearly and succinctly conveys information to individuals and groups
• Uses forceful and compelling language and tone to stimulate others thinking and actions
• Uses vivid analogies and illustrations to create mental images
• Uses visual aids when appropriate to enhance impact of the message
• Conveys messages logically, simply, succinctly and at the right pace, does not digress
• Checks audiences understanding, presents messages in different ways to enhance their understanding
• Uses correct grammar and punctuation
• Uses a format and terminology appropriate to the topic and audience

Customer Focus:

• Demonstrates teamwork and cooperation, works well with others
• Serves as a resource in an effective manner to other departments as needed
• Identifies customer service issues
• Creates customer-focused practices to assure customer satisfaction
• Shows genuine concern, respect and ability to communicate cordially with patients, visitors, physicians and other employees
• Is sensitive to customer inconveniences and responds accordingly
• Promotes a culture of service excellence
• Is cognizant of age specific, cultural and physical needs of customer in providing service

Quality & Safety Orientation:

• Accurately checks processes and tasks
• Follows procedures
• Ensures high quality output
• Has working knowledge of the operation of the department or seeks guidance from appropriate personnel
• Reports equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel and correctly completes work order
• Assures safe and clean environment; keeps area clutter free
• Reports actual or potential medical/health care errors, near misses or other opportunities to improve patient safety
• Promotes patient and employee safety
• Participates in safety education, quality, safety and performance improvement initiatives
• Utilizes standard precautions by wearing protective equipment ( goggles, gowns, gloves and uses correct hand washing techniques)

Personal &Professional Development:

• ae3Maintains own clinical competency and certification
• Accepts responsibility for assessment of self-learning needs and identifies resources to accomplish personal and professional development
• Actively participates in committees as assigned
• Participates in continuing education programs and attends mandatory education annually to maintain competence and gain additional skills
• Makes independent decisions, manages multiple priorities
• Organized, self-directed, requires minimum supervision
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Displays professional pride
• Demonstrates an understanding of and adherence to HCAs Code of Conduct

Located in Derry, NH, Parkland Medical Center is a regional acute-care hospital offering 86 beds and a Level III Trauma Center. HCA Healthcare owns the facility, along with three other hospitals, two freestanding emergency rooms, an ambulatory surgery center, and an urgent care center in New Hampshire. The organization employs 2,600 colleagues and 554 physicians, provides $15.8 million in uncompensated care, and pays $43.8 million in taxes annually. HCA Healthcare's other New Hampshire hospitals include Portsmouth Regional Hospital and Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, as well as freestanding emergency rooms in Seabrook and Dover. In 2023, a third freestanding emergency room will open in Plaistow.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

'The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.'- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Paramedic Emergency Services opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.