About This Role
This Paramedic role is based out of Aurora Bay Area’s emergency department, working alongside physicians and nurses to provide continuing patient care from the field, through ED arrival to discharge. The program offers experience in both pre-hospital and emergency department care, responding to 911 calls and providing advanced pre-hospital care in a two-paramedic system.
Responsibilities
- Provide basic and advanced life support to ambulance patients
- Operate ambulance vehicles using safe driving practices
- Perform quality control checks of ambulance equipment and vehicles
- Maintain cleanliness of equipment, work area, and vehicles
- Communicate and delegate effectively in the field
- Convey pertinent information regarding patients to the healthcare team and concerns to the Ambulance Manager
- Ensure prompt, accurate documentation of patient incidents
- Maintain accountability of all medications and accurately document use, waste, and custody of medications
- Under the direction of the RN, provide assistance in emergencies, prepare and administer medications
- Notify department RN or physician immediately of changes in patient condition
- Document information/procedures and promptly communicate observations, concerns and needs of the patient to the Registered Nurse (RN)
- Collaborate with physicians to support communications required to facilitate patient care
- Coordinate and facilitate all forms of communications (phone, verbal, paging, electronic, fax and emergency medical services (EMS) system)
- Process daily patient charges and/or related procedure through the electronic health record (EHR)
- Support and reinforce RN/physician and patient/family teaching and evaluate learning, documenting in the medical record as appropriate
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment, following department safety policies and standard precautions
- Monitor equipment and troubleshoot minor problems
- Arrange for repair of major malfunctions
- Perform various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served
- Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures
Important Details
- Schedule: Primary start time 7 PM, variable as needed; every other weekend schedule; on-call and holiday rotations required
