About This Role
This paramedic role involves providing emergency and non-emergency care to sick and injured patients, ensuring their safe transport, and maintaining all necessary equipment and documentation. It suits a professional dedicated to patient advocacy and upholding high standards of care.
Responsibilities
- Provide emergency care to the sick and injured
- Administer Advanced Life Support, including cardiac monitoring, ACLS, and other emergency medications
- Provide non-emergency transportation for patients requiring ambulance transport
- Conduct daily inventory of ambulance equipment and supplies
- Perform daily mechanical inspections of the ambulance
- Ensure timely and accurate documentation of patient transports
- Advocate for patients by ensuring proper documentation and all needed paperwork are completed for insurance benefits
- Maintain all required certifications and CEU hours to keep EMS license in good standing
- Maintain good physical condition to properly perform all job duties
- Maintain a professional appearance, including being well-groomed and having a neat and clean uniform
- Maintain the ambulance in a clean and orderly fashion, stocked to TN State standards
Requirements
- TN State Paramedic License in good standing (assistance with reciprocity available for out-of-state applicants; can apply prior to certification but cannot work until received)
- At least 21 years of age preferred due to insurance requirements for driving (availability for non-driver Paramedics at management’s discretion if not 21)
- BLS CPR
- Pediatric Training: PALS (required)
- ACLS
- PHTLS
- Willing to submit to a background check and drug screen
- No felony convictions
- Never been excluded from a federally funded insurance program such as Medicare
- Good physical stamina, endurance, and body condition to lift, move, carry, and balance in excess of 125 pounds (250 pounds with a 2-person lift)
Benefits