Professional Flight Paramedic (Casual) - Harborcreek, PA
UPMC
- Harborcreek, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- OPERATIONS: Adheres to system standardization, policies and procedures, and other established practices to ensure prompt efficient response, safe operations, and quality patient care. Meets all deadlines for certifications, clinical competencies, or educational requirements. Ensures safe operation of patient laden stretcher employing appropriate stretcher discipline at all times with a patient laden aircraft or ground unit. Maintains safe loading, unloading, adjustment of head of stretcher, and stretcher movement.
- OUTREACH: Reflects a positive attitude to the customer in a high stress environment at all times along. Demonstrates the ability to establish a rapport with customers; including the ability to create and sustain a positive relationship; regardless of circumstances, environment, or patient presentation.
- SAFETY: Ensures the safety of patients and all others functioning in and around the aircraft. Utilizes appropriate safety channels to report safety concerns, and uses tools available to enhance a safe work environment.
- EMPLOYEE HEALTH: Maintains fitness for duty by adhering to all employee health requirements, including maximum weight, hearing conservation program, and required medical screenings. Reports injuries and completes the appropriate documentation, no matter how minor, to a supervisor in a timely manner.
- CLINICAL: Provide advanced critical care life support to critically ill or injured patients in adherence with established protocols and standards of care; accessing online medical command or other resources when appropriate, and employing the skills, competencies, and judgment necessary to provide patient care in any environment; using resources that are required or made available. Documents appropriate assessment, interventions, and other pertinent patient information in a timely manner. Collects and promptly processes demographic, medical necessity, and other necessary billing information. Participates constructively in the peer-review driven quality improvement program
- High School Diploma or Equivalent.
- Minimum of three years of experience at an ALS service.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support OR International Trauma Life Support OR Prehospital Trauma Life Support OR Trauma Nursing Core Course
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Certified Flight Paramedic
- Driver's License
- Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
- National Incident Management System Incident Command
- National Incident Management System Introduction Course
- National Incident Management System Single Resources
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification
- National Registry Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (NREMT-P)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- United States Passport
- UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran