The Advanced Care Paramedic is responsible for providing lifesaving and advanced interventions to patients at on-site locations and/or during transport. Serves as the principal paramedic for specialty care and ALS transports. This position requires a team based approach where the paramedic is expected to have at least three years of experience in a busy 911 ALS EMS system or one year experience as a full time UH EMS-I Paramedic. The Advanced Paramedic will be required to complete both didactic and experiential learning during orientation and demonstrate and ability to care for adult and pediatric during Specialty Care transports, on-site care interventions for Acute Hospital, home visits, Industrial Health locations, correctional health service locations, and event medicine. The Advanced Care Paramedic is expected to function at the highest levels within their scope of practice and to have demonstrated experience making advanced clinical choices. In addition, the Advanced Care Paramedic is expected to have a working knowledge of and experience with advanced equipment consistent with the standard competencies of the Advanced Care Paramedic scope of practice inclusive of vent management, use of high flow and advanced airway management. Ongoing training and education will be required as well as substantial investments of time obtaining and maintaining advanced certifications (ALS, PALS, ITLS, PITLS, GEMS, FEMA, Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Tech, etc.). Additionally, the Advanced Care Paramedic is qualified for assignment to serve as a Clinical Care Technician consistent with the roles and responsibilities as defined by the position to provide support to in-patient clinical services such as cardiac catheter lab, ICU, Ed, and other clinical areas where the knowledge and skill of the Advanced Care Paramedic contributes to the patient care plan.
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