AirCare Paramedic - Ground Transport

112 North Carolina Baptist Hospital; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 33,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Health and welfare benefits

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption assistance and parental leave

Employer retirement match

Job summary

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is seeking an ALS Paramedic for Ground Transport. You will perform high-level assessments, triage, and treatments, operating advanced equipment under clinical protocols. You’ll document care thoroughly in the EHR during patient transports in the Winston-Salem area.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, EMT-Paramedic training, NC Paramedic certification, and BLS; ACLS/PALS during orientation. A sign-on bonus is available for eligible applicants.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or GED.
• Accredited EMT-Paramedic program completion.
• NC Paramedic certification is required.
• BLS certification required; ACLS/PALS during orientation.
• Minimum two years paramedic experience, incl. one year field work.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional paramedic care with high-quality assessment and triage.
• Deliver treatment plans and execute advanced practice procedures.
• Operate specialized medical equipment under approved protocols.
• Document care in the EHR and ensure patient safety.
• Support patient transport operations outside the hospital per standards.

Skills

Active field pre-hospital experience

Clinical paramedic experience

NC driver’s license

Advocate driving course compliance

Education

High school diploma or GED

EMT-Paramedic training program

North Carolina Paramedic certification

BLS

ACLS and PALS certifications

Tools

Driving course compliance

Job description

Department: 11598 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Patient Transport Status: Benefits Eligible: Yes Hours Per Week: 36 Schedule Details/Additional Information: Pay Range $24.10 - $36.15 AirCare Paramedic - Ground Transport A sign-on bonus is available to applicants who have not received a sign-on bonus from the company for another role within the past 24 months.

What you’ll do:

The ALS Paramedic provides professional care through high-quality assessment, triage / treatment to assess the nature and extent of a patient’s illness / injury and prioritize the needed care. Provides comprehensive care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Paramedic must have strong clinical knowledge and skills necessary to care for patients of all ages with a diverse range of medical needs (infants - geriatric) operating specialized medical equipment and utilizing advanced skills. The Paramedic functions autonomously outside of the hospital environment under standards and protocols approved by the Medical Director as established by the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services (NCOEMS). The Paramedic must be proficient in advanced practice procedures to provide improved patient outcomes.

We're Looking For:

• High school graduate or GED required
• Successful completion of an accredited EMT-Paramedic training program required
• North Carolina Paramedic certification required
• BLS required
• ACLS and PALS required to completing orientation
• Two (2) years of clinical paramedic experience required - to include one (1) year of active field pre-hospital experience required
• Advocate Health approved driving course to be completed within 90 days of hire
• Must have a valid driver's license and qualify as insurable by Advocate Health insurance carrier requirements for driving AirCare vehicles

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Practices ethically
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers
• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
• Attains knowledge and competence that reflects the current Paramedic practice.
• Integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contributes to quality Paramedic practice.
• Communicate effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Evaluates own Paramedic practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide Paramedic services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible.
• Participates in committees, shared governance, or other facility decision making activities.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner
• Models the mission, vision, values, standards of excellence and goals of the atrium health system.
• Supports and contributes to the patient centered care philosophy by understanding that every teammate is a caregiver whose role is to meet the needs of the patient.
• Independently initiates advanced practice procedures to provide improved patient outcomes depending on job and scope of practice such as video laryngoscopy, (BAID) Blind airway insertion device, needle chest decompression, central line placement (EJ), intraosseous placement, and initiation/titration of pharmacological agents.
• Initiates and sets up ventilation equipment.
• Operates, assesses, and manages patient airway support, ventilator settings and equipment.
• Ensures patient care equipment is in proper working order and all supplies are present by utilizing daily check-off sheets and reporting any known issues.
• Ensures that the ambulance patient care area is clean, restocked, and kept in a neat and orderly condition at the beginning of each shift and when necessary to maintain a mission ready status.
• Must be capable of handling equipment challenges and failures without support of internal hospital resources.
• Obtains necessary signatures and paperwork for each transport.
• Thoroughly documents medical care and treatments of patients in the EHR.
• Must maintain annual compliance in education related to specialty area and/or primary base location outside of typical Paramedic practice.
• Simulation lab Mechanical Ventilator Management/Lab Certified Emergency Vehicle Operations Sleep Deprivation/Just Culture/Stress Management

Our Commitment to You:

• Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits. This is Transformation One shared purpose brought us together. Now, as one of the 10 largest not-for-profit, integrated health systems in the United States, our combined strength and stability drives us forward.

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