Community Paramedic

Rhode Island Hospital; Rhode Island; In loco; USD 60.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

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Rhode Island Hospital seeks a Community Paramedic to deliver patient care, training, equipment use and research under supervision of the Medical Director and Manager. The role supports Brown University Health and aims to exemplify compassion, accountability, respect and excellence in daily patient interactions.

Responsibilities include assessing patients with chronic conditions, connecting to resources, conducting home visits, and performing essential clinical tasks such as blood draws and

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• Consistently applies corporate values and acts to improve health status through accessible, high-value services within an integrated health system.
• Assesses patients with chronic conditions, prenatal and behavioral issues; connects to community and medical resources.
• Conducts post-hospital follow-up, monitors medications, dressing changes, and vital signs as needed.
• Educates patients on diabetes prevention, hypertension, COPD, frailty, nutrition and related topics.
• Performs home safety evaluations, blood draws, point-of-care testing, and some medication deliveries.
• Receives referrals and schedules visits; documents encounters in EMS ePCR and Epic.

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SUMMARY

Under supervision of the Medical Director and Manager or designee following established policies and procedures, performs the role of Community Paramedic, including delivery of patient care, training, equipment use and maintenance, and research efforts. Maintains clinical skills, knowledge of literature in the field and outreach, and training objectives. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

Core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences

Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consistently applies the corporate values of respect, honesty and fairness and the constant pursuit of excellence in improving the health status of the people of the region through the provision of customer-friendly, geographically accessible, and high-value services within the environment of a comprehensive integrated academic health system and physician foundation. Is responsible for knowing and acting in accordance with the principles of Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Functions alone and as a member of a healthcare team providing assessment and care to patients with chronic medical, prenatal, and behavioral problems. Identifies patient's needs and assists in connecting patients with available community and medical resources. Performs in accordance with established community paramedicine procedures and techniques. Exercises considerable independent judgment in evaluating duties. Supports existing health services by providing integrated health services in partnership with other health professionals. Extends access to health services delivery in underserved and general populations, including primary care, public health, disease management, prevention, and wellness. Assists in development of patient care protocols and methods. Participates in training curricula, and research.
• Conduct post hospital release follow-up care including but not limited to monitoring medications dressing changes and checking vital signs.
• Observe record and report patients' conditions and reactions to drugs treatments and or significant incidences to physicians.
• Conduct patient education including diabetes preventions and treatments hypertension congestive heart failure chronic obstructive pulmonary disease fall assessments injury evaluation Geriatric frailty visits supreme nail related treatments and nutrition.
• Perform home safety evaluations.
• Perform blood draws.
• Utilize Point of Care testing and ultra sound.
• Pickup and delivery some patient needs such as medications.
• Receive referrals and schedule community paramedic visits.
• Perform essential functions of a paramedic as appropriate.
• Examine screen treat and coordinate health services for patients.
• Ensures all community paramedic encounters are documented within the community paramedic protocols in both EMS ePCR and Epic hospital charting.
• Maintain clear concise communication with patients' families' physicians and other healthcare personnel utilizing many forms of communication such as two way radios telephones and tell visits as available establish rapport with family members of patients or bystanders
• Use various software programs including electronic health records and general office software.
• prepare reports and logs observations incident and treatments performed document deviation from standard operating procedures ensure that deviations are in their best interests of the patient.
• Attends required staff and educational meetings and remains current with literature pertaining to relevant program areas of interest.
• Assists in writing presentations and papers for publications based on research performed and may present such findings at conferences.
• Completes patient documentation (written and electronic) per Rhode Island Hospital and The Rhode Island Department of Health: Division of EMS. This documentation shall be completed in a timely fashion to expedite patient billing.
• Performs public education, marketing and outreach and maintains a cheerful, positive attitude toward patients and families, co-workers, staff of other facilities and the public.
• Maintains a clean operational environment.
• Retrieves stocks and cleans medical equipment.
• Reports to remote location(s) for duty. Responds to on-call to emergencies, disasters and major incidents.
• Performs data entry and clerical assistance. Assists with Emergency Department communications and dispatch at and for the communications center and other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Current State of Rhode Island E