Community Paramedic Ground Transport

Intermountain Health; Chino Hills (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health seeks a skilled paramedic to provide home-based medical care and education, coordinating labs, imaging, and orders for Hospital Level Care at Home patients.

You will serve as a clinical problem-solver for home equipment, medications, and patient needs, while acting as a primary resource for patients and providers across services.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a paramedic program/certification.
• Paramedic license active or license-eligibility within 120 days in the operating state.
• BLS certification required for healthcare providers.
• Valid driver license in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Treats patients based on their diagnosis and medical direction in the patients home.
• Assist patients with medication administration and education.
• Coordinates mobile imaging, labs and orders.
• Organize logistics for provider and admission order sets for Hospital Level Care at Home patients.
• Clinical expert in problem solving for home equipment, meds and needs to ensure high level care is achieved.
• Definitive resource for all ancillary services, providers, and patients.
• Assist with education for patients and provides health-related educational opportunities.
• Evaluates patients for various social determinants of health.
• Builds standing relationships with patients who are seen in multiple successive days.

Skills

Patient Care & Coordination

Medical Surgical Medicine

Clinical Experience

Clinical Evaluations

Care Planning

Patient Advocacy

Critical Thinking

Resource Coordination

Patient-Provider Relationship Building

Education

Paramedic license (state)

Paramedic certification/licensing within 120 days

BLS for Healthcare Providers

Driver's license in good standing

3 years of clinical care experience

Job description

Job Description:

Essential Functions

• Treats patients based on their diagnosis and medical direction in the patients home
• Assist patients with medication administration and education
• Coordinates all mobile imaging, labs and orders
• Organize logistics for provider and admission order sets for Hospital Level Care at Home patients
• Clinical expert in problem solving for home equipment, meds and needs to ensure high level care is achieved
• Definitive resource for all ancillary services, providers, and patients
• Assist with education for patients and provides health-related educational opportunities
• Evaluates patients for various social determinants of health
• Builds standing relationships with patients who are seen in multiple successive days

Skills

• Patient Care & Coordination
• Medical Surgical Medicine
• Clinical Experience
• Clinical Evaluations
• Care Planning
• Patient Advocacy
• Critical Thinking
• Resource Coordination
• Patient-Provider Relationship Building

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful completion of Paramedic course
• Must obtain Paramedic license in state of operation within 120 days
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers
• Current valid driver license in good standing
• Three years of clinical care experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Transport Professional Advanced Trauma Course (TPATC) or Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification
• Paramedic National Registry Certification
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification (must obtain within 120 days of hire and maintain throughout employment)
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification (must obtain within 120 days of hire and maintain throughout employment)
• Attendance License (Before start of employment)

Physical Requirements

All EMS medical crew members may be subject to certain work conditions while functioning in the full capacity of their position. These work conditions include, but are not limited to: performance of essential job responsibilities in a moving, ground ambulance, hospital as well as the potential to do so in an outdoor environment (inclement weather, extremes of temperature, accident scenes, steep terrain, back country, etc.), exposure to noise, vibration, and dehydrating environment of a ground ambulance, exposure to patients with known or unknown infectious disease in an enclosed space.

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)

May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital, Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital, Valley Center Tower

Work City

Murray

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$24.30 - $37.52

Benefits

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainabl