Critical Care Paramedic (CCP) - Training Program (CCT)

Superior Ambulance Service; Elmhurst (IL); On-site; USD 44,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Competitive compensation

Overtime opportunities

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth

Job summary

Superior Ambulance Service is seeking experienced Paramedics to join the Illinois Critical Care Division. The role involves autonomous evaluation of critically ill or injured patients, providing advanced life support, and coordinating transport by ground or helicopter with CCT personnel.

Opportunities include paid critical care education, ongoing training, and career growth across multiple stations in the Chicagoland area.

Qualifications

• 2 years of current ALS experience.
• Possess a valid driver's license and safe driving record.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care in transport under medical direction.
• Assess and treat critically ill or injured patients across all ages.
• Maintain proficiency across Critical Care scope and equipment including ventilators and monitoring devices.

Skills

ALS experience

Clinical decision making

Education

Critical Care Education

Continuing education and certifications

FOAMfrat education

Competencies and simulation training

Tools

Ventilators

IV pumps

Dopplers

Hemodynamic monitoring

Job description

Overview

History of the Company: Superior Ambulance Service started in 1959 with one ambulance and today is the largest independent, locally owned, and operated emergency medical services provider in the Midwest. Superior employs more than 4,000 licensed EMTs, Paramedics, and Nurses, operating a fleet of more than 800 ambulances throughout Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Superior also provides Critical Care, helicopter, and fixed wing emergency medical transportation.

Overview

History of the Company: Superior Ambulance Service started in 1959 with one ambulance and today is the largest independent, locally owned, and operated emergency medical services provider in the Midwest. Superior employs more than 4,000 licensed EMTs, Paramedics, and Nurses, operating a fleet of more than 800 ambulances throughout Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Superior also provides Critical Care, helicopter, and fixed wing emergency medical transportation.

Superior Ambulance Service is seeking to hire paramedics with proven leadership skills and years of experience to join the Illinois Critical Care Division. We are a progressive transport team affiliated with academic Adult and Pediatric Level I Trauma and Transplant Centers in the Chicagoland area. Paramedics will work collaboratively with CCT personnel to provide high quality pre-hospital and interfacility advanced life support including assessment, triage, and treatment, utilizing standards and guidelines established.

Education

• PAID CRITICAL CARE EDUCATION
• Paid continuing education including all required certifications.
• FOAMfrat online critical care education account.
• Annual competencies and simulation training.

Responsibilities

The primary duties and responsibilities of the Paramedic consist of, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide high-quality care to patients in the transport environment under the direction of the Program Medical Director and the referring and/or receiving Physician in accordance with Critical Care policies, protocols, and standards of care.
• Autonomously evaluate critically ill or injured patients of all age groups (pediatric through adult), provide therapeutic intervention, emergency interventions, and preparation for transport (via ground or helicopter) from hospitals or accident scenes.
• Maintain clinical proficiency across all aspects of the Critical Care Division’s scope of practice including care of patients with neurological emergencies, cardiac emergencies, pediatric emergencies, obstetrical emergencies, traumatic emergencies, and any other patient populations transported by the Critical Care Division.
• Maintain clinical competency in all critical care procedures and equipment, including but not limited to ventilators, IV pumps, dopplers, chest tubes, hemodynamic monitoring, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps, ventricular assist devices, Impella cardiac assist devices, transcutaneous/transvenous pacers, external ventricular drains, and advanced airway management.

Qualifications

• 2 years of current ALS experience
• Possess a valid driver's license, a satisfactory driving record and must be able to safely operate a vehicle in various conditions, including daytime, nighttime and inclement weather

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling
• Competitive compensation
• Immediate Paramedic job placement
• Multiple station locations with the ability to transfer - throughout the company
• Opportunity to work overtime
• Health/dental/life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunity for Career Growth

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Salary Range

USD $32.50 - USD $41.00 /Hr. rates offered based on years of experience and full time scheduled templates.