Paramedic FT

Job Title: Paramedic

Department: EMS Services

Reports To: Director, EMS Services – Team Lead if Director is unavailable.

Summary: Administers life support care to sick and injured persons in pre-hospital setting as authorized and directed by Physician, in accordance with established protocols, by performing the following.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assesses nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures to be followed, or need for additional assistance.
• Restores and stabilizes heart rhythm on pulse-less, non-breathing patient.
• Monitors cardiac patient.
• Initiates intravenous fluids to administer medication or drugs, or to replace fluids lacking in body.
• Perform endotracheal tube intubations to open airways and ventilate patient.
• Administers injections of medications and drugs.
• Administers initial treatment at emergency scene and takes and records patient's vital signs.
• Assists in extricating trapped victims and transports sick and injured persons to treatment center.
• Observes, records, and reports to Physician patient's condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Drives Ambulances to emergency scene.
• Communicates with hospital, physician, and other medical personnel in person and by radio-telephone.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge.
• Follow the CHS Code of Conduct and work within the personnel and department-based policies.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: May direct 3 to 6 employees. Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include training employees; assigning, and directing work; and addressing shift related complaints and making recommendations to EMS Director for resolving problems.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Completion of State of Kansas approved Paramedic course.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from patients, family members, and medical practitioners.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as, proportions, percentages, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Current License as a Kansas Paramedic

Current Kansas Drivers License

Current Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification

Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification

Current Pediatric Life Support Certification or equivalent.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.