What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paramedic position at Hollidaysburg American Legion Ambulance Service?
Job Summary
As a Paramedic, you’ll deliver timely, compassionate emergency medical care in the field and during patient transport. You’ll assess patients, respond to medical and trauma emergencies, and coordinate care with receiving facilities and other responders. Your impact: Accurate assessment and prompt treatment help patients receive appropriate care during urgent, high-stress situations.
Duties
- Perform patient assessments, physical examinations, triage, and vital-sign monitoring; apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, emergency medicine, and trauma medicine.
- Provide patient care, including airway management, medication and injection administration, venipuncture, aseptic technique, basic life support, cardiovascular emergency response, pediatric emergency care, and neonatal resuscitation procedures, within authorized protocols.
- Operate medical equipment and emergency vehicles; navigate city streets safely and transport patients, including critical-care transports when qualified.
- Coordinate medical emergency response and incident command activities; document care and communicate patient information to hospitals and emergency departments.
- Maintain readiness for urgent care, trauma care, and critical care emergency response; handle equipment and patient movement requiring heavy lifting.
Requirements
- Current paramedic credentials and required authorizations for the role; EMT experience and knowledge of emergency care protocols.
- Demonstrated patient assessment, airway management, basic life support, medication administration, and emergency vehicle operation skills.
- Ability to drive safely, navigate city streets, operate medical equipment, and meet the physical demands of patient care and heavy lifting.
- Preferred: Critical care experience or critical care transport experience; hospital, emergency room, urgent care, or Level I or Level II trauma center experience.
- Preferred: Experience with DME (durable medical equipment), triage, cardiovascular emergencies, pediatric or neonatal care, incident command, venipuncture, and trauma response.
Pay: $24.55 per hour
Expected hours: 12.0 – 60.0 per week
Work Location: In person
Salary : $25