Paramedic

About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clincal progams rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:

Maimonides is currently seeking an experienced Paramedic to render basic and emergency life support to patients in the pre-hospital and inter-hospital setting.

Responsibilities:

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  Perform the following invasive medical procedures based on clinical judgement:
  Peripheral intravenous insertion; central intravenous insertion; administration of medications via intravenous route, subcutaneous or intramuscular injection; endotracheal intubation; esophageal intubation; insertion of nasogastric/orogastric tube; defibrillation; synchronized cardioversion; administration of inhaled and sublingual medications; needle cricothyrodotomy; needle decompression of the thorax; intraosseous cannulation; obtaining and interpretation of cardiac rhythm.

Qualifications:

• Minimum High School Diploma
• NYS Advanced Emergency Technician 4 Certification
• NYC MAC certification
• NYS Driver’s license
• Minimum 1 year EMS experience.
• Good interpersonal & verbal/written English communication skills
• NYS-DOH Paramedic Certification
• NYC REMAC Paramedic Certification
• ACLS
• BCLS
• PALS
• 911 experience preferred.

Pay Range: USD $35.84 - USD $43.82 /Hr. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer . All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard for race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status or domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. MMC is committed to following the requirements of the New York State Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.