What are the responsibilities and job description for the MIH Paramedic position at Tufts Medicine?
Hours: 36 hours a week, various shifts, rotating.
Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital's innovative Mobile Integrated Health program allows our MIH Paramedics to provide in home care to residents of the Greater Lowell Community! Our Mobile Integrated Health program and Paramedics allows us to continue our mission of putting patients first in everything we do and allow them to receive the best possible care.
Each and every shift you can make a difference to those living in the Greater Lowell Community!
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Compliance with performance improvement clinical benchmarks
- Avoids substantiated complaints regarding interpersonal conduct
- Complete records and billing documentation
- Avoid hazards, uses safety equipment; is safe.
- Follows clinical protocols, plans and medical orders correctly
- Maintains effective scene management/leadership; follows ICS
- Demonstrates effective and positive teamwork and initiative during EMS operations, within the department and the EMS community
- Works collaboratively and in a professional manner with all physicians, referring providers, allied health and public safety personnel.
- Respond to patient’s urgent care needs and provide assessment, treatments and interface with appropriate clinicians in the patient’s home with the goal of avoiding unnecessary hospitalization.
- Assist in emergency department.
- Participate in the discharge planning process of selected patients on inpatient units and in emergency department.
- Performs home visits (scheduled, unscheduled, urgent), assessments and treatments according to MIH protocols and procedures.
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience required
- Must have a valid Massachusetts Driver’s License
- National Paramedic Certificate
- ACLS, BLS, and PALS Certified
- Preferred: Progressive responsibility in Mobile Integrated Health Program or at-home care setting
What We Offer:
- Competitive salaries & benefits
- 403(b) retirement plan with company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free on-campus parking
About Lowell General Hospital:
Lowell General Hospital is an independent, not-for-profit community hospital serving the Greater Lowell area and surrounding communities. With two primary campuses located in Lowell, Massachusetts, we are the second largest community hospital in Massachusetts. We have the latest state-of-the-art technology and a full range of medical and surgical services for patients, from newborns to seniors.
Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.