Paramedic

Qualifications / Experience Requirements

At time of hire :

• Current Paramedic in the State of California required.
• Current ACLS required.
• CA Ambulance Driver's License - CA Resident
• Current CPR required.
• Current PHTLS / ITLS required.
• Current PALS certification required.
• Medical Examiner's Certification
• Norcal Certification
• NREMT-Paramedic
• Valid Nevada / California Driver's license required.
• Experience in a high performance ALS system beneficial.
• Experience in EMS and public education; field or classroom based desired.
• Pre-hospital experience preferred.

Additional skills :

Supervision Exercised

No Supervision Exercised

Position Accountabilities

This position has contact with the staff of base hospitals, and outlying hospitals; with physicians, public service agencies (fire, police, highway patrol) and ground ambulance personnel; patients and their families; and with various service groups for public relations and educational purposes.

This position has the authority to determine medical and therapy based on the assessment of the patient in keeping with established protocols; safety decisions involving patient and aircraft / ambulance; whether or not additional equipment should be taken; in triage, who to transport and setting of priorities; and the care, inventory, and ordering of standard medical supplies.

Decisions that must be referred to the supervisor are management decisions outside established policies and procedures; flight requests outside of normal administrative guidelines - distance, search and rescue, private residence, prearranged transports, long distance transports; ride-alongs; equipment purchase and addition / deletion of different drugs; changes in medical protocol; and the coordination of public relations request.

Within this general framework, this position is accountable for the following functions :

Company Computer Use Requirement

It is SEMSA's expectation that all employees in all positions utilize the available company computer systems, including company email. These systems allow management to properly communicate with all employees and provide detailed information in various areas of employment. All of these links can be found on the company main webpage www.sierramed.org.

Physical Effort / Working Conditions

This position will require mostly field work; staffing and riding in an ambulance or medical helicopter. Will be required to perform under adverse working conditions. The incumbent is required to lift over 100 pounds as many as 20 times daily. Must be able to walk, stoop, climb, twist, bend, run, sit, squat, kneel, and work in awkward positions when moving patients from all types of locations and within the ambulance.Must wear special uniform, and protective clothing for all weather situations and air borne, and blood and body fluid exposure. Hazards include being in an ambulance running red lights and siren, dealing with confused and agitated patients, exposure to adverse conditions and trauma scenes, exposure to unknown diseases and working in a restricted area.

Essential Job Tasks

This position will require fieldwork - staffing and riding in an ambulance or medical helicopter. The candidate will be required to perform under adverse working conditions. These conditions may require special uniforms or protective clothing for all weather and airborne and bloodborne exposures. Candidates must able to walk, stoop, climb, twist, bend, run, squat, kneel, and work in awkward positions when moving patients from all types of locations and within the ambulance or helicopter.

Additionally, the candidate will be required to perform various lifts and transfers of patients who may require the use of one or more of the following items : gurney, scoop stretcher or backboard, stair chair, wheel chair, neonate isolet, and possibly a two person manual transfer.

Essential job tasks are defined as follows :

Additional hazards may include being in an ambulance operating under emergent conditions (e.g., with red lights and siren); flying in a helicopter under various weather conditions; dealing with confused and agitated patients exposure to adverse conditions on trauma scenes; exposure to known and unknown diseases; and working in confined spaces.

Job Responsibilities Relating to Patient Privacy

Protected Health Information Role Based Access

Access to Protected Health Information (PHI) will be limited to those who need access to PHI to carry out their duties. The following describes the specific categories or types of PHI specific to this job description.

Starting Annual salary $59,904 - $73,923 DOE