North Memorial Health Hiring For Flight Paramedic at Eveleth, MN  Full Time

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About this position

The Flight Paramedic provides the highest degree of clinical excellence in patient care during all phases of the patient transport. Position is responsible for serving in a leadership role and as a clinical expert in the delivery and management of comprehensive patient care, utilizing research and evidence-based practice; for expertly caring for patients from multiple services/specialties. Delivery of this practice is accomplished by acquiring and maintaining a strong knowledge base in emergency and critical care practice.

This position requires proficiency in critical care and knowledge of advanced interventions necessary for critical patient management in the aircraft/ambulance and during transport.
The Flight Paramedic must also be familiar with aircraft operating procedures and safety practices.

What we’ll expect from you

Accountabilities:
* Function as a medical flight crew member by attending pre-mission briefings and mission debriefings and complete necessary documentation.
* Assists in pre-mission liftoff checklist and assists pilot as requested, i.e., radio, navigational, and visual observation activities.
* Complies with safety standards to assure safety of self, medical personnel, patient, and equipment.
* Provides compassionate, advanced life support and critical care measures required to stabilize the critically ill or injured patient.
* Understand and apply specialized principals and techniques of emergent flight medicine, advanced emergency procedures and diagnostics.
* Acquire and maintain the ability to stabilize and manage patients through all phases of transport from a field emergency response or an inter-hospital transport
* Coordinates customer care with partner and other responders providing care.
* Inspires compassionate care by treating our customers, families, staff and others with courtesy, kindness and respect.
* Communicates customer outcomes verbally with accurate, concise radio reports to the accepting hospital and to hospital staff accepting customer.
* Completes accurate written customer care record that is legible at completion of customer transport and enters customer care record into electronic record system.
* Performs operational duties to ensure worthiness and cleanliness of ambulance and equipment.
* While providing ground operations, operate ambulance in a safe manner, obeys traffic laws and North Memorial Health Ambulance policy pertaining to safe driving and utilizes optimal safety precautions in all other aspects of this position.
* Takes an active role in professional development.
* Accepts other duties as assigned to promote the accomplishment of organizational goals.

* The team member is accountable to demonstrate proficiency for the skills outlined in the appropriate position skills list.
* The team member is accountable to maintain skill proficiency, including improvement where deemed necessary, and upgrading any additional or new skills on the appropriate position skills list.

Compliance
* Must be familiar with aircraft and ambulance operating procedures and safety practices.
* Recognizes and complies with legal regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
* Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial’s Corporate Code of Conduct.
* Protects customer/team member privacy and only accesses customer/team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
* Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
* Complies with safety standards to assure safety of self, medical personnel, patient, and equipment.

Interested? Here are our requirements
Education

* Successful completion of paramedic training program from an accredited institution required. (team members have 15 months to obtain Flight Paramedic certification)
* Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Experience
* Minimum of 3 years (5 years preferred) current ALS experience as a Paramedic in a moderate to high call volume 911 agency.
* Prior flight experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Must possess analytical abilities, sound clinical knowledge, problem solving skills for the effective formulation of a plan of care, implementation of care, and appropriate documentation of pertinent information regarding patient-condition during emergent and critical situations.
* Ability to perform job responsibilities in confined areas and /or differing environments
* Must possess sufficient interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with patients, physicians, and hospital personnel.
* Must have demonstrated leadership skills to participate in professional and community education programs; and to effectively maintain positive public relations.
* Be familiar with both ambulance and aircraft operating procedures and safety practices.
* Must be proficient in use of transport vehicle radios and provide assistance to the pilot and fellow crew members as an active participant in the Crew Resource Management process
* Acquire and maintain extensive knowledge of policies, procedures, and protocols related to the North Memorial Health Medical Transportation

Licensure/Certification(s) Mandatory

* National Registered Paramedic
* Current Minnesota Paramedic Certification or obtain within 60 days of hire date. – State Requirement
* Current Wisconsin Paramedic Certification or obtain within 6 months of hire date. – State Requirement
* ACLS, PALS and BLS Certification. – NMHC Standard
* Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification or obtain within 6 months of hire date. NMHC Standard
* Flight Paramedic Certification (FP-C) within 15 months of date of hire.
* Maximum weight of 215 pounds in uniform. NMHC Standard
* Valid State Class D driver’s license in the state of residency with an acceptable driving record -State Requirement
* NIMS Training IS 100, 200, 700, 800 and HazMat upon hire
* Emergency Vehicle Operator training – CEVO (if not, will be provided prior to driving NMH vehicles)

State Requirement

Licensure/Certification(s) Mandatory where Applicable

Licensure/Certification(s) Preferred