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Job Title

Paramedic Life Support Team

                        

Location

Medina

                    

Facility

Medina Hospital

                     

Department

Life Support Team-Medina Hospital

                      

Job Code

G16010

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:00am

                       

Job Summary

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Medina Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This 148-bed community-based hospital has been providing the communities in and around Medina County with top-quality patient care for over 75 years. Here, you will work with and learn from some of our best caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.


As a Paramedic on the Life Support Team, you will be providing immediate medical assessment and treatment to injured/ill patients on-site. This role responds to emergencies for Medina City and Townships. Our Life Support Paramedics remain onsite and work 24-hour shifts.

The ideal future caregiver is someone who:
Has strong critical thinking skills.
Demonstrates decisive judgement in stressful situations.
Shows strong communication skills.
Has excellent paramedicine skills.

                         

Job Details

Responsibilities:

• Navigates ambulance to scene of accident in response to emergency calls.
• Maintains equipment, restocks supplies and cleans ambulance as necessary.
• Assesses nature and extent of illness/injury and patient's history from available sources.
• Determines appropriate independent or collaborative response.
• Administers appropriate emergency medical care including life support procedures, decontamination protocols, fluid/drug administration, obtaining EKG readings and vital statistics monitoring in accordance to EMS protocols.
• Communicates with medical personnel at hospital, reports/records observations, and follows directives until report and hand-off at hospital.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Completion of an accredited EMS-Paramedic training program.

Certifications:

• Current licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMTP) in the State of Ohio.

• Current Basic Life Support Healthcare provider (BLS), Advanced, Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS).

• Completion of a USDOT approved Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC) course required within 6 months of hire.

  Current valid Ohio Driver's License (VDL).

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an EMT-P required.
• Experience in larger metropolitan area preferred.
• Experience in emergency room, etc., or other critical care transport preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion, including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
• Frequently lifts and carries items weighing over 75 pounds.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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