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Job Title

Paramedic Medina 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

Provides immediate medical assessment and treatment to injured/ill patients on-site, in the community, and during transport to hospital.

                         

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.

A caregiver in this position works part time 7:00am – 3:00pm various days, Monday – Sunday.

A caregiver in this role, will:

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.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal caregiver include:

• Completion of an accredited EMS-Paramedic training program.
• Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMTP) in the State of Ohio.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an EMT-P required.
• 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)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal caregiver include:

• 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.

                       

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.

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