Air Care Flight Paramedic Position Available In Orange, Florida

Air Care Flight Paramedic
Orlando, Florida
Clinical, Allied & Patient Care
No
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC)
Varies
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC)
230057
Job Description
Position Summary
Orlando Health Air Care Team is expanding and we are looking for experienced paramedics to join the team!
The Air Care Paramedic assess patients’ needs and develops an individualized plan of care for each patient in coordination with the flight nurse.
Orlando Health is home to Central Florida’s only Level One Trauma Center. Our Air Care Team responds to the scene, transports calls, and serves all Orlando Health hospitals, the team also provides assistance and support to other hospitals located throughout Florida based on medical necessity.
Our Air Care Team treats each patient with efficiency and compassion. We facilitate an organized, multidisciplinary response system that helps patients return to their prior level of function and interaction within society. This continuum of care includes injury prevention, EMS and medical oversight of pre-hospital care, appropriate triage and transport, resuscitation and emergency care, surgical intervention, intensive and general acute care, rehabilitative services, behavioral health, social services, community re-integration plans, and medical care follow-up. Our Air Care Team is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to provide safe and reliable transport to our most critically ill patients.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served, demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the lifespan, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status and interprets the necessary information needed to identify the patient’s requirements relative to his/her age specific needs.
• Prescribe, delegate, coordinate, and document patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner. This includes, but is not limited to, patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
• Provide and document individualized patient care to include: patient and personal safety, patient assessments in collaboration with the flight RN, patient re-assessments, maintaining airway patency, airway intervention, IV access, ECG interpretations, dysrhythmia recognition, and drug administration.
• Demonstrate competency in paramedic skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit specific competencies.
• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Standards of Care and Practice, practices effective problem identification and resolution, delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.
• Communicate appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other healthcare team members.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Participates in Process Improvement activities as assigned, demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patient’s rights, and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies, practices efficient use of supplies and maintains a clean, safe, and organized unit.
• Participates in and completes all Orlando Health mandatory education and attends inservices or Department meetings as required.
• Participate in Air Care Team committees (safety, education, QA, PR and Outreach).
  Qualifications
  Education/Training
• Graduate from an approved Paramedic Training Center.
• Air Medical Crew Core Curriculum Course preferred, required within 6 months of hire
• Formal Critical Care Paramedic training program (UMBC CCEMT-P; UF-CCP, similar) preferred.
  Licensure/Certification
• Current certification as a Paramedic (PMD) in the State of Florida renewed every 2 years; and
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare provider certification; and
• Maintains current ACLS certifications; and
• Maintains current PALS certification.
• Maintains current certification in Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) or International Trauma Life Support (ITLS).
• Obtains Flight Paramedic (FP-C) certification within six (6) months of hire.

Experience
Three (3) years of ALS pre-hospital experience.