Purpose: Provide prehospital medical care for the ill and injured. The Paramedic must be able to operate independently with an additional staff member of any certification level, assess injuries, administer emergency medical care.
++Education / Requirements++:
• High School Diploma (GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
• Certification: Current NREMT Certified Paramedic, Current State of Vermont licensed Paramedic.
· High performance CPR, Stop the Bleed, ACLS and PEPP within 6 months.
· Have a minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Paramedic Crew Chief.
· Hold a current Vermont Driver’s License without restrictions
· Be physically able to meet the requirements of the job
Essential Functions: Essential functions require presence in the workplace regularly. To accomplish this, regular, variable attendance must be maintained. The candidate will be responsible for their scheduling and availability through Aladtec scheduling software.
The following information is intended to describe the position’s key responsibilities. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent. The incumbent is expected to perform other related duties as assigned.
• Administer basic or advanced life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings, which will require exposure to illness, airborne and blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
• Have the ability to triage in multi-patient scenarios.
• Coordinate services between police, fire, mutual aid, and air medical transport.
• Assess the nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
• Operate equipment, including but not limited to IV pumps, AEDS, patient monitoring equipment, etc., in advanced life support environments.
• Provide the hospital a verbal MIST Report on the patient, patient injury, signs and symptoms and treatment thereof followed by a written report.
• Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures during ambulance rides, such as cardiac pacing or airway management.
• Administer medications by their prescribed route as outlined in the current State of VT EMS protocols.
• Be able to identify all medications used in the ambulance, prepare all medications for administration, and calculate proper medication dosages.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions and prepare and maintain a clear and comprehensive medication log, shift log, incident reports, and equipment control records.
• Complete patient care reports following department and state policy.
• Comfort and reassure patients.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions and prepare and maintain a clear and comprehensive medication log, shift log, incident reports, and equipment control records.
• Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Thorough knowledge of rescue techniques for the EMS service’s various EMS, fire, and rescuer operations.
• Communicate with dispatchers and/or hospital personnel to provide information about the situation, to arrange the reception of victims, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
• Immobilize the patient for placement on the stretcher and ambulance transport.
• Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease.
• Maintain certification, in accordance with the NREMT and State of VT Dept of Health guidelines, by attending training classes and continuing education courses.
• Maintain the narcotics and narcotics logbook at the start of each non-contiguous shift
• Adhere to the medication policy set forward in the original licensure application
• Perform daily equipment and truck checks to ensure the equipment is operable and the ambulance has all necessary supplies.
• Maintain – vehicles, medical and communication equipment. Be able to replenish equipment and supplies.
• Perform general maintenance of the ambulances and equipment, including washing/cleaning units, to maintain a clean work environment.
• Perform general station duties (cleaning).
• Represent and portray EMS and WASI positively.
• Abide by Vermont EMS Protocols, Standard Operating Procedures, and WASI By-Laws and SOGs.
• Understand federal laws protecting medical information and patient privacy rights.
• Safely operate the ambulance following department State and Town policies after drivers training requirements have been met.
• Precept EMS VEFR through AEMT students.
• Participate in community and school activities to help reduce overall morbidity and mortality rates through public education.
• Receive and screen department phone calls for and assist in arranging same.
• Assist the Executive Director and Director of Operations as needed, including but not limited to scheduling, community CPR and Stop the Bleed Training, vehicle maintenance, new member onboarding, and arrangement and execution of emergent and non-emergent transfers.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other members, professional groups, public safety agencies, and the general public. (Note: Omitting an essential function does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.)
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