Critical Care Transport Paramedic - Critical Care - Life Flight 2
On-siteWauseon, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Assess, plan, organize, and document patient care for urgent and critical cases during airborne and ground transport to Life Flight or Mobile Life units. Collaborate with critical care transport nurses to interpret patient data, establish immediate priorities, and evaluate delivered care across neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations. Provide professional care prior to transfer while maintaining vehicles, equipment, and supplies per departmental policy. Act as an educator to professional groups and EMS, promoting Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center and St. Rita's Medical Center as regional referral centers. Travel to assigned base sites with the understanding that daily assignments may change based on staffing or mechanical issues. Adhere to all Medical Directives, written policies, and crewmember weight requirements for aviation operations. Complete annual flight crewmember training and attend internal and external educational meetings to maintain clinical competence.
Required Qualifications
- Current license as a Paramedic from the State of Ohio
- CAMTS approved advanced certification (FP-C or CCP-C)
- Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification
- Basic Trauma Life Support certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
- Neonatal Advanced Life Support Certification
- Graduate of an accredited paramedic program
- At least 3 years paramedic field experience
- Clinical competence, including but not limited to arterial line monitoring, advanced airway techniques, use of IV pumps, and use of medical transport ventilators
- Analytical abilities, sound medical knowledge, problem solving skills for the effective formulation of plan of care, implementation of care, and appropriate documentation of pertinent information regarding patient condition
- Sufficient interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with patients, physicians and hospital personnel
- Demonstrated leadership skills to participate in professional and community education programs; and to effectively maintain good public relations for the sponsoring institutions
- Ability to travel to assigned base sites with the understanding that daily assignments may change as dictated by staffing issues, mechanical issues with the aircraft or mobile units
- Adherence to all Medical Directives, written policies and procedures for the Critical Care Transport Network, including crewmember weight policy for aviation operations
- Completion of annual flight crewmember training if oriented to flight environment
- Ability to interpret information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age specific need: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric
Desired Qualifications
- Michigan Paramedic license
- BCLS instructor certification
- ACLS Instructor certification
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