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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, Sunday through Saturday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Weekends - Every Third Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

6a-6p 6p-6a

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

24

Cost Center:

10020 - 2362 Air Ambulance Svc

Union:

NAGE (National Association of Government Employees)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities: 

1. Administers skilled pre-hospital medical care to individuals, in response to requests for emergency and non-emergency critical care treatment and transport in accordance with applicable Critical Care Transport (CCT) protocols and/or Massachusetts Statewide Pre-Hospital Treatment Protocols, as necessary.
2. Examines, assesses, and stabilizes patients at emergency scene and/or point of origin of inter-facility transport. Obtains medical history. Checks vital signs. Advises/informs on-call physician of diagnostic indication.  
3. Performs definitive basic and advanced life support when required. 
4. Administers treatment and utilizes advanced life support equipment and procedures as directed by authorized physician(s) utilizing on- and off-line medical control.
5. Prepares patients for transport. Consults with radio communications specialist as to appropriate available medical facility in order to ensure immediate treatment of patient upon arrival. Monitors patient in ambulance or helicopter to maintain stability. Administers additional treatment enroute when necessary.
6. Assists with Intra-aortic balloon pump, LVAD, and ECMO therapy and any other therapies/modalities/interventions as determined to be necessary for effective patient care.  
7. Demonstrates competence in the use of the following equipment and treatment modalities: extrication and spinal immobilization; transport ventilator; intraosseous needle insertion; infusion pumps; invasive pressure monitoring and endotracheal intubation.
8. Responds to a wide range of emergency and non-emergency transport situations. Triages and set priorities based on patient’s assessments and the individual needs of the patient.
9. Conducts triage, treatment and transportation at mass casualty incidents including incidents involving terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.  Provides control at the scene of medical emergency.  
10. Documents all care received by patients in order to facilitate admission and/or transfer to/from health care facilities. 
11. Cares for all patient populations with acute and emergent medical conditions, including (but not limited to) emergent, urgent and non-urgent adult and pediatric patients; patients with psychiatric or behavioral situations; and patients requiring inter-facility transport.
12. Reports all mandatory reportable diseases and situations, such as child and elder abuse; handicapped patient abuse. gunshot wounds, stabbing, burns and deaths and communicable disease and any other reportable conditions as may be required by protocol or regulation.
13. Maintains possession of and accountability for controlled substances as required by regulation. 
14. Maintains up-to-date records of inventory of both narcotic and non-narcotic medications stored in vehicle and supply source at hospital.  Ensures emergency vehicle is properly stocked with necessary supplies, equipment and medications. Ensures that all medications and equipment are not expired and replaces as necessary.  Inspects, clears, stocks ambulance or helicopter and maintains equipment to ensure and provide continuous availability of appropriately functional, decontaminated units.

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