Paramedic

Department: Medical

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Global

Reporting To: Senior Nurse

Description

We are hiring paramedics to join Carnival's fleet of North American brands, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruise Lines, Holland America Lines, Seabourn and P&O Australia.

Paramedics provide high standards of individualized routine and emergency care to guests and crew. They act as first responders, triaging emergency calls, assessing and treating on the scene, and transferring patients to the shipboard medical center for definitive care. Through specific patient group directives, paramedics can practice autonomously under the authority of doctors, assessing patients and providing treatment or advising for particular conditions. In addition to first response duties, paramedics work closely with shipboard nurses and doctors caring for patients and attend daily walk-in clinic hours.

Paramedics also perform various technical and non-clinical administrative tasks that support the medical center's efficient and safe operation under the Senior Nurse's direction and supervision. Additional duties include equipment checks, medication and clinical consumables inventory management, participation in drills, audits, inspections, and training of other crew members. Some technical skills are learned and practiced onboard, such as X-rays acquisition and performing a wide array of laboratory tests and other procedures.

All medical staff provides a high level of customer service, always maintaining a professional, dignified, friendly, assertive, and polite manner and demonstrating performance consistent with the Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization.

Successful candidates will be assigned to work four-month contracts onboard our fleet of cruise ships operating worldwide, with two-month intermissions.

Paramedic position key responsibilities

Patient Care Responsibilities

• Delivers safe, evidence-informed patient care - without the need for ongoing clinical supervision, following current guidelines and in accordance with doctor's orders.
• Performs diagnostic testing, such as laboratory tests, EKGs, and X-rays
• Effectively communicates sound clinical reasoning, within scope of practice, to patients, caregivers, and colleagues.
• Performs prompt and effective first response, triage, stabilization, and preparation for appropriate transfer.
• Responds to calls, attends clinics, and provides care to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with triage priorities.
• Demonstrates level-appropriate procedural skills.
• Operates medical equipment appropriately and safely, reports discrepancies and malfunctions to Senior Nurse
• Ensures health records are accurate, concise, timely and complete.
• Demonstrates the ability to function as an effective member of the medical team by completing allocated tasks appropriately, performing an equitable portion of the workload and on-call schedules, and consistently promoting a harmonious working environment.
• Demonstrates competency in drug computations and medication dispensing and administration.

Patient Experience

• Interacts and communicates with guests and crew in a professional and empathetic manner.
• Consistently demonstrates sensitivity to every patient’s culture, age, gender identity, ability, and socioeconomic status.
• Adheres to Company's Procedures on safeguarding children and vulnerable individuals. Reports any concerns to the Senior Doctor.
• Listens attentively, is respectful and considerate, and uses non-technical language when communicating with patients and caregivers.
• Adheres to Company Privacy policies for handling of personal and sensitive health information.
• Participates in regular reviews of patient feedback to continually improve patient satisfactionPromptly and effectively assists in the evaluation of patient complaints; participates productively in service recovery strategies.
• Maintains excellent customer focus in all interactions, ensuring that medical services are consistently perceived as being accessible at any time.
• When foreign language proficiency is needed for patient care, provides translation support.

Professional Responsibilities

• Notifies the Senior Doctor or Senior Nurse in a timely manner of any significant clinical cases, cases that may affect the operation of the ship, and cases with potential communicable disease risks.
• Routinely demonstrates appropriate time management and organizational skills.
• Recognizes limits of own abilities and knowledge, asks for help, and escalates as needed.
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