Attendant Paramedic

Summary

As an Attendant Paramedic, you are responsible for providing advanced emergency medical care and safe transport in accordance with established medical protocols and organizational standards. Your duties will include assessing patients, performing life‑saving medical procedures, administering medications, and utilizing specialized medical equipment to stabilize patient conditions. You will work collaboratively with other emergency response personnel, ensuring clear communication and effective teamwork.

• Respond to all requests for service within identified time standards.
• Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures and activation status to be followed or need for additional assistance.
• Administer appropriate treatment at emergency scenes and transport sick and injured persons to treatment center.
• Provide exceptional customer service to all internal and external customers.
• Maintain station in an orderly and clean fashion.
• Observe, record, and report the patient's condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents to receiving facility.
• Provide patient care in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and statutes.
• Adhere to the policies, field operating guidelines, and clinical guidelines.
• Collaborate with other crew members, and other responding agency personnel on patient care issues.
• Preparation and completion of patient care reports.
• Maintains the patient compartments, medical equipment, and medical supply levels of the vehicles to assure that the vehicle is response ready.
• Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate personnel.
• Operate the emergency vehicle according to the MCHD’s safe driving standards.
• Attend public relations events as needed.
• Monitors communication equipment to maintain contact with ALARM or appropriate communications center.
• Work under the direction of the In Charge Paramedic in regard to patient care when appropriate.
• Work in a team with either In-Charge Paramedic, Attendant Paramedic or EMT as assigned.
• Review and acknowledge all organizational updates as requested.
• Complete all Annual CAAS Required Courses.
• Attend mandated continuing education or other educational initiatives as requested.
• Other duties as necessary that are reasonably consistent with the above.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

• Moderate word processing, database, and spreadsheet skills required.
• Basic Email and internet skills required.

• TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES EMT-Paramedic certification or higher.
• Additional card courses as required by Clinical Guideline – 40 Card Courses and Educational Opportunities (CPR, ACLS, ITLS).
• Current Texas Driver’s License.
• Remain insurable by the current insurance vendor of MCHD.
• Required NIMS Training as referenced in the Safety & Emergency Management Policy SEM 27-201.

• Very Heavy Work:
  Lifting objects in excess of 100 pounds with frequent lifting and / or carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds or more.

• Vision (Avg)
• Color Discrimination
• Peripheral Vision
• Depth Perception
• Hearing (Avg)

Valid Driver's License

• Standing/Walking: 6-8 Hrs
• Sitting: >8 Hrs
• Driving: >8 Hrs

• Chemicals
• Cold
• Dampness
• Fumes/Gases
• Heat/Humidity
• Height
• Noise
• Radiation

• Frequent
• Bending
• Squatting
• Climbing
• Twisting
• Reaching

Must be able to respond quickly to ambulance calls, must physically be able to access patients located in difficult terrain and locations, must be able to operate in variety of weather conditions, must be able to climb stairs and other structures, must be able to carry heavy equipment and patients.

Must be able to perform strenuous physical requirements including without limitation, lifting and moving of heavy equipment and patients in a variety of environmental and dangerous conditions, perform CPR and other lifesaving maneuvers.