Paramedic Inpatient​/Vascular Access Team - Overnights

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Provides high quality, individualized, family centered care to pediatric patients/families. Care of the patient is supported through the use of the Paramedic scope of practice in accordance with standards and hospital policies and procedures. Varied schedules to include weekend and holiday patterns.

• Conducts individualized age-specific patient/family assessments according to defined paramedic standards, or protocols. (Individualized refers to the patient’s developmental, cognitive, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, and educational/family influences and physical/medical care needs.)
  • Initial Assessment: ◦ Collects and documents data related to patient’s individualized care. ◦ Demonstrates age-specific competency in assessment of patients by the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patient needs, knowledge of growth and development, and understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients. ◦ Assesses patient/family need for education and uses an individualized approach in delivery style.
  
  ◦ Assesses family expectations for, and involvement in the assessment and continuous care or treatment of the patient. ◦ Identifies collaborative problems, and/or protocols for each patient, based on assessment, at the time of admission.
  • Reassessment: ◦ Performs reassessment based on unit standards, protocols and changes in patient condition. Communicates changes to appropriate persons (RN, Supervisor/Charge Nurse, MD, family) as indicated.
• Adheres to individualized patient/family plan of care to meet identified needs. (Plan of Care includes current and anticipated actions focused on stabilization, care, and transport needs).
  • Utilizes assessment data to individualize patient care and transport needs.
  • Utilizes assessment data from the healthcare team to individualize actions for the patient, including collaboration with the family and the healthcare team.
  • Utilizes individualized assessment data to develop the patient/family’s plan of care.
  • Revises plan of care based on patient’s condition , interdisciplinary input, and family needs.
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritize patient interventions based on assessments/reassessments.
• • Implements and evaluates actions in accordance with the individualized patient/family plan of care and patient condition/needs. ◦ Incorporates critical thinking into the delivery of clinical skills and in analyzing patient response to orders, tests, labs, medications, and treatments. ◦ Uses appropriate resources (Supervisor/Charge Nurse, Manager, Educator, MD, NP, PA, etc) to ensure that clinical outcomes are achieved. ◦ Demonstrates clinical competence in administering interventions according to identified standards and age specific needs.
  
  ◦ Prioritizes and organizes care based on patient acuity, time limitations and consultation with RN or physician. Initiates action to prevent current or potential risk to a patient in an emergency situation.
  • Respiratory Therapy only: ◦ Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment. ◦ Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, methods and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physician’s orders. ◦ Read physicians’ orders, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient’s…