Emergency Transport Flight Paramedic, AGH; SEIU - E

Position: Emergency Transport Life Flight Paramedic, AGH (SEIU - E)
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** Company :
** Allegheny Health Network##
** Job Description :
** GENERAL OVERVIEW:

Provides emergency and critical care in the prehospital and hospital environment.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Collaborates within a multidisciplinary team to establish appropriate plan of care to safely transport acutely ill or injured patients.
* Provides advanced critical care life support and medical care according to established standards and protocols for the age population served according to regulatory requirements.
* Monitors and promotes safety of self and others while working in and around the aircraft/emergency vehicles.
* Serves as an AHN ambassador by demonstrating positive professional appearance, language, and conduct at all times in support of AHN and all of its customers.
* Participates in quality assurance activities such as chart audits and case reviews.
* Completes required documentation according to regulatory standards.
* Maintains expected state of transport readiness by maintaining and restocking equipment and supplies.
* Ability to pass pre-employment physical exam and meet height and weight requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum
* Certificate from accredited Paramedic program
* Current licensure in good standing PA Department of Health paramedic certification
* Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
* Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
* Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
** OR
* * International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
* Flight Paramedic Certification within 1 year
* 5 years full-time paramedic experience at a high demand emergency service
* CPR – American Heart Association
* Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
* Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
* Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate Preferred
* Prior flight experience
*** Disclaimer:
** The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.
* *** Compliance Requirement**:
This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
** As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.  In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
* * Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
* Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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Highmark Health is a national, blended health organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network.

Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Highmark Health’s 35,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through the nonprofit organization’s affiliated businesses, which include Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, HM Health Solutions and HM Home & Community Services.

Highmark Health’s businesses proudly serve a broad spectrum of health-related needs including health insurance, health care delivery, population health management, dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, and innovative, technology solutions.
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