Community Paramedic

Overview

SUMMARY:

Under supervision of the Medical Director and Manager or designee following established policies and procedures, performs the role of Community Paramedic, including delivery of patient care, training, equipment use and maintenance, and research efforts. Maintains clinical skills, knowledge of literature in the field and outreach, and training objectives. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

• PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  
  Consistently applies the corporate values of respect, honesty and fairness and the constant pursuit of excellence in improving the health status of the people of the region through the provision of customer-friendly, geographically accessible, and high-value services within the environment of a comprehensive integrated academic health system and physician foundation.
• Is responsible for knowing and acting in accordance with the principles of Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Functions alone and as a member of a healthcare team providing assessment and care to patients with chronic medical, prenatal, and behavioral problems.
• Identifies patient s needs and assists in connecting patients with available community and medical resources.
• Performs in accordance with established community paramedicine procedures and techniques.
• Exercises considerable independent judgment in evaluating duties.
• Supports existing health services by providing integrated health services in partnership with other health professionals.
• Extends access to health services delivery in underserved and general populations, including primary care, public health, disease management, prevention, and wellness.
• Assists in development of patient care protocols and methods.
• Participates in training curricula, and research.
• Conduct post hospital release follow-up care including but not limited to monitoring medications, dressing changes and checking vital signs.
• Observe, record and report patients’ conditions and reactions to drugs, treatments and/or significant incidences to physicians.
• Conduct patient education including diabetes prevention and treatments, hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fall assessments, injury evaluation, geriatric frailty visits, supreme nail related treatments and nutrition.
• Perform home safety evaluations.
• Perform blood draws.
• Utilize Point of Care testing and ultrasound.
• Pickup and delivery of some patient needs such as medications.
• Receive referrals and schedule community paramedic visits.
• Perform essential functions of a paramedic as appropriate.
• Examine, screen, treat and coordinate health services for patients.
• Ensure all community paramedic encounters are documented within the community paramedic protocols in both EMS ePCR and Epic hospital charting.
• Maintain clear concise communication with patients  families  physicians and other healthcare personnel utilizing many forms of communication such as two way radios telephones and in-person visits as available; establish rapport with family members of patients or bystanders.
• Use various software programs including electronic health records and general office software.
• Prepare reports and logs of observations, incidents and treatments performed; document deviation from standard operating procedures and ensure deviations are in the best interests of the patient.
• Attend required staff and educational meetings and remain current with literature pertaining to relevant program areas of interest.
• Assist in writing presentations and papers for publications based on research performed and may present such findings at conferences.
• Complete patient documentation (written and electronic) per Rhode Island Hospital and The Rhode Island Department of Health:
  Division of EMS; complete documentation in a timely fashion to expedite patient billing.
• Perform public education, marketing and outreach and maintain a cheerful, positive attitude toward patients and families, co-workers, staff of other facilities and the public.
• Maintain a clean operational environment.
• Retrieve stocks and clean medical equipment.
• Report to remote location(s) for duty and respond to on-call emergencies, disasters and major incidents.
• Perform data entry and clerical assistance.
• Assist with Emergency Department communications and dispatch at and for the communications center and other duties as assigned.

• Current State of Rhode Island EMT-Paramedic license with a minimum of 1 year field EMS…