Paramedic PRN - Bedford

Position: Paramedic PRN - Bedford Co.
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** Organization:
** VUH Life Flight Ground Bedford
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* Job Summary:

** Independently works off assessment skills to activate patient care protocols to deliver patient care within the Tennessee paramedic scope of practice within the defined Vanderbilt paramedic scope of practice. Responsible for triage care in the field as well as the Emergency Department. Responsible for effective communication to ensure safe and quality patient care in paramedic team, transport and handover.

Department Summary:

Life Flight Ground EMS started with a single ambulance in the fall of 2011, and after several expansions now includes a fleet pf 21 Advance Life Support (ALS) equipped ground ambulances operating from five locations in the Middle Tennessee areas:
Nashville, Wilson County (Lebanon), Coffee County (Tullahoma), Montgomery County (Clarksville) and, Bedford County (adjacent to Vanderbilt Bedford). These ambulances predominantly focus on interfacility transfers and discharges from Vanderbilt affiliated medical facilities, with the ability to also support non
- Vanderbilt facilities..

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  
• Actively participates with other members of the healthcare team to provide direct patient care.  
• Transports patients via various modes of transportation while providing quality ALS and Critical Care management to all ages.  
• Responds to emergency requests within Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt sponsored or other contracted events.  
• Utilizes the problem solving model to independent resolve patient problems and follow through with HCT to implement solutions.  
• Identifies patient and unit problems and finds solutions to resolve problems and follows through to implement solutions.  
• Effectively communicates patient handover to the health care team.  
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES  
• Assessing, Intervening & Stabilizing Patients (Novice):
Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate assessing, intervening and stabilizing patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.  
• Medication Management (Novice):
Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate Medication Management in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Conducted a comprehensive and systematic assessment of a persons ability to comply with a prescribed medication regime. Conducted an in depth, systematic review of a persons current and past medication history including details of prescription dates, prescribed doses, side effects, interactions and outcomes. Demonstrates enough acumen to recognize problems and to contact the patient's primary care provider.

• Critical Thinking (Novice):
Displays clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, and sound evidence in the successful completion of tasks and projects. Demonstrates rational and disciplined thought as manifested in results.  
• Airway Establishing (Novice):
Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate airway establishing in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments. Has retained equivalent knowledge from past experience.  
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