Paramedic - Pediatric Flight Transport

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MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Transport

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights: The Paramedic, Pediatric Flight Transport plays a critical role in delivering high‑level, lifesaving care to pediatric patients during air and ground transport. This highly specialized position offers flexible scheduling options to support 24/7 transport operations, including 24-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 AM, as well as 12-hour night shifts from 5:00 PM to 5:00 AM or 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM.

Job Summary: Functions as an interdisciplinary team member for neonatal/pediatric team transports. Collaborates with high-risk OB specialty RNs for maternal transport. Collaborates to provide exceptional care during ground and air transports of acute or critically ill/injured neonatal, pediatric, and maternal patients; guided by clinical assessments, critical thinking, established patient guidelines (PCGs), standing orders, and indirect medical control. Manages customer service and experience;

collaborating with team members for education and process improvement initiatives, patient care documentation, and equipment readiness.

• Maintains currency and documentation of prescribed education, certifications and licensures.
• Assists and performs daily inventory of equipment on ambulance, aircraft, storerooms and equipment bags.
• Maintains thorough patient care documentation according to the standard outlined by department and entity policy.
• Utilizes transport and critical care equipment in a competent manner.
• Performs or assists with Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills during patient care including but not limited to: initiation of PIV/IO; assists with UVC placement, managing IV fluids (including blood products); naso/oral/pharyngeal suctioning; insertion of NG/OG tubes; needle thoracotomy; and insertion/maintenance of an endotracheal tube or LMA.
• Maintains an awareness of current issues related to transport medicine through participation in professional activities, i.e. national, state legislative-elected or appointed.
• Participates/attends in-house education, outreach education, department process improvement projects, undertakes and maintains projects to include research and publishing opportunities.
• Acts as a preceptor and/or participates in orientation of new employees and students as assigned.
• Demonstrates and maintains knowledge and skills necessary to care for the patient groups of:
  Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric.
• Transports patients (via wheelchair, stretcher, bed or as an escort in cases where the patient is ambulatory) to and from clinical, ancillary, and support department areas as directed by the requesting nursing and ancillary divisions. Assists clinical personnel in transferring patients to (or from) beds, chairs, wheelchairs or stretchers. Assists with delivery of medical records or central supply items.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.

• Three years' active pre-hospital Paramedic experience.

• Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance that meets minimum state requirements upon hire and upon request.

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.