Paramedic - Part-time

Paramedics perform highly responsible work involving responding to 911 emergency calls for help. Efficient and immediate basic and advanced life support measures and safe transport to appropriate medical facilities are provided to the critically ill and injured under protocols established by the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services and local medical direction. Paramedics must also be prepared for and able to respond in a calm and professional manner to any type of emergency including, but not limited to intercepts, mutual aid or closest ALS requests, structure fires, hazardous materials and mass casualty incidents or MABAS alarms, weapons of mass destruction events, active assailant and law enforcement standby.

Paramedics must have a pleasant personality enabling them to quickly establish a rapport with patients. Paramedics must also exhibit good judgment under stress, be clean and neat in appearance, possess good moral character and personal accountability, and maintain a high level of emotional stability with psychological adaptability.

Critical thinking and communication are essential skills for Paramedics to provide appropriate patient care in rapidly evolving scenes and conditions. Paramedics are flexible in their ability to work independently, as a team member, or as a leader. To effectively and safely perform the duties of this profession Paramedics must be in good physical health and display motor coordination and strength sufficient to provide emergency care in and lift and remove patients from challenging environments.

Other duties while not responding to emergency calls include inspection, cleaning and maintenance of the ambulance, supplies, and equipment; continuing education and refresher training; station housekeeping and various tasks as assigned by the EMS Chief.

This position is a Regular Full-Time Permanent position. Full-time employees are eligible and required to participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). Other benefits available are dependent on the status to which applicants are hired. See the Benefit portion of the job posting for details.

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

Pay Basis:
Hourly

Represented

Non-Supervisory

• Respond to predetermined types of emergencies requiring paramedic services, including intercepts, structure fires and hazardous materials (Haz Mat) incidents, mass casualty incidents (MCI), weapons of mass destruction (WMD) events, active assailant and law enforcement standby.
• Establish and run a Multiple Casualty Incident (MCI) and to fill the positions of medical group supervisor, triage, treatment or transport officer at an MCI including requesting and managing any additional resources that may be needed.
• Perform thorough patient assessments, determine the nature and extent of illness or injuries, and establish priorities for emergency care.
• Determine and provide, within the context of patient care guidelines and physician oversight, the most appropriate treatment for patients out of the hospital, including appropriate mode of patient transport and destination.
• Render appropriate basic emergency care as indicated and advanced life support according to established medical protocols including advanced level skills.
• Assist in extricating patients who are entrapped in vehicles or other confined environments.
• Secure patients and move them to the ambulance, transport patients in an emergency vehicle to an appropriate medical facility, and transfer care of the patient to emergency department staff.
• Safely perform all aspects of patient care, handling, and transportation utilizing all equipment and devices maintained by Middleton EMS.
• Perform basic ambulance inventory and operational maintenance tasks, daily station duties, and other related job duties as assigned by the EMS Chief. Examples include: inspection, stocking, washing, cleaning, and fueling of the ambulance; staff development and training; EMS supply and equipment inventory/acquisition; computer data entry/reporting; infection control; strategic planning; continuous quality improvement; etc.

• Provide standby emergency care at local events including, but not limited to, local school sporting events; 5 and 10K runs; marathons and Iron Man; and any other local contracted event
• Attend and participate in public relations events.
• Conduct public information and education programs.

• Comprehensive knowledge of applied medicine in both basic and advanced life support as defined by the…