Part Time Advanced Care Paramedic

The Advanced Care Paramedic is responsible for providing advanced lifesaving interventions to patients and serves as the principal paramedic for specialty care and ALS transports. This position provides care for both adult and pediatric patients during specialty care transports, on-site care interventions for acute hospital, home visits, Industrial Health locations, correctional health service locations, and event medicine. The Advanced Care Paramedic will function at the highest levels within their scope of practice and make advanced clinical choices. This position will invest substantial time in obtaining and maintaining advanced certifications (i.e., ALS, PALS, ITLS, GEMS). Additionally, the Advanced Care Paramedic may serve as a Clinical Care Technician, consistent with the roles and responsibilities as defined by the position, to provide support for in-patient clinical services such as cardiac catheter lab, ICU, Ed, and other clinical areas where the knowledge and skill of the Advanced Care Paramedic contributes to the patient care plan.

• Practices critical clinical decision-making and delivers care to patients at the top level of the Paramedic's scope of practice in a team-based care delivery model with the mission to provide initial and/or continuing care to stabilize patients in any environment (residence, clinic, ED, hospital) and as required, provide or facilitate transport via ambulance.
• Provides care and transport to adult and pediatric patients at all acuity levels within the paramedic scope of practice including but not limited to STEMI, stroke, trauma, emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases, and high-risk OB patients.
• Completes appropriate charting and clinical documentation in a team-based approach.
• Displays a commitment to the EMS-I Team and UH System's mission, vision, and values.
• Advocates unwavering for patient and crew safety.

Additional Responsibilities

• Supports public relations events to represent the team and University Hospitals as required.
• May be assigned to support inpatient clinical services.
• Staffs UHHS Event Medicine as requested.

Required for All Jobs

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our
• patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address
• appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.