Flight Paramedic - Full Time - St Robert

Position: Flight Paramedic (EMT-P) 

Location: St Robert

Hours / Shift: Full-Time, Four 24-Hour Shifts Per Pay Period

Overview: 

Provides high-quality critical care including assessment, triage, and treatment while transporting patients. Working with the Flight Nurse, this position requires the ability to administer medicine and provide advanced life support in a helicopter's confined and noisy space. This role requires a combination of advanced clinical skills, quick decision-making, and the ability to work in high-pressure environments.

Job Duties: 

• Assess, evaluate, develop plan of care, and treat and monitor critically ill patients while under pressure.
• Facilitate, communicate, and collaborate with the healthcare team, and the patient and family to identify and meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient.
• Collect and interpret complex patient data to make clinical decisions to meet individual patient and family needs.
• Coordinate patient care and interventions to transitioning team, receiving facility, and providers.
• Assist in maintaining the readiness of the helicopter, equipment and supplies are working and available.

Qualifications: 

• Licensure: Current paramedic license in state of operation: MO EMT-P (Missouri Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic)
• Experience: Three years ER or Critical Care experience.

• Certifications: Current BLS (Basic Life Support), ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support), PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)

  • Must have or be able to complete within first six months of service:

    • ITLS (International Trauma Life Support) or PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life Support).

    • ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) or equivalent.

  • Must have or be able to complete within two years of service:

    • FP-C (Certified Flight Paramedic) or CCP-C (Critical Care Paramedic).

• Other Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
  • Must be able to use a Cardiac Monitor, Non-Invasive and invasive BP Monitor, Mechanical Ventilator, C02 monitor, IABP, Impella, Intubation, Infusion Pump, and computer.
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Key Mercy Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision available after day one. 
• Contribution of $100 per month to eligible co-workers enrolled in the Dependent Care FSA. 
• Paid parental leave for new parents. 
• 401k with employer match starting day one. 
• PTO accrual starts day one and includes a day for volunteering. 
• Competitive salary. 

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