Paramedic - Wellsboro - Casual Opportunities Available

at  UPMC

UPMC Wellsboro is seeking casual Paramedics to join our team! You will work various shifts, including rotating weekends and holidays so scheduling flexibility is strongly desired.
UPMC offers a premier benefits package, designed to care for your total well-being — physically, emotionally, and financially — paired with endless opportunities for career advancement and educational growth.

If you are a team-oriented professional who responds with the highest level of patient care and integrity, please apply today!

• Assess the nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures. Administer basic and advanced life support to patients at the scene, en route to the hospital or inter-facility transports, and in a pre-hospital setting under federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and standards. In the absence of medical command access use knowledge, skill, experience, and judgment for initiating patient care.
• Perform proper procedures in a timely and appropriate manner to prevent further harm to the patient using basic and advanced life support equipment and devices.
• Communicate with Medical Command personnel to provide information about the situation, arrange reception of victims, provide patients’ vital statistics and medical history, or receive instructions for further treatment.
• Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures under a physician’s direction.
• Observe, record, and report to the physician the patient’s condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
• Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, as well as other advanced-level patient care modalities approved by the state for use in the Prehospital environment and in an ambulance.
• Provide advanced life support to critically ill or injured patients in adherence to established protocols and standards of care; assess online medical command or other resources when appropriate. Participates in developing and completing research projects.
• Ensures safe operation of patient-laden stretcher employing appropriate stretcher discipline at all times. Maintains safe loading, unloading, adjustment of the head of the stretcher, and stretcher movement.

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

• 1 year of EMS pre-hospital experience at the advanced life support provider level preferred
• Must be able to lift, carry, push, and/or pull weight up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions required.
• Must be eligible to receive medical command authorization from the Medical Director, have reliable transportation, and be willing to travel to any base site as assigned.
• Must be able to complete the prescribed orientation program, including classroom,
• Must work productively and effectively within a complex environment, and handle multiple/changing priorities, and specialized equipment.LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS, AND CLEARANCES:Certified Paramedic in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania required.

A valid Driver’s License is required.
PA Dept of Health recognized Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) or Emerg Vehicle Driver (EVD)
EMT-P certification- PA accredited Emergency Services Vehicle Operator (EMSVO) required.
CPR is required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalent is required.
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) or equivalent is required.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or equivalent required

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Driver’s License
• Emergency Vehicle Operator
• Paramedic
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Please refer the Job description for details