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Lowell General Hospital is Hiring Qualified Advanced 911 Paramedics!

Why Join Us? At Tufts Medicine - Lowell General Hospital, we’re more than a health system – we’re a community of the brightest minds and the biggest hearts in healthcare. We combine academic innovation with compassion and community. If that excites you, then you belong with us.

Competitive salaries & benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision benefits start day one

403(b) Retirement with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Free on-site parking

Opportunities for career growth

Location: Lowell General Hospital - 295 Varnum Avenue - Lowell, MA

Hours: 40 hours - Days/Evenings/Overnights - Rotating Weekends/Holidays

Job Overview

This position is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency and nonemergency medical care for critical and emergent patients with an expanded scope of practice and medication formulary. Possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care during emergent and nonemergent medical transportation. Functions as part of a comprehensive mobile integrated response, under medical oversight and conducts detailed assessments and available diagnostics to collaborate with the medical control physician to determine appropriate treatments and intermediate care management strategy for patients with acute and chronic conditions in an effort to reduce emergency department and hospital utilization. Responds to patient care needs, requests and places appropriate referrals, and provides education to patients and their families regarding their medical conditions. Conducts patient care visits with real-time communication with one of our board-certified emergency physicians or the patient’s attending physician and works cooperatively within the healthcare system and other services to create a system of quality health care.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Completion of accredited Paramedic program.

2. National Registered Paramedic.

3. Massachusetts Certified Paramedic.

4. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

5. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.

6. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.

7. Massachusetts issued driver’s license.

8. Two (2) years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree.

2. BCLS, ACLS, PALS Instructor.

3. Incident Command System (ICS) course up to 300 level.

4. HAZMAT operations level training.

5. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training.

6. Three (3) years of relevant experience.

7. Neonatal Resuscitation Program course completion.

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

1. Complies with performance improvement clinical benchmarks.

2. Answers phone and places calls as needed using proper professional etiquette.

3. Completes patient care documentation required in the various Tufts Medicine electronic medical record systems.

4. Avoids hazards, uses safety equipment.

5. Follows clinical protocols, plans, policies and physician orders correctly.

6. Performs peer review QA when assigned and participates in department M&M rounds by reviewing cases when requested.

7. Attends a minimum of six (6) department M&M rounds per year unless granted an exemption.

8. Maintains effective scene management/leadership; follows ICS.

9. Follows operational flow and procedures efficiently and effectively to maximize utilization.

10. Demonstrates effective and positive teamwork and initiative during EMS operations, within the department and the EMS community.

11. Works collaboratively and in a professional manner with all allied health and public safety personnel.

12. Draws labs on patients as ordered and documents in hospital EMR (Epic).

13. Maintains supplies and clean and orderly equipment on mobile units.

14. Performs: 12 Lead EKG; Simple dressings, wound care; ace wraps; ADL in the home and hospital setting as needed.

15. Demonstrates effective and positive teamwork and initiative during EMS operations, within the department and the EMS community.

16. Works collaboratively and in a professional manner with all allied health, case managers, physicians and public safety personnel.

17. While not engaged in emergency response will perform home visits (scheduled, unscheduled, urgent), assessments and treatments according to Mobile Integrated Health protocols and procedures.

18. Understands and participates in care planning with the patient’s physicians, including referrals to other care providers such as VNA, PT and OT. Lifestyle, dietary and medication coaching.

19. Completes within one year of employment all necessary training required to operate in an expanded scope of practice which includes: rapid sequence intubation, surgical cricothyrotomy, ultrasound guided IV placement, advanced ventilator operation, chest tube thoracostomy maintenance, blood product administration, advanced wound assessment, initiation and management of urinary catheters, central line management, neonatal resuscitation and chronic disease management with early goal directed therapy.

Physical Requirements:

1. Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking, and climbing stairs.

2. Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients and equipment up to 100 pounds.

3. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.

4. Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls

5. Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases and other transmissible infections.

6. May have contact with hazardous materials.

7. Specific vision abilities apply including close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

8. Subject to varying and unpredictable situations, including weather conditions.

9. Ability to handle emergency and crisis situations.

Skills & Abilities:

1. Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.

2. Ability to prioritize work and complete tasks in a timely manner.

3. Ability to work independently and accurately with excellent follow-through.

4. Basic to moderate computer skills including the ability to navigate through hospital-based computer systems.

5. Knowledge of medical terminology.

6. Knowledge of math, ability to make calculations and analytical skills

7. Communicates with others (including patients) and must effectively be able to exchange information accurately via phone, email, and or in person.

8. Ability to maintain sensitive and confidential information.

9.Skills and knowledge necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process. This includes: Knowledge of growth and development; Ability to interpret age specific data and response to care; and Provide age specific communication.

10. Ability to navigate with the assistance of maps and GPS.

11. Demonstrates competence in use of assigned equipment and has established competence in safe ambulance operations.

About Lowell General
For more than 125 years, Lowell General has served the Greater Lowell community with pride. We balance the first-rate care of a premier medical center with the warmth of a four-time Magnet®-recognized community hospital. As a member of our team, you’ll join over 3,000 dedicated care providers to offer complete, connected care, when and where patients need it most.