Paramedic-Casual position

Join our team of Life Changers!

UPMC is hiring a Casual-Paramedic to support the Dauphin-Perry County. 

This position offers flexible scheduling. Must be able to work 36 hours every quarter. 

A pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks. Apply today!

Responsibilities:

• Reflects a positive attitude to the customer in a high stress environment at all times, with a clear understanding of who the customer is.
• Participates in scheduled and unscheduled outreach activities, representing the UPMC system.
• Provide advanced life support to critically ill or injured patients in adherence with established protocols and standards of care, assessing online medical command or other resources when appropriate.
• Adheres to the current uniform policy.
• Demonstrates competency related to pharmacological interventions.
• Performs daily equipment check (vehicle, medications)
• Ensures safe operation of patient laden stretcher employing appropriate stretcher discipline at all times.
• Maintains safe loading, unloading, adjustment of head of stretcher, and stretcher movement.
• Adhering to the drug and alcohol policy at all times. including prescription and/or over the counter medicine use.
• Completes all official documentation in a timely manner such as payroll, expense reports, orientation forms, etc.
• Demonstrates the ability to establish a rapport with customers; including the ability to create and sustain a positive relationship; regardless of circumstances, environment, or patient presentation.
• Maintains clean patient environment as well as crew quarters
• Maintains fitness for duty by adhering to all employee health requirements.
• Reports injuries and completes the appropriate documentation, no matter how minor, to a supervisor in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates skills, competencies, and judgment necessary to provide patient care in any environment; using educational resources that are required or made available.
• Utilizes appropriate safety channels to report safety concerns and uses tools available to enhance a safe work environment.
• Participates constructively in the peer-review driven quality improvement program.
• Performs all assigned duties, including daily, weekly, monthly, or other duties assigned by the base site manager.
• Ensures patient and family confidentiality and dignity at all times.
• Adheres to rules for scheduling, including schedule requests, minimum time, and availability.
• Selects and uses personal protective equipment appropriate to the level of the anticipated hazard.
• Equipment checks Transport log Medication log
• Documents appropriate assessment, interventions, and other pertinent patient information in a timely manner.
• Collects and promptly processes demographic, medical necessity, and other necessary billing information.