Overview

Provides professional care to patients within the Emergency Department. Assesses, plans, organizes, provides, and evaluates care utilizing critical thinking skills. Makes judgments and decisions and assumes responsibility for care and documentation.

Responsibilities

Manages patients with individualized care by evaluating effectiveness/outcome of care, recognizing significant changes in patient condition, and modifying care based on clinical presentation.

Provides individualized care, recognizes and takes appropriate action for significant changes in patient conditions.

Evaluates effectiveness of care and makes necessary modifications to assist with optimal patient outcomes.

Establishes relevant, evidence-based and safe interventions and priorities when providing care, including administering of medications.

Collaborates effectively with patient, patient’s significant others, and members of the health care team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Acts as a resource to peers, medical students, house officers, and other health care providers.

Communicates patient status through verbal, electronic, and written means with other health care providers, and takes appropriate action for patient well-being.

Observes patient to recognize care needs. Implements care/interventions directly when needed (physical, social or emotional) or indirectly by collaboration with other nursing team members, physicians or members of other health care disciplines.

Collaborates with colleagues to ensure patient and family involvement with discharge planning and the achievement of identified needs through teaching or referrals. Assumes responsibility for ensuring an integrated discharge planning process.

Identifies and offers solutions to patient care delivery issues through quality improvement, continuing education, research, and peer review activities.

Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

Associate’s degree with 3 years of relevant clinical paramedic experience in the field of pre-hospital emergency care or in-hospital emergency care preferred.
Excellent communication skills desired with the ability to work collaboratively as member of multi-disciplinary team.

Required Licensure/Certifications

Current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician’s Paramedic Certification, (EMT-P)
Current New Hampshire Paramedic License
Current BLS
ACLS, PALS and Moderate Sedation (within 6 months of date of hire)
Current PHTLS, or proof of audited ATLS or audited TNCC
AVADE Workplace Violence Prevention Training within one year of hire.

Other facts

Tech stack

Critical Thinking,Patient Care,Collaboration,Communication,Emergency Medical Services,Medication Administration,Patient Assessment,Quality Improvement,Discharge Planning,Teamwork,Clinical Evaluation,Patient Advocacy,Teaching,Documentation,Problem Solving,Intervention Implementation

About Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.

Team size: 10,001+ employees

Website: https://www.dartmouth-health.org/

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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care

What you'll do

The Paramedic provides professional care to patients in the Emergency Department, managing individualized care and evaluating patient outcomes. They collaborate with healthcare team members and communicate patient status effectively.

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What does a Paramedic, Evening do at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health?

As a Paramedic, Evening at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, you will: the Paramedic provides professional care to patients in the Emergency Department, managing individualized care and evaluating patient outcomes. They collaborate with healthcare team members and communicate patient status effectively..

Why join Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health as a Paramedic, Evening?

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is a leading Hospitals and Health Care company.

Is the Paramedic, Evening position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health remote?

The Paramedic, Evening position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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