Department: LMH Emergency Services

Status: Pool | PER DIEM

Schedule: Varies

Title: Paramedic

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health’s continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years. As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women’s services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department.

For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care. Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient.

• Labor and delivery services, and a future neonatal intensive care unit
• 6 state-of-the-art operating rooms
• 3 catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab
• Comprehensive cardiovascular care
• 16 ICU Beds
• Observation unit
• Outpatient Scripts Pharmacy

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health – Lake Mary Hospital:

• BEST Place to Work, 5 years in a row!
• As a new hospital, Orlando Health Lake Mary offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development.
• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary:

Provides and documents individualized patient care to include patient and personal safety, patient assessments in collaboration with the supervising RN or RT, patient re-assessments, triage, maintaining airway patency, IV access and hang IV fluids without additives, ECG interpretations, dysrhythmias recognition, places patients on defined oxygen delivering devices and assists with the application of skeletal traction/splints/immobilizers and other orthopedic equipment under the supervision of a Licensed Physician.

Essential Functions

• Delivers patient care requiring advanced skills and judgment in the Emergency Department setting as directed by the Nursing Operations manager or their designee to include protocol orders or guidelines within approved current Emergency Department Paramedic competency.
• The competency will not exceed the scope of practice for a paramedic in the State of Florida.
• Orlando Health is a licensed EMS provider and all care delivered in the emergency department is under the supervision of a physician (protocols/standing orders).
• The Florida paramedic practice model includes invasive and pharmacologic interventions intended to reduce morbidity and mortality in the pre-hospital environment.
• It is expected that in the hospital setting where medical care and resources are readily available, this practice model will be modified.
• Communicates appropriate information regarding the patient’s condition to the Nursing Operations manager or their designee.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions

• Participates in maintaining the Emergency Department to be clean, safe, organized and stocked. Demonstrates awareness of patient’s rights and legal issues.
• Complies with all standards as required by regulatory and accreditation agencies.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.
• The Emergency Department Paramedic must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in the emergency department.
• The individual must demonstrate a knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements related to his or her age specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the emergency departments policies, procedures, and competencies.

Education/Training

• Successfully completed a Paramedic program.

Licensure/Certification

• Current certification as a Paramedic (PMD) in the State of Florida renewed every 2 years; and
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare provider certification for healthcare providers; and
• Maintains current ACLS certification; and
• Must obtain and maintain PALS certification within one year of hire.

Experience

• None.