Paramedic at Lake Mary

Position Summary:

Status: Variable Full-time (3 x 12 hour shifts a week)

Schedule: Second Shift / 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Title: Paramedic

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

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.

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 ED RN, patient re-assessments, triage, maintaining airway patency, IV access and hang normal saline without additives, ECG interpretations, dysrhythmias recognition, and assists with the application of skeletal traction/splints/immobilizers and other orthopedic equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Delivers patient care requiring advanced skills and judgment in the Emergency Department, Critical Care or Respiratory Department settings as directed by the appropriate Medical Director for specialty to include protocol orders or guidelines within approved current Paramedic competency.
• The competency will not exceed the educational guidelines for a paramedic in the State of Florida.
• The Florida paramedic practice model includes invasive and pharmacologic interventions intended to reduce morbidity and

• 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 Registered Nurse, Respiratory Therapist, and ED or Critical Care, Pulmonary providers or their designee and documents findings of care provided according to established guidelines.
• Provides for the physical comfort and safety of patients, visitors, and members of the health care team including infection control and appropriate handling of hazardous materials.
• Prioritizes and sequences work activities and delivery of medical care to patients that ensures the patient’s comfort, safety, and progress toward established goals.
• Administers limited medications safely within the defined education guidelines and competencies.
• Facilitates patient movement within the department and through the facility, proactively supporting timely admissions, discharges, and transfers.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and localstandards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies andprocedures.
• Ensures the customer experience is exceptional.
• Demonstrates The Orlando Health Way: Assure, Engage, Unite

Qualifications:

Education/Training

Successfully completed a Paramedic program.

• 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
• If appropriate, obtain and maintain PALS certification within one year of hire

Experience

None.