What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Paramedic - 956 position at Inbound Health?
At Inbound Health, we provide an enablement platform with full-stack capabilities and proprietary technology and analytics tools customized for hospital and skilled nursing at home. Our flexible partnership structure helps customers leverage their existing assets while filling the necessary gaps for program scalability. With over 6,000 patients served across 350 primary diagnoses since May 2020, we enable our clients to deliver safe, coordinated, and patient-centric care. Our comprehensive approach integrates biometric monitoring, in-home nursing, virtual visits, and a reliable supply chain, prioritizing quality and safety.
Community Paramedics will assist Inbound Health in supporting Hospital-at-Home patients by collaborating with Inbound Health healthcare partners to provide proactive care in the home while reducing the rehospitalization of Hospital-at-Home patients. He / she will work collaboratively to provide patient-centered care focused on initiating activities to safely monitor and treat patients in support of individualized care plans. The Community Paramedic will serve as a patient advocate and resource, helping patients identify and overcome barriers that may prevent successful compliance with their treatment plans.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Establishes relationships with and provides patient home assessments and care to ensure patient safety and success in the program.
- Assesses, obtains history and treats patient in the home following department protocols, procedures and processes.
- Ability to work self-directed applying knowledge and critical thinking decisions for patients well being and solve complex acute patient care issues.
- Follows orders given for patient care to include medication administration and IV fluid resuscitation per Provider both verbal and written.
- Competence in procedural skills including, but not limited to, phlebotomy, vascular access device management, hydration therapy, medication administration (oral, intravenous, intramuscular), wound management, specimen collection.
- Provides education for biometric set up in patients home to patient and family.
- Collaborate with the patient, family, interdisciplinary team to provide effective care coordination.
- Share pertinent assessment findings with effective communication skills to collaborate with the remote provider and multidisciplinary team members.
- Ensure all interventions in the patient's care plan are implemented with a patient centered approach.
- Maintain a therapeutic and professional patient provider relationship.
- Maintains daily paperwork and procedures.
- Performs documentation in EMR per policy and procedure.
- Identifies opportunities for improvements of services provided.
- Participates in performance improvement initiatives.
- Participates in education to improve quality of program.
- Operates and maintains equipment in accordance with manufacturer and company policy.
- Adherence to policy and protocol.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Hourly Range : $26.44 - $36.06. Individual compensation is based on skill set, experience, qualifications, location, labor-markets, and other job-related reasons.
What We Offer
Inbound Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Not only do we embrace diversity but we, at Inbound Health, are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills to reflect the diverse identities, experiences, and geographies of the patients we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, natural origin or any other basis of protected class and were prohibited by law.
Salary : $26 - $36
