Advanced Patient Care Specialist

Job Summary:
A challenging opportunity exists for a skilled Advanced Care Paramedic to join our team at University Hospitals. This role will involve providing advanced lifesaving interventions to patients, serving as the principal paramedic for specialty care and ALS transports. The successful candidate will be responsible for caring for both adult and pediatric patients during specialty care transports, on-site care interventions for acute hospital, home visits, industrial health locations, correctional health service locations, and event medicine.

Key Responsibilities:

• Practice critical clinical decision-making and deliver care to patients at the top level of the Paramedic's scope of practice in a team-based care delivery model with the mission to provide initial and/or continuing care to stabilize patients in any environment (residence, clinic, ED, hospital) and as required, provide or facilitate transport via ambulance.
• Provide care and transport to adult and pediatric patients at all acuity levels within the paramedic scope of practice including but not limited to STEMI, stroke, trauma, emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases, and high-risk OB patients.
• Complete appropriate charting and clinical documentation in a team-based approach.
• Display a commitment to the EMS-I Team and UH System's mission, vision, and values.
• Advocate unwavering for patient and crew safety.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Support public relations events to represent the team and University Hospitals as required.
• May be assigned to support inpatient clinical services.
• Staffs UHHS Event Medicine as requested.