How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Work Shift
Various (United States of America)
Provides quality patient care to critically ill and/or injured patients in the transport environment via helicopter, fixed-wing, and ground environment. Collaborates and coordinates patient care with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers both internally and externally. Participates in quality improvement initiatives, identifies and completes continuing education, and trains others. Provides essential services in ensuring the safe on-ground and in-flight transfer of acutely ill patients from one health care facility to another or from the scene to accepting facility. Provides Interfacility transport of sick adults, infants, and children and there is an added responsibility of being a community liaison between Wellstar Hospital System and referral hospitals.
Helps coordinate the mode of transportation, communicate with referral and receiving facilities clearly and concisely, quickly assess and stabilize critically ill patients, as well as continuously monitor these patients in a transporting vehicle to assure they remain stable. Should the patient status change, the team must be able to determine the best treatment at that time as well as if the team must stop on the side of the road, land in a field, or divert to another facility to adequately provide care.
Patient Care: Demonstrates proficiency in the practice of emergent and critical care paramedic practice under little or no supervision. The Flight Paramedic must be adept at monitoring, examining, and evaluating the condition of critical patients who require transport to and from AU Health from outlying hospitals or scenes. For transport, this includes providing appropriate stabilization and treatment that allows rapid yet safe transport via ambulance, helicopter, or fixed-wing aircraft. Assists with care plans and takes appropriate actions to promote patients short/long-term outcomes and well-being. Directly delivers care as required, applying critical thinking and independent judgment where appropriate. The Flight Paramedic works alongside and can take direction from the Flight Nurse.
Patient Advocacy and Satisfaction: Communicates necessary patient information to family, physicians, and staff. Embraces the concept of patient/family-centered care to maintain patient, family, physician, and referring facility satisfaction. Prioritizes actions according to patient needs and provides input into the plan of care by reporting pertinent information involving patient/family to the appropriate individuals in accordance with confidentiality standards. Respects the role of patients and their family members as integral members of the health care team and therefore encourages and supports the families in all aspects of planning, delivery, and evaluation of their health care.
Coordination of Care: Prioritizes and coordinates optimum patient flow and patient experience. Delivers safe and effective care according to policies and protocols and maintains proper documentation of care and services, as well as change(s) in patient condition or accidents/incidents in compliance with standards of care and program/hospital policies and protocols. Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills to plan and implement patient care while working with multi-disciplinary services and other health care providers.
Continuous Professional Development: Maintains professional certifications, self-identifies, and self-manages training opportunities. Participates in quality management initiatives and actively seeks improvements. Continuously involved in professional organizations and outside professional development opportunities. Keeps up to date with research literature and industry best practices. Demonstrates professional growth and development in their field as well as in the emergency transport of patients. These include includes assessment, patient care, equipment care, critical thinking skills, troubleshooting, leadership, administration of medications, parenteral fluids and blood products, patient and family education, support of and communication with other members of the healthcare team, as well as maintenance of security and the environment.
Technology/Equipment: This position must be able to use: Flight gear, emergency and safety gear, medical and transport equipment, pharmaceuticals, phone, fax, copier, printers, PC, laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitors, MS Office, internet, Outlook email. May use job-specific complex software tools and mobile computing devices.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
FP-C: Flight Paramedic Certification within 1-1/2 Yrs Required
C-NPT: Certified Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Preferred
Minimum 3 years ED or EMS experience in a busy EMS system with at least 6 months of recent experience OR 1.5 years or more of flight paramedic experience in a high-volume program with at least 6 months of recent experience. Required
Minimum 1 year Critical care transport or flight experience. Preferred
Paramedic Certification and experience High
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At Wellstar Health System, our mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care, inclusive culture and world-class doctors and caregivers, Wellstar is one of the largest, most integrated healthcare systems in Georgia.
Our specialists and primary care providers work in a multidisciplinary environment with nearly 30,000 diverse team members throughout our hospitals, health parks and medical offices. Communities can also access our outpatient centers, a pediatric center, nursing centers, and hospice and home care services. We’re proud to be home to the second-largest Emergency Department in the country, as well as being the only system in Georgia operating multiple trauma centers.
We’re also known for our exceptional work culture, featured on the Great Places to Work®, Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® and the Seramount Best Company for Multicultural Women® lists. We continue to attract the best and the brightest in healthcare.
At a time when our industry is changing rapidly, Wellstar remains committed to exceeding expectations from our patients and team members, while transforming healthcare delivery. We stand behind our values to serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice.
