Paramedic - 36hrs Days - Emergency Room

Why You'll Love Working With Us:

Great Team Culture: Work alongside dedicated professionals in a collaborative, supportive, and engaging environment.
Hands-on Experience: Dive deep into patient care with a focus on procedural tasks, monitoring vitals, IVs, and medications-almost like nursing!
Learning and Growth: Gain deeper knowledge of the patient care continuum, with the opportunity to work in Critical Care Units (CCU) after completing training.
Work Variety: From triage to assisting with code teams, every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make an impact.
Exceptional Benefits: We value our team members and offer competitive benefits designed to support your health, well-being, and professional development.
Key Responsibilities:

Patient Care: Assist with patient care and assessments under the guidance of a Registered Nurse (RN) and in line with hospital policies.
Medical Procedures: Perform various tasks including IV catheter insertion, 12-lead EKGs, cardiac monitoring, splint application, and more.
Medication Administration: Administer medications and intravenous fluids as delegated by an RN, and monitor patient responses.
Documentation: Accurately document care provided and patient progress in the electronic health record (EHR).
Triage & Assessment: Conduct triage and assessments for ambulance and walk-in patients, ensuring appropriate care is provided based on severity.
Collaboration: Work closely with the RN and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care and outcomes.
Training & Development: Complete ongoing training and competency validation, including Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage and department protocols.
Additional Responsibilities:

Respond to patient care requests as delegated by the RN.
Recognize high-risk situations and work with the Charge RN to coordinate patient placement.
Participate in shift huddles, helping nurses with medications and patient care tasks.
Requirements:

Paramedic certification and experience.
Ability to perform within scope of practice after competency validation.
A passion for delivering compassionate, high-quality care.
Make an Impact Every Day!

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your skills, work on a variety of medical tasks, and make a real difference in the lives of patients. If you're looking for a job where you can grow, learn, and contribute to a highly skilled and passionate team, we'd love to hear from you!

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.