<p>Provides immediate medical assessment and treatment to injured/ill patients on-site, in the community, and during transport to hospital.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Navigates ambulance to scene of accident in response to emergency calls. </li><li>Maintains equipment, restocks supplies and cleans ambulance as necessary. </li><li>Assesses nature and extent of illness/injury and patient's history from available sources. </li><li>Determines appropriate independent or collaborative response. </li><li>Administers appropriate emergency medical care including life support procedures, decontamination protocols, fluid/drug administration, obtaining EKG readings and vital statistics monitoring in accordance to EMS protocols. </li><li>Communicates with medical personnel at hospital, reports/records observations, and follows directives until report and hand-off at hospital. </li><li>Other duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>Education:</p> <ul> <li>Completion of an accredited EMS-Paramedic training program. </li></ul> <p>Certifications:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Current licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMTP) in the State of Ohio.</p> </li><li> <p>Current Basic Life Support Healthcare provider (BLS), Advanced, Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS).</p> </li><li> <p>Completion of a USDOT approved Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC) course required within 6 months of hire.</p> </li></ul> <p>Current valid Ohio Driver's License (VDL).</p> <p>Complexity of Work:</p> <ul> <li>Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. </li><li>Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. </li></ul> <p>Work Experience:</p> <ul> <li>Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an EMT-P required. </li><li>EMT-P experience may be substituted with at least one (1) year of EMT-P experience required and a combination of equivalent EMT experience. Equivalent EMT experience would be two (2) years for each one (1) year of EMT-P experience required. </li><li>Experience in larger metropolitan area preferred. </li><li>Experience in emergency room, etc., or other critical care transport preferred. </li></ul> <p>Physical Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Requires full range of body motion, including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. </li><li>Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time. </li><li>Frequently lifts and carries items weighing over 75 pounds. </li><li>Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. </li><li>Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours. </li><li>Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids. </li></ul> <p>Personal Protective Equipment:</p> <ul> <li>Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures. </li></ul> <p>Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.</p>