The Flight Paramedic renders highly skilled and professional critical care to patients while in flight. This person will be caring for patients from neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and the geriatric populations. They must have knowledge and skills to care for the physical and developmental needs of these populations. Clinical expertise enable the Flight Paramedic to administer skills, critical decision making, and safe practice at all times. Must be able to function independent of medical control on scene or when communication is difficult or unavailable.
 

Patient Care
* Assesses the needs and conditions of assigned patients by gathering relevant patient health information.

* Proficient in life saving interventions, including but not limited to, advanced airway management, endotracheal Intubation, ventilator management, chest decompression, etc.

* Strong fundamental knowledge of pharmacological agents and ability to safely administer all medications including vasoactive medications, sedatives, paralytics, etc.

* Functions with a high level of autonomy providing critical care to patients of every age group and specialty as needed (e.g. adult critical care, pediatric critical care, high risk obstetrics, etc.)

Communication
* Accepts assignments to various bases of operation when needed.

* Inspects and assures all equipment and supplies are present and in proper working condition on the aircraft and at the base daily and following each transport.

* Responsible for reporting and returning broken equipment to appropriate facility for repair.

* Works in collaboration with GAT Employees, Referring and Receiving Hospital Staff, EMS, etc.

* Promotes Guardian Air at PR events and in routine interactions with community, hospital staff, EMS, patients and family.

* Uses appropriate communication styles in the workplace.

Documentation
* Documents care provided in the EMR to a high degree of detail in accordance with QA parameters.

Education
* Stays on top of trends and evidence based practice in pre-hospital, emergency, critical care, perinatal, and pediatric medicine.

* Working knowledge of aviation and safely functions as a crew member on Fixed and Rotor Wing aircraft.

* Maintains all required certifications and required training for clinical practice and aviation.

Compliance/Safety
* Responsible for reporting any safety related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues, and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.

* Ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.

* Completes all company mandatory modules, and required job specific training in the specified time frame.

* Maintains at least one base responsibility or committee.

Call Requirement
* All flight line staff are required to maintain a minimum of 1 day of call per month. This day of call may be waived (at Scheduling Manager discretion) by picking up a minimum of 2 additional shifts per month beyond your budgeted schedule. Additional details noted in the Guardian Air On Call Policy.

Education
• High School Diploma or GED – Required

• Associate’s Degree or higher – Preferred

Certification & Licensures
• Arizona Certified Emergency Paramedic (EMT-P)- Required

• National Registry Paramedic- Required within 6 months of hire date

• American Heart Association: BLS, ACLS, and PALS- Required

• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) - Required within 6 months of hire

• FP-C – Required within (1) year of hire (within 6 months first attempt)

• Transport Professional Advanced Trauma (TPATC) - Required within one (1) year of hire (TPATC has 6 month grace period for renewal)

• STABLE course- Required within one (1) year of hire

• Current Driver’s license in the state in which they reside with no moving violations within prior 39 months- Required

Experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Paramedic- Required (Busy 911 system/higher acuity patients preferred)
• Previous flight experience – Preferred
• Healthcare is a rapidly changing environment and technology is integrated into almost all aspects of patient care. Computers and other electronic devices are utilized across the organization and throughout each department. Colleagues must have an understanding of computers, and competence in using computers and basic software programs.