Paramedic Evening Shift

Paramedic Evening ShiftParamedic Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together Work location: Texas Health Fort Worth 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue in Fort Worth, TX 76104. Work hours: 3 shifts per week full-time, 3:00PM-3:00AM and includes rotating weekends and holidays.QualificationsHere's What You Need Education: High School diploma or equivalent (GED) required. Experience: Three (3) months recent Paramedic experience or completion of a Paramedic Internship is required. One (1) year of Paramedic experience is preferred. Licenses and Certifications EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic upon hire required LP - Licensed Paramedic Upon Hire required ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire required, BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support upon hire required. PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 60 days of hire required. CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention training within 60 days of hire required. Skills Possesses organizational skills to function in a fast paced environment, positive interpersonal skills, good verbal and written communication skills, able to perform basic computer skills.What You Will Do Accountability/Basic Human Needs Responds to others' priorities regarding privacy, confidentiality, safety, physical, psychological, cognitive, religious and social needs; incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care; honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance and respect; appreciates unique meanings and is concerned with understanding others frame of reference; engages family/caregivers in health care situations; uses mutual problem solving and exhibits professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties; gives reassurance, listens and concentrates on others; Is reliable, available and attentive; communicates a supportive, open, positive and tolerant attitude. Performs technical skills that are adapted to reflect the population-specific, developmental and diversity needs of the patient. Provides safe patient care under the delegation of appropriate Physician and competency sign-off. Other duties as appropriately delegated by RN. Teamwork Communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team; incorporates and participates in adopted communication tools; promotes a cost-effective team by judicious use of resources; leads by example by giving priority to doing the right thing for patient care; adapts to changes in workload; demonstrates flexibility related to patient needs, staffing and patient acuity; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care. Shared Decision Making Actively participates in the Shared Governance model at unit, entity, and/or system level; actively engages in finding solutions for unit, division and/or entity concerns or issues; uses multiple available tools to stay informed of changes, updates and communications; demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions; Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care. Professional Development Participates in change; understands, promotes, and values ed evidence-based practices, quality improvement, and/or research, and utilizes them in practice; follows guidelines and recommendations defined by regulatory or professional practice agencies. Provides daily care that achieves outcome targets for core measures, NPSG, employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction, NDNQI and other unit/organizational metrics; demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and development; demonstrates a commitment to advancing the professional practice of paramedicine; incorporates ethical principles from the Texas Department of State Health Services EMT Code of Ethics.Additional perks of being a Texas Health Paramedic Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits. Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice. Strong Unit Based Council (UBC). A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.