Paramedic

Paramedic Job Opportunity

Join Decypher and make a direct impact on the health and readiness of America's service members, veterans, and their families. Since 2008 Decypher has offered healthcare industry professionals careers where their expertise is valued, and their work makes a meaningful impact. Decypher partners with the Defense Health Agency to deliver professional services, technology, and management solutions. Our mission is to provide and support quality care for our veterans, service members and their families, across the United States.

Job Summary: Paramedics will use basic life support skills to identify, care, communicate, and document injuries, method of treatment, rehabilitation, and medical releases. Paramedics will provide patient care and ensure proper coordination of EMS transportation (if required) and function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Possess a High School Diploma, or equivalent.
• Certifications:
  • Current National EMT-P Certification (National Registry) or state license at the EMT-Paramedic level, or higher.
  • Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support training
• License: All paramedics who started their paramedic education program after August 1, 2016 are required to successfully complete a psychomotor competency portfolio.
• Experience: Three (3) years of experience as a paramedic within the last five (5) years.

U.S. Citizenship is required

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess a patient's condition and determine a course of treatment per local protocol.
• Provide triage for student(s) incapable to perform in training due to medical and musculoskeletal reasons. Triage will be used to determine:
  • If student is stable, refer all medical conditions to the physicians on staff.
  • If student is stable with an exclusively musculoskeletal condition, refer to athletic trainers and/or sports medicine physicians for assessment and reconditioning.
  • If student is unstable will activate Emergency Management System (EMS) and arrange for transport to nearest emergency center.
• Assigned to medical monitoring of training event modules per direction from Government to provide medical coverage, including both aquatic and land-based training.
• Respond, stabilize, and activate EMS in response to physical trauma, heat stroke, near drowning episodes or other emergencies, per local protocol.
• Summarize the nature of injury and emergency care rendered to the receiving EMS responders.
• Inventory, replace, and clean all supplies and equipment after use. Assist with maintenance of supplies, clinical spaces, and medical response vehicles.
• Work with a multidisciplinary human performance team that includes other medical professionals to ensure the proper care and health monitoring of all students (i.e., physicians, sports medicine providers, athletic trainers, physical therapists, operational psychologists, strength coaches, etc.).

Work Environment & Schedule: Training personnel hours shall not be constrained to a standard 0800 to 1600 or 0900 to 1700 workday; however, they will not exceed twelve (12) consecutive hours in a day, including a 1-hour lunch break, or 40 hours every week.

Physical requirements: Must be able to traverse uneven and/or wooded territory to reach patients in field conditions. Must be able to extricate patients from field conditions to an appropriate medical response vehicle. The HCWs physical conditioning must be sufficient to demonstrate and perform various exercise procedures under stress, including lifting heavy weights potentially up to 100 lbs., squatting, sitting, running, jumping, bending, walking, crawling (low/high profile) for up to 25 meters, and prolonged standing. Must be able to move over, around, and through obstacles to a height of 10 feet, and travers up to 1.5 miles over rough terrain in extreme temperatures. Must be a strong swimmer to enable appropriate response to emergencies in a pool setting. If assigned at the Naval Support Activity Panama City, FL Operating Location, must successfully pass all standards on the current version of the Navy Physical Readiness Test and conduct medical recompression chamber duties.

Compensation & Benefits: Up to $59,850 per year.

Decypher is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce (M/F/D/V)