Mercy Health System Roscoe , IL 61073
Posted 1 week ago
Overview
Roscoe Clinic
Urgent Care/ Emergency Department
LPN, Paramedic, EMT-B
Days
Full time
Cares for patients, prepare and compiles records, and process orders in the hospital setting under direction of nursing staff and most up to date Mercyhealth System Prehospital Protocols, by performing the following duties, supporting the nursing philosophy. May include weekends, holidays, day, evening or night hours
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides patient care as assigned and per routine, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures.
Answers telephone calls and call lights in a timely and appropriate manner
Documents care provided according to standards
Maintains a clean work and patient environment
Maintains and orders supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies.
Processes orders in an accurate and timely manner. Provides information or relays messages to patients and staff.
Directs visitors to patients rooms. Maintains medical records of current patients. Processes patient charges
Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities.
Skills performed include but are not limited to:
Performs 12 Lead EKGs
Cleaning and bandaging of wounds and suture sites.
Removal of sutures
Starts IV and administers medications within established scope practice and according to the most up to date Mercyhealth System Prehospital Protocols
Performs venipunctures
Assists ED MDs with intubation
Performs CPR during resuscitations utilizing the LUCAS as appropriate
Assist with splint applications
Assist with chest tube and CVP insertions by gathering needed supplies equipment
Performs BGMs
Transports non-monitored and monitored patients to the inpatient units
Receives prehospital run reports from incoming agencies, greets EMS and rooms EMS patients in appropriate areas
Provides other care at the appropriate level in accordance with direction from nursing and physician staff
CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behavior expectations:
Quality
Service
Partnering
Cost
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Licensed as a Paramedic in applicable state with 1 year of healthcare and or prehospital experience. National Registry preferred but not required.
CERTIFICATION LICENSURE
Licensed as a Paramedic in applicable state
Approved, ACLS, CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days (Other certifications per unit requirements: ACLS, PALS, NALS)
ACLS required as a paramedic in Wisconsin
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Passing the Driver s License Check and or Credit Check (for those positions requiring).
Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and or IL Health Care Workers Background Check.
Must be able to follow written oral instructions.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Familiarization or ability to learn basic functions of a computer
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to effectively organize and triage daily workload
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Working Conditions: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Occupational Exposure: Category A - All partners in the specified job classification have occupational exposure.
AGE OF PATIENTS SERVED
Neonate (birth
Adolescents (13 years
Non- Specific Task (N A): No
Infant (29 days - less than 1 Yes year):
Adult (18 years
Pediatric (1 year
Geriatric (65 years and Yes older):
INFORMATION ACCESS
Partner may access patient care information needed to perform their job duties.
WORK CONTACT GROUP
Partners, physicians, patients family, visitors, vendors
SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and smell. The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color, vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
LEVEL OF SUPERVISION
NA
SUPERVISES
NA
Mercy Health System