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About the Role

The Medical Associate works under the direction of the Paramedic to ensure subject safety, health, and well-being. This role assists with monitoring and treating the subject population, documenting, and treating Adverse Events (AEs), and providing support to the Paramedic team throughout all stages of the clinical trial.

Responsibilities

• Act as subject safety contact for all study subjects in the Clinic.
• Provide basic medical care (within scope of practice), both emergent and non-emergent, to all study subjects, as appropriate.
• Monitor and record Adverse Events (AEs).
• Review all active AEs prior to dose and determine if it is safe for subject to proceed with study procedures and/or dosing in consultation with Paramedic or physician/investigator.
• Perform technical procedures including blood collection, vital signs, and ECGs.
• Assess out of range values for symptomology and may medically intervene should study subject's safety be in question.
• Perform basic dosing including oral, inhalation, and nasal.

Requirements

• High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• Technical positions may require a certificate.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.
• Certified or licensed EMT/LVN or Medical Assistant and American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification is required in the state and/or municipality where employee is working.
• In some cases, an equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
• Skilled in scope of practice including Basic Life Support.
• Solid interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of staff, management and physicians in a professional and credible manner.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple complex tasks.
• Ability to effectively manage potential emergency medical situations.
• Occasionally stationary for 1 - 2 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• May interact with others, relating and gathering sensitive information. Interaction includes diverse groups.
• Works with guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions from management.
• May require periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence.
• Ability to perform under stress.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Regular and consistent attendance.
• Work is performed in an office or clinical environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Frequently works varying shifts.
• Works weekends and/or holidays.
• Frequently works at a fast pace under varying time constraints.
• Frequently requires working on multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Frequent exposure to bio-hazardous material, infectious diseases and/or illnesses.
• Personal protective equipment may be required such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves.
• This position is a per diem role, requiring flexibility to work across all shift types: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts.
• All new employees must complete a mandatory training period during the 1st shift (typically 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM) for the first month of employment.
• Flexibility to work weekends and holidays as required by the department schedule.
• Ability to respond to on-call requests and cover shifts on short notice is essential.
• Willingness to rotate shifts and adapt to changing schedules as needed.

Skills

• Basic Life Support
• Interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Verbal communication skills
• Written communication skills
• Ability to communicate with all levels of staff, management and physicians
• Ability to effectively manage multiple complex tasks
• Ability to effectively manage potential emergency medical situations
• Basic medical care
• Monitoring and recording Adverse Events
• Technical procedures including blood collection, vital signs, and ECGs
• Basic dosing including oral, inhalation and nasal

Work Type

• Flex with On Call Duty
• Per Diem

Education Level

• High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent
• Relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Certificate (for technical positions)

About the Company

• At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we work together to accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, drive innovation and increase laboratory productivity.
• Our people are the source of our global success.
• We embrace the opportunities and challenges we face as one team.
• Discover that, at Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell.
• We're writing new chapters every day.