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About the Role
The City of Austin’s Emergency Medical Services Department is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (PA or NP) to join their team. This role focuses on pre-hospital medicine, providing excellent patient care in the field. Successful candidates will be hired as a sworn public service position with Austin-Travis County EMS.
Responsibilities
- Performs physical assessment of patients using observation, inspection auscultation, palpation, and percussion.
- Refers patients to physicians for consultation when indicated by clinical exam.
- Treats patients following standards of care.
- Secures and evaluates medical histories of patients.
- Orders, performs, and interprets both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures or tests for individualized patients.
- Coordinates care by training and directing members of the health care team.
- Assists families in utilizing health care resources available.
- Plans, promotes, demonstrates, recommends, and coordinates high standards of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) practice.
- Manages low acuity and high acuity patients in the EMS setting.
- Introduces innovations in emergency medical care and health programs.
- Assists in EMS education and training.
- Maintains care of equipment.
- May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluations, training, and guidance to others.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant school, plus two (2) years of experience in Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care setting, or clinically-related field.
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing plus Nurse Practitioner certification in an area of Emergency Medicine or Family Practice, plus two (2) years of experience.
- Current Paramedic Certification.
- Valid State of Texas Class C Driver License.
- Must be able to respond quickly to ambulance, to access patients in difficult terrain, to climb stairs, to work in dangerous environments such as damaged vehicles.
- Must be able, with partner, to carry equipment and patients weighing up to 180 pounds.
- Must be able to perform strenuous physical recruitments such as CPR and lifting and moving of equipment and patients in a variety of environmental conditions.
- Must be able to swim at the basic survival level.
- Must be able to perform required medical skills and techniques such as bandaging, splinting, establishing an IV, performing endotracheal incubation and other advanced airway techniques, manual defibrillator, pleural decompression.
- Must have correctable vision acceptable for day and night operation of emergency vehicles and color acuity adequate for determination of skin and blood color.
- Must be able to read medication dosages on drug labels and syringes.
- Must be able to hear and understand information provided by patients, family and bystanders; to hear breath sounds and accurately determine blood pressures; to differentiate separate conversations in active, distracting environments; to hear and understand radio traffic when responding with lights and sirens.
- Must be able to speak and enunciate clearly and at a level audible to others in loud conditions; to speak clearly in stressful situations; to verbally communicate with patients, families, and other emergency personnel.
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of out-of-hospital care.
- Knowledge of driving an emergency vehicle.
- Knowledge of the scope of practice of advanced practice providers in the clinical specialty.
- Knowledge of instruments, equipment, and mechanical devices employed in the speciality area of EMS.
- Knowledge of relationship between EMS, primary care, and urgent/emergency care.
- Knowledge of community organizations, health programs, and local receiving facilities.
- Skill in effective oral and written communication.
- Skill in establishing an effective and constructive working relationship with patients, families, physicians, departmental personnel, City employees, and the public.
- Ability to maintain professional demeanor.
- Ability to maintain current required licenses and certifications.
Skills
- Physician Assistant
- Nurse Practitioner
- Emergency Medicine
- Urgent Care
- Paramedic
- Advanced airway techniques
- Manual defibrillator
- Pleural decompression
- CPR
- Oral communication
- Written communication
Location
- Austin, Texas
- Travis County, Texas
Work Type
- Direct hire
- Full-time
- Essential position
Experience Level
- 2 years of experience
Education Level
- Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant school
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
- Nurse Practitioner certification
Salary/Compensations
- Paid commensurate with experience
Benefits
- Paid time off
- ACME Category 1 CE coverage
- Department pays for licensures (TMB, DEA, TDSHS)
- Continuing education (category 1 CE)
- Competitive benefits
- Insurance for employees and family
About the Company
- The City of Austin’s Emergency Medical Services Department provides the 9-1-1 emergency medical response throughout Austin and Travis County, Texas, serving a population of over 2.2 million people.
- We work independently as a third service public safety provider—this means our focus is on pre-hospital medicine, and our Medics are trusted as clinicians capable of providing excellent patient care in the field.
- With top notch equipment, excellent physician collaboration, paid time off, and ACME Category 1 CE coverage there is a fulfilling career waiting for you at ATCEMS!