Midwest Medical is looking for experienced nurses to add to our standby events team

• Do you pride yourself on excellent patient care skills?
• Do you have successful RN/ Critical Care experience?
• Are you wanting to work with new state of the art equipment (power cots, monitors, ambulances)?
• Do you want to be part of something new and exciting??

SUMMARY:
Provides Advanced Life Support including medical evaluation, treatment, and stabilization
of the critically ill and injured; responds to emergency rescue situations involving potential
loss of life or bodily injury; maintains control, manages, and directs patient care at the
scene of a pre-hospital emergency and in hospital interfaculty transfers. Provides training
and instruction to lesser trained personnel; performs other duties as required.

ADA: (American Disabilities Act) Incidence
Lifting 150# High (50%-75%)
Standing Medium (25%-50%)
Sitting High (50%-75%)
Walking Medium (25%-50%)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Provides and directs fast, efficient Advanced Life Support to the ill and injured
utilizing all basic and advanced abilities and techniques, including but not limited
to; the placement of peripheral, central, and intra-osseous lines, endotracheal
intubations, cricothyrotomies, fluid and drug therapy, cardiac monitoring and EKG
interpretations, defibrillation, and cardioversion
 Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and
acceptable differential diagnosis
 Performs critical physical examinations
 Recognizes common cardiac dysrhythmias and understands the principles and
treatment modalities for life threatening dysrhythmias
 Understands and anticipates the pharmacological treatment of critically ill and
injured patients
 Understands and anticipates potentially life-threatening non-cardiac emergencies
and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation
of life
 Deals with medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute illness or injury with
the goal of reducing mortality and morbidity
 Files standardized reports of patient information and care for the use of receiving
hospital and administration, including nature of request for aid, pertinent history,
therapy provided diagnosis, disposition, and sufficient patient information for billing
purposes
 Maintains effective communication with physician and other medical staff on duty
at hospital to relate patient condition and obtain orders for treatment
 Follows standard written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted
 Transports the ill and injured to institutions of medical care
 Operates emergency vehicles in a safe manner under all conditions
 Cleans and maintains equipment
 Properly completes patient statistics and medical information forms for
administrative use
 Performs technical maneuvers in removing victims from varied terrain and
circumstances, and follows standard operating policies and procedures as
developed and interpreted by the Director
 Must pass company sponsored PCP physical exam (post offer pre- employment)
and Drug Screen and background check
 Must successfully complete the company sponsored Intersection/Safety program
 Other duties as assigned or requested by the General Manager / Regional
Manager/Station manager or Supervisor

Physical demands on the Registered Nurse:
 Lifting the stretcher (be able to lift and carry 150 pounds)
 Placing stretcher in the ambulance and seeing that the patient and stretcher are
secured
 Work requires the employee to operate emergency medical vehicles
 Move medical equipment and extract injured persons from a wide variety of
situations
 Situation can involve vehicular, industrial, and residential accidents, injuries or
illness and occur anywhere
 At times the work requires movement over various types of terrain, (hilly, steep,
rocky, rough, and/or wet/slippery surfaces)
 The incumbent must be able to carry or help carry someone from the site of the
injury to the mode of transportation (vehicle/helicopter) and ride with the injured
party to the hospital
 To perform a physical assessment of the injured party, the incumbent must see,
hear, and communicate with the injured party
Registered Nurses will be issued and must wear department issued uniforms while on
duty; additionally, Registered Nurses will be responsible for the maintenance and
cleaning of both dress and safety uniforms, as well as all issued equipment.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:
 Cleans and maintains (minor maintenance) vehicles
 Cleans and maintains living quarters
 Maintains records of vehicles, supplies, training, and daily work
 Performs other related duties as assigned

After each call, the Registered Nurse:
 Restocks and replaces used linens, blankets, and other supplies
 Cleans all equipment following appropriate disinfecting procedures
 Makes careful check of all equipment so that the ambulance is ready for the next
run
 Maintains ambulance in efficient operating condition
 Ensures that the ambulance is clean and washed and kept in a neat orderly
condition in accordance with local, state or federal regulations, decontaminates
the interior of the vehicle after transport of patient

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The qualifications listed are representative of those required to successfully fulfill job
responsibilities, but may include program-specific qualifications not listed.
 Education:
o Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
 Experience:
o Minimum two years’ critical care/emergency nursing experience
 Licenses & Certificates:
o Current RN license(s) for states of practice
o Current certifications in BLS/CPR; ACLS
 Perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy
 Understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of
injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies
 Maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured
persons
 Learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in prehospital
and in-hospital care
 Perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and
maintenance of rescue and medical equipment
 Direct the work of and teach other personnel
 Understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders; maintain a
professional attitude when representing the department
 Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees,
assisting agencies, hospital personnel and the public
 Drive and operate emergency ambulance units
 Author reports with narrative and numeric information