Resuscitation Airway Management Specialist, 40 Hours, Mixed Shift

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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$29.35 - $39.53

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

Scheduled Hours:

7a-7p 7p-7a

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10020 - 2366 Emergency Med Svcs

Union:

NAGE (National Association of Government Employees)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Personnel who have competency in airway management, including Medication Assisted Intubation/Rapid Sequence Intubation (MAI/RSI) as well as experience managing episodes of acute clinical decompensation in medically ill patients serve in the North Pavilion (PAV) in capacities consistent with their level or training and scope of practice. All work performed in the hospital will be done under the clinical supervision of the attending physician.

Major Responsibilities:
1. Working in a collaborative fashion as part of the care team with physicians, APPs, PCAs, Unit Secretaries, Respiratory Therapists, and RN staff.
2. When summoned in case of critical decompensation or cardiac arrest, at the direction of the physician or APP, will be responsible for management of the patient’s airway according to the Resuscitation and Airway Management Specialist (RAMS) training and scope.  The airway procedures will include:
o    Use of LMAs and other supraglottic airways.
o    BVM ventilation.
o    Use of PEEP valve during ventilation.
o    Direct laryngoscopy.
o    Video laryngoscopy.
o    Orotracheal and nasotracheal intubation.
o    Use of bougie to assist in intubation.
o    Cricothyrotmy in Cannot intubate, cannot ventilate (CICO) situations.
o    Placement of orogastric or nasograstric tube.

3. Participate in a program of patient monitoring (known as “Overwatch”) with the following general characteristics:
o    Meeting with other clinical staff to identify patients at elevated risk of clinical decompensation and monitoring these patients for any acute changes throughout the course of a shift.
o    Responding and interfacing with the interdisciplinary team to help identify management strategies for patients identified in the above activities
o    Participate in clinical rounds in coordination with the interdisciplinary care team to review patients’ condition and evaluate clinical progress.

4. Establish and maintain peripheral IV access when called upon by the clinical team in cases of patients with difficult IV access.    

5. Assisting with transport of critical patients to and from areas of the hospital while monitoring for any acute changes.

6. Performing phlebotomy when needed urgently for “STAT” blood draws or in the case of actuely decompensating patients.

7. Responds according to hospital policies to Visitor/Employee/Outpatient (VEO) emergencies as needed

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:  
1.    Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
2.    Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3.    Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4.    Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5.    Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.
6.    Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7.    Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

II.  Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1.    Certified in CPR - Basic Rescue by either the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association. 
2.    Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support by the American Heart Association.  
Experience/Skills:
Required:
1.    At least three years of experience in the care of patients with critical illness within the last 5 years.
2.    Experience with Rapid Sequence Intubation with at least 20 intubations performed.
3.    Experience with surgical cricothyrotomy.
4.    Experience with placement of nasogastric tubes.
5.    Experience with placement of peripheral IVs.
6.    Experience and training on placement of Intraosseos access device.
7.    Demonstrated ability to work well under often stressful situations.
8.    Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
9.    Effective oral and written communication skills.
Preferred:
1.    Minimum three years of experience in an urban EMS service integrated with a municipal first response system.
2.    Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments.  The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description.  Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III.  Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:
Work is considered medium. Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment.

Constantly:  Working Indoors.

Frequently:  Sitting, Standing, Walking, Pushing, Pulling, Twisting, Reaching, Performing Repetitive Movements, Precise Motor Skills required, Precise Hearing required, Precise Vision required; Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, and Pulling - Less than 10 pounds to 20 pounds.

Often:  Balancing, Bending, Kneeling, Grasping, High Level of Stress; Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, and Pulling – 20 pounds to over 100 pounds.

Never:  Climbing, Kneeling, Working Outdoors, Working in Temperature Extremes, Working at Heights.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.