Community/Mobile-Integrated Paramedic
Full time, 80 hours per pay period
Covenant Health Overview:
Covenant Health is East Tennessee’s top-performing healthcare network with 10 hospitals and over 85 outpatient and specialty services, and Covenant Medical Group, our area’s fastest-growing physician practice division. Headquartered in Knoxville, Covenant Health is a community-owned, not-for-profit healthcare system and the area’s largest employer with over 11,000 employees.
Covenant Health is the only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named six times by Forbes as a Best Employer.
Position Summary:
The Community/Mobile Integrated Health (CP/MIH) Paramedic functions within Covenant Health Mobile-Integrated Health Programs and the Covenant EMS System. The primary role is acting as a member of the MIH team for Hospital-at-Home patients. In this, the community paramedic is dispatched to set up and evaluate the patient in their “hospital room” in the privacy of their own home. This involves establishing remote monitoring technology, conducting physical assessments, medication reconciliation, assisting with medication administration, working in collaboration with an RN (who functions as the patients' primary nurse) and provider team (that is responsible for the ongoing oversight and care of the patient), serving as their hands, eyes, and ears.
Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon || jgordon2@covhlth.com || 865-374-8107
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Five years (5) full time experience as a paramedic or past experience as an RN in an acute care setting.
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain a TN Critical Care Paramedic certification. Must have and maintain International Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC) Community Paramedic Certification. ACLS and BLS Required. Employee must have a valid Tennessee driver’s license and state mandated minimum insurance coverage. Driving record must meet Covenant Health minimum standards at the date of hire and throughout employment tenure.
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