Paramedic

Decypher is a leading integrator of professional, technology, and management solutions and services. We provide our services globally to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. Our employees are our most valuable asset and play an integral role in the success of Decypher and our clients. Working at Decypher is not a job, but a career where your talent and energy is respected, and you can personally make a difference. Decypher invites you to join our professional team.

DESCRIPTION

Decypher is seeking Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic (EMT-P) candidates to support at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assess a patient's condition and determine a course of treatment per local protocol.
• Provide morning triage for student(s) incapable to perform in training due to medical and musculoskeletal reasons. Triage will be used to determine: - If student is stable refer all medical conditions to the base Flight Medicine Clinic.
• Assigned to student flight for medical monitoring of all high-risk training event modules to provide medical coverage and monitoring that include aquatic and land-based training.
• Respond, stabilize and activate Emergency Medical System in response to physical trauma, heat stroke, and near drowning episodes.
• Summarize nature of injury and emergency care rendered to the receiving EMS responders.
• Inventory, replace, and clean all supplies and equipment after use.
• Interface with biotechnology monitoring systems and physiologic thresholds that should prompt medical emergency intervention to preempt injury/trauma. Access to the system and required training will be provided by the government.
• Work with a multidisciplinary human performance team that includes other medical professionals to ensure the proper care and health monitoring of all students (i.e. physicians, sports medicine provider, athletic trainers, physical therapists, operational psychologists, strength coaches, etc).
• Coordinate with contracted or military medical director, government supervisor, preceptor and /or lead paramedic on a daily basis for proper medical oversight and direction in accordance with national and state EMT-P and Paramedic guidelines.
• Keep accurate records of all injuries, method of treatment, rehabilitation, and medical releases. In the course of normal operations, provide relevant information to SW medical staff to support the students' medical needs.
• Work a non-standard schedule, extended hours, and/or rotating shifts which may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, but not to exceed a 40-hour week. Shall be flexible and may need to deviate from the typical work week schedule.
• The work requires some physical exertion, such as walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces as well as time spent outdoors in extreme temperatures and variable weather conditions.
• Visits or extended duties to these types of locations/sites or sites to observe performance/events, to perform surveys, to conduct planning, etcetera are required to ensure mission accomplishment. Some agility is required in physically conducting actions in these environments.
• Work may require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. Therefore, the employee may be requested to perform other reasonable duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor or other management as required. (This is vital to protect the interests of Decypher and to be a fine print for the organization and its employees that there may be other duties and responsibilities within the position that may arise progressively during the nature of employment).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Paramedic / EMT Certification
• Certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) or State License at the EMT-P level or higher
• 3 years of experience as a Paramedic within the last 5 years
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• US Citizen
• NACI background check

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces as well as time spent outdoors in extreme temperatures and variable weather
  
  conditions.
• prolonged standing indoors or outdoors
• bending, reaching, squatting, sitting, running, jumping, bending, walking, crawling
• lifting heavy weights potentially up to 100 lbs.
• The position requires ability to move over, around, and through obstacles to a height of 10 feet, and up to 1.5 mile over rough terrain

At Decypher we believe that equal opportunity fuels innovation by using the strengths of individual differences. Therefore, we strive to provide a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decypher is fully committed to a program of equal opportunity for all applicants and employees and will actively carry out all federal and state regulations and executive orders. We apply our equal opportunity policy to all employment decisions.

This position is not authorized for remote/telework