Paramedic

Job Description

Paramedic | Baltimore County Government

The Tone:
Baltimore County Government serves its community by providing essential public safety services, including emergency medical care. This early career Paramedic role is vital for delivering immediate, advanced life support and emergency response to residents experiencing medical crises. Joining the team means directly contributing to saving lives and ensuring the well-being of the county’s population. This position requires individuals who can perform critical, time-sensitive tasks in stressful and hazardous environments.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Towson, MD

• Mission: To provide basic and advanced life support to sick, injured, or convalescent persons in Baltimore County.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Emergency Response: Perform basic and advanced life support measures, including invasive procedures and other emergency medical care, at incident sites and en-route to medical facilities.
• Medical Operations: Administer medications intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, and orally, while also evaluating electrocardiograms and managing patient transfers.
• Unit Command: Command a medic unit, operate departmental apparatus in emergency modes, and utilize light duty rescue equipment as necessary.
• Documentation & Maintenance: Prepare and maintain logs and reports, and ensure the ambulance, medic unit, first aid equipment, and living quarters are clean and well-maintained.
• Hazardous Operations: Perform critical, time-sensitive, complex problem-solving during physical exertion in stressful, hazardous environments, potentially assisting in fire suppression and rescue.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Possession of a high school diploma, GED, or state-accredited equivalent. Requires a current and unrestricted Maryland Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, Maryland Cardiac Rescue Technician, National Registry Paramedic, Maryland Intermediate/99 certification, or NREMT confirmation of successful completion for Maryland Intermediate/99.
• Experience: Must be in good standing at your current employer with no pending internal investigations, be at least 18 years of age, and have a valid non-provisional driver’s license with less than 4 points on your driving record.
• Skills: Knowledge of basic and advanced life support principles and practices; skill in providing advanced life support, patient assessment, and injury treatment services; ability to command a medic unit and operate departmental vehicles safely in emergency conditions; ability to prepare and maintain accurate logs and reports; ability to act calmly and decisively in emergency situations and perform complex problem-solving under stress.