• Paramedic

    UnityPoint Health (Des Moines, IA)


    + Area of Interest: Allied Health

    + FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.01

    + Department: Air Ambulance- Meth

    + Shift: Rotating Days/Nights/Weekends

    + Job ID: 175415

     

    Overview

     

    Shift: PRN; Rotating Days/Nights/Weekends

     

    Join UnityPoint Health’s LifeFlight team and bring your skills to the skies. As an Air Transport Paramedic, you’ll deliver advanced, compassionate care in hospital, out‑of‑hospital, aircraft, and ground ambulance settings. Working side‑by‑side with physicians, nurses, and fellow caregivers, you’ll play a critical role in assessing, treating, and supporting patients and families during life‑changing moments.

    What You’ll Do

    + Provide high‑level patient care under the Scope of Practice for Iowa Paramedics and Critical Care Paramedics.

    + Collaborate across disciplines to ensure safe, seamless care.

    + Educate and support patients and families while leading by example.

    + Uphold UnityPoint Health’s FOCUS Values, AIDET+, and Service Excellence standards in every interaction.

    Why It Matters

    Your expertise ensures safe transport, improved outcomes, and peace of mind for patients and families. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to represent UnityPoint Health with professionalism and compassion while making a real difference in critical care transport.

     

    Why UnityPoint Health?

     

    At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

     

    Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.   Here are just a few:

     

    + Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program .

    + Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

    + Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family .

     

    With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

     

    And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

     

    Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

    Responsibilities

    + Assesses the needs of patients and families, providing appropriate teaching and making the necessary referrals to provide continuity of care.

    + Develops an individual plan of care using a collaborative approach with the patient/family and health care team.

    + Promptly completes documentation to assure an accurate legal record of patient’s care.

    + Delivers high quality care utilizing the nursing process while demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the specialty required on assigned unit in accordance with established policies, procedures and standards of care.

    + Utilizes holistic approach (considering diversity, biopsychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients and families served in the assigned service area.

    + Delegates and provides direction for other healthcare team members within their scope of practice and hold s them accountable for their involvement in the plan of care.

    + Utilizes critical thinking in developing nursing interventions while maintaining responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.

    + Assess and chooses teach ing strategies appropriate to the patient’s and their families’ age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.

    Qualifications

    Education:

    + Graduate of an accredited Paramedic Program

    License(s)/Certification(s):

    + Current licensure in good standing t o practice as a Paramedic in Iowa .

    + Critical Care Paramedic (CCP) required upon hire

    + Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification or obtain certification within thr ee (3) months from date of hire

    + Approved Trauma Course ( required upon hire )

    + FP-C (required within 2 years of hire)

    + Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons.

    Experience:

    + Minimum 3-5 years full-time with high volume ALS/911 service

    Other:

    + Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

    + Work may require travel to other UPH facilities our bases of operation . May drive a UPH vehicle, rental or own vehicle.

    + Ability to perform functions of the job in all conditions of the environment including weather extremes, noise, vibration and aviation (fumes, flicker, altitude, turbulence).