As a Critical Care Flight Paramedic at Life Link III, you'll join an elite team of flight nurses and pilots, delivering advanced life-saving care with top-of-the-line equipment in air medical transport. Experience a high level of autonomy as you assess and stabilize critically ill or injured patients, performing advanced procedures and ensuring their safe journey to specialized medical facilities. This fast-paced, rewarding role demands expert critical care knowledge, mastery of complex interventions, and exceptional communication-where every mission makes a difference.
Your Impact:
- Provide advanced critical care to patients with life-threatening conditions during air medical transport
- Assess, stabilize, and manage trauma, cardiac, respiratory, and pediatric emergencies in flight
- Perform advanced procedures within paramedic scope
- Administer medications, IV fluids, and blood products per guidelines and established protocols
- Ensure safety throughout all phases of transport in collaboration with pilot and flight nurse
- Collaborate closely with flight nurses, pilots, and other professionals to ensure optimal patient outcomes during transport
- Maintains clear and continuous communication with receiving hospitals, pre-hospital care providers, and family members as necessary
- Participate in pre-flight safety checks, post flight debriefings and maintain equipment readiness
- Document patient care accurately and support quality improvement initiatives
- Maintain critical care skills through ongoing training
Your Qualifications:
- Current Paramedic license in MN, WI, with critical care endorsement required and preferred ND and MI licensures
- BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications required; trauma certifications (TPATC) are encouraged
- FP-C will be required within 18 months of hire date
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification will be required after hire date
- FEMA certification for ICS 100, 200
- A minimum of 3 years of recent (within the last 5 years) critical care of 911 EMS paramedic experience with a focus on high-acuity, critical patient care
- Prior critical care experience that involved a comprehensive understanding of advanced life support techniques, pharmacological therapies, invasive procedures, and emergency interventions
- Prior exposure to high-acuity, multi-system trauma, including shock, severe head injuries, and complex cardiac emergencies, is essential
- Must maintain a flight crew weight of 230 lbs or less, fully dressed in flight required gear
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to maintain airport security access credentials (where applicable)
Preferred Qualifications:- Previous flight experience preferred
- Experience with adult and pediatric patient populations, including neonates, highly preferred
What We Offer:- Base Pay Rate: $34.15 - $46.72 per hour, based on experience
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage starting the first of the month following date of hire
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
- 401k with employer match fully vested
- Generous paid leave and paid time off to foster work/life balance
- Life, disability, critical illness, and accident insurance
- Tuition/Training reimbursement program
Compliance/HIPAA: Must perform work in the manner prescribed by documented work process in order to ensure compliance with all rules and regulations, accreditation standards and laws that apply, specifically work processes that involve billing practices, for avoiding activities that constitute fraud and abuse.
Employment Status Requirements: Life Link III does not sponsor employment visas of any kind. As a pre-condition of employment, all applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
