As a Paramedic, you will respond to urgent and emergent presentations, manage patients within your authorized practice scope, and work with the medical team to support ambulance care and transfers. This internationally based healthcare assignment includes patient monitoring, clinical handovers, emergency equipment checks, and collaboration with authorized providers during routine and urgent services.Patients may need care beyond what the local clinic can provide, so the ability to recognize escalation needs and communicate clearly during patient movement is important. You will also support medical readiness tasks when assigned, use the approved record system, and help keep airway supplies, monitors, oxygen equipment, medication kits, and trauma equipment prepared for the next call. You will also report patient safety issues and equipment concerns promptly through established clinical channels.Employment Type: Full-timeAssignment Details: This position requires relocation to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, for the duration of the assignment.Key ResponsibilitiesAssess and triage patients, deliver authorized emergency interventions, and stabilize medical or trauma presentations under approved protocols.Provide ambulance and prehospital care, reassess patients during movement, and communicate comprehensive handovers to receiving clinicians.Coordinate referrals, transfers, and medical evacuation activities with clinical personnel and designated medical operations teams.Support routine and urgent care, medical screenings, preventive health activities, and readiness assessments within authorized scope.Document assessment findings, treatment, vital signs, interventions, and disposition in the designated electronic health record.Check oxygen, airway, monitoring, trauma, and medication equipment; follow safety and infection-control procedures and participate in emergency drills.You will draw on your full paramedic skill set while working closely with a clinical team responsible for care beyond the initial response.
