Paramedic - Ambulance | Fargo - Full Time

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. For over 60 years, Sanford Ambulance – Fargo, has been providing world-class pre-hospital care to the community that we love. Who is Sanford Ambulance? We are a 9-1-1 ambulance service that handles approximately 35,000 calls for service annually in the Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo metro area, as well as portions of Cass County, ND and Clay County, MN. Sanford Ambulance deploys ambulances throughout the communities that we serve, utilizing Computer Aided Dispatch software that incorporates Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data and GPS. This technology, combined with Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) protocols insure that the quickest available unit and appropriate resources are dispatched to every emergency. In addition, we are: - Hard-working professionals who are dedicated to delivering top-notch, compassionate care to our friends, family, neighbors, and community. - Committed to strong community partnerships with other first responders and organizations that we work with on a daily basis. - Reliable and dependable - when our community needs help, we are there 24-hours/day, 7 days/week, every day of the year. - Teams of paramedics and EMTs that take pride in what we do. It is our privilege to serve those who need our help, and we are passionate about providing the best care possible. - A family - we support each other through tough times, and best of all, we have fun together.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Must have a thorough knowledge of paramedic principles, practices and techniques, knowledge of how various equipment such as a monitor or defibrillator work and how to troubleshoot problems that may arise.
Active Paramedic certification with NREMT by the time of hire.
Requires current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
Requires ability to be licensed as a Paramedic in both ND (ND Department of Health) and MN (Minnesota Office of EMS). This will be obtained with company assistance upon acceptance of job offer.
Must maintain current driver's license and exceptional driving record for purposes of insurability.
Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check will be completed annually.

Nice To Haves

Previous Paramedic experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Responding to requests for emergency medical services
Provide both Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) care, as appropriate
Demonstrate competency in delivering excellent care to sick and injured patients (adults/children/infants)
Possess the knowledge and the necessary skills to provide lifesaving interventions in a pre-hospital setting, both on-scene as well as during transport to a hospital Emergency Department (based on protocols or physician medical direction).