Paramedic
About The Position
As a Paramedic, you will provide advanced emergency medical care and transport to critically ill or injured patients in pre-hospital and inter-facility settings. Every day you will rapidly assess scenes, evaluate conditions, and administer life-saving interventions, while safely operating emergency vehicles and documenting care. To be successful, you will demonstrate expert clinical skills, exceptional critical thinking under stress, and compassionate communication, ensuring optimal patient outcomes. Maintains established policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement program and safety standards. Performs patient systems assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner. Enters patient data into computerized patient care reporting system so that there are no deficiencies. Performs direct patient care and implements patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner while administering medications and performing procedures consistent with EMT certification. Administers medications and performs procedures consistent with Paramedic certification and selected S-SV EMS treatment protocols. Participates in problem identification and patient care planning.
Requirements
- High School Graduate General Studies and Six months experience as a paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department. Hiring manager may consider the applicants field internship as qualifying experience if the preceptorship was completed at a Dignity Health North Service Area facility and successfully completed, upon hire or High School GED General Studies and less than 1 year Six months experience as a paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department. Hiring manager may consider applicants field internship as qualifying experience if the preceptorship was completed at a Dignity Health North Service Area facility and successfully completed, upon hire
- Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: CA, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and (Must be through the American Heart Association)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and (Must be through the American Heart Association)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and (Must be through the American Heart Association)
- CDMC, upon hire
- Certified Ambulance Driver: CA, upon hire
- Driver's License: CA, upon hire
- Local Paramedic Accredited, upon hire
Nice To Haves
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire
- Prehospital Trauma Life Support, upon hire
- Stable Program, upon hire
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced emergency medical care and transport to critically ill or injured patients in pre-hospital and inter-facility settings.
- Rapidly assess scenes, evaluate conditions, and administer life-saving interventions.
- Safely operate emergency vehicles and document care.
- Demonstrate expert clinical skills, exceptional critical thinking under stress, and compassionate communication, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
- Maintain established policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement program and safety standards.
- Perform patient systems assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner.
- Enter patient data into computerized patient care reporting system so that there are no deficiencies.
- Perform direct patient care and implement patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner while administering medications and performing procedures consistent with EMT certification.
- Administer medications and perform procedures consistent with Paramedic certification and selected S-SV EMS treatment protocols.
- Participate in problem identification and patient care planning.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
