Paramedic

CommonSpirit Health • Red Bluff, CA

5d

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

• 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.
• Driver's License: CA, upon hire
• Certified Ambulance Driver: CA, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• CDMC, upon hire
• Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: CA, upon hire
• Local Paramedic Accredited (s-sv)

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 documenting care.
• 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 implements patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner while administering medications and performing procedures consistent with EMT certification.
• Administer medications and performs procedures consistent with Paramedic certification and selected S-SV EMS treatment protocols.
• Participate in problem identification and patient care planning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees