Paramedic

Catholic Health Initiatives; Carrington (ND); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team at a critical access hospital where you'll provide vital pre-hospital and hospital care. As a Paramedic, you'll work with diverse patient populations, ensuring high-quality care through assessments and treatment protocols. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a difference in the community while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. You'll be responsible for patient safety, medication administration, and the supervision of EMT staff. This is a rewarding position in a supportive environment that values your skills and dedication to patient care.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• NREMT-PARA and EMT-P:ND certifications needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care to patients of all ages.
• Administer medications and perform patient assessments.
• Coordinate patient care with ancillary departments.

Skills

Patient Care

Assessment Skills

Medication Administration

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

NREMT-PARA Certification

EMT-P:ND Certification

Basic Life Support (BLS)

ACLS Certification

PALS Certification

Job description

Catholic Health Initiatives Paramedic in Carrington, North Dakota

Overview

Work in the heart of #humankindness at CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington. As our Paramedic, you'll provide professional and compassionate care to a variety of patients encountered in a multidisciplinary pre-hospital/hospital setting. Patient population groups include children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics, occasionally dealing with multiple patients or population groups simultaneously.

The Paramedic performs and documents assessments and treatments; individualizes patient care and ensures that interventions are made appropriately and according to policy; identifies needs that may include supervising the transfer of patients to a different facility or level of care. The Paramedic provides direct patient care; administers medications utilizing the five (5) Patient Rights; identifies significant changes or high-risk situations; completes all documentation in a timely manner; demonstrates knowledge and use of equipment encountered in the ambulance department or in hospital; communicates patient status at transfer of care; adjusts own workload as needed; assesses, identifies, and communicates staffing needs to Coordinator or adjusts staffing needs to the current situation. She/he is responsible for the supervision and safety of EMTs, staff, and bystanders, and coordinates the patient care with ancillary departments involved in either direct or indirect patient care. Treatment is accomplished through the guidelines established by the Standing Orders, Medical Director, and ND State Guidelines.

About Us:

CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, has a variety of skills from clinical to project management. In our Critical Access Hospital, you will be exposed to the emergency department, acute care (Med/Surg), swing bed, surgery, outpatient treatment, and so much more!

Responsibilities

1. Provides professional and compassionate patient care to all age groups.
2. Individualizes Patient Care as needed to accurately reflect current patient needs. This ensures that interventions or physician order requests are made promptly, particularly when exceptions occur on patient care guidelines.
3. Provides patient care, which is appropriate to the patient diagnosis, symptoms, and physician orders, following ambulance and/or hospital policies and procedures.
4. Performs patient assessment and takes appropriate action according to treatment guidelines.
5. Administers Medications utilizing the 5 Rights and according to the standard operating procedure.

Qualifications

1. High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
2. NREMT-PARA
3. EMT-P:ND
4. AUTO:ND
5. Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by American Heart Association
6. ACLS issued by American Heart Association
7. PALS issued by American Heart Association

Pay Range

$20.32 - $27.94 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.