Paramedic

Dignity Health; Red Bluff (CA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Dignity Health in Red Bluff, CA seeks a Paramedic to provide advanced EMS care and transport in pre-hospital and inter-facility settings. You will rapidly assess scenes, initiate life-saving interventions, operate emergency vehicles, and document care with precision.

Required are six months EMS experience, CA paramedic certification, and BLS/ACLS/PALS per the American Heart Association. This role emphasizes clinical excellence, calm under pressure, and compassionate patient communication.

Qualifications

• Six months experience as a paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department.
• CA paramedic certification and required licenses upon hire.
• CPR/BLS and ACLS/PALS per American Heart Association standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain established policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement and safety standards.
• Perform patient systems assessment and data collection.
• Enter patient data into the computerized patient care reporting system accurately.
• Provide direct patient care and procedures matching Paramedic certification and EMS protocols.
• Administer medications and perform procedures per certification and protocols.
• Participate in problem identification and patient care planning.

Skills

Paramedic clinical skills

Critical thinking under stress

Compassionate communication

Education

EMT-Paramedic certification

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

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.

Job Requirements

Required

• Six months experience as a paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department. and

• 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 and

• Certified Ambulance Driver: CA, upon hire and

• 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 and

• Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: CA, upon hire and

• Local Paramedic Accrediated, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.

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Pay Range

$45.28 - $51.07 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.