Paramedic

Mercy Medical Center Redding; Redding (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center Redding is seeking a Paramedic to provide advanced emergency medical care and transport for critically ill or injured patients in pre-hospital and inter-facility settings.

You will rapidly assess scenes, evaluate conditions, and administer life-saving interventions while safely operating emergency vehicles and documenting care, using expert clinical skills and compassionate communication to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• High School Graduation and six months experience as a paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department; internship may qualify.
• CA paramedic certification upon hire.
• BLS/CPR upon hire.
• ACLS upon hire.
• PALS upon hire.
• CDMC upon hire.
• CA Driver's License upon hire.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Administers medications and performs procedures consistent with Paramedic certification and required protocols.
• Participates in problem identification and patient care planning.

Skills

EMT Paramedic skills

Critical thinking under stress

Compassionate communication

Patient care execution

Education

Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (CA) certification

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification

Certified Ambulance Driver (CA)

Driver's License (CA)

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

• High School Graduate General Studies and Six months experience as a paramedicwith an accredited EMS agency or FireDepartment. Hiring manager may considerthe applicants field internship as qualifyingexperience if the preceptorship wascompleted at a Dignity Health NorthService Area facility and successfullycompleted., upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies and less than 1 year Six months experience as a paramedicwith an accredited EMS agency or FireDepartment. Hiring manager may considerthe applicants field internship as qualifyingexperience if the preceptorship wascompleted at a Dignity Health NorthService Area facility and successfullycompleted., upon hire
• Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire and
• CDMC, upon hire and
• Certified Ambulance Driver: CA, upon hire and
• Driver's License: CA, upon hire and
• Local Paramedic Accrediated, upon hire and

Preferred

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire and
• Prehospital Trauma Life Support, upon hire and
• Stable Program, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the only Joint Commission-certified Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center north of Sacramento north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living.

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