Paramedic PRN

LCMC Health; Marrero (LA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Join LCMC Health as a Paramedic PRN in Marrero, Louisiana, where you will play a crucial role in providing emergency medical care. You will be responsible for performing patient assessments, ensuring effective communication with medical control, and delivering compassionate care. This part-time position offers a dynamic work environment within a community-driven healthcare organization dedicated to excellence.

Benefits

Community-focused workplace

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Valid Louisiana EMT-P license required.
• 2 years EMS related experience.
• American Heart Association BLS, PALS, ACLS certifications needed.

Responsibilities

• Perform assessments and provide medical care in emergencies.
• Document patient conditions and treatments accurately.
• Maintain equipment and ensure readiness for calls.

Skills

Teamwork

Compassion

Communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

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Your job is more than a job

You’re a a real-life guardian angel in times of a medical crisis. As a Field Paramedic, timely care is of the essence. You understand the power of teamwork as you respond to urgent medical situations in a prehospital setting or in a hospital emergency department. You take responsibility for performance improvement, adequate supplies and equipment, and completing required medical and non-medical records.

You’re a part of countless stories, silent cries for help, appreciative thank you’s, comforting handholds, and whispered prayers as you carry the weight of the human experience on their shoulders. Through it all, you never waver in your commitment to delivering extraordinary care because saving lives is not just about the right skillset, it’s about the right mindset. And you’ve got both. We love that about you.

Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this first-responder field paramedic role.

Your Everyday

Perform a primary and secondary survey on every patient to ensure that all illnesses or injuries are found and treated rapidly.

Ensure that all the proper equipment is brought to the patient to begin immediate medical care as required.

Ensure that the patient maintains a patent airway and uses several different airway devices up to the ET tube based on the situation.

Control all major bleeding and use acceptable techniques when applying direct pressure, elevation or pressure points to the use of a tourniquet.

Transport patients safely and to the facility of choice on all calls and recognizes the need to transport critical patients to the closest hospital.

Contact medical control and relays patient reports over the radio to the physician in-charge and follows direct order to continue care while in transport to the hospital.

Document in descriptive legible form on the PCR the patient’s condition, noting initial impression, medical history and any treatment rendered noting pertinent negatives/positives.

Keep dispatch informed of departures, arrivals and any other related important information via the radio at all times.

Apply the needed skills to replace and repackage all equipment that is used during a call.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

High School Diploma/GED required.

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic (NREMT - Paramedic) Defensive driving certification

Licensed through the Louisiana Department of Health - Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic (EMT-P)

2 years of EMS related experience

American Heart Association BLS, PALS (within 6 months), and ACLS certifications.

Louisiana Office Of Motor Vehicles driver's license - Class D

Crisis Prevention Institute Non-Violent Crisis Prevention (CPI, NCI-CPI) certification.

Work Shift

Variable Hours (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About West Jefferson Medical Center

West Jefferson Medical Center, a cornerstone of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is regionally recognized and nationally accredited. For over 60 years, we’ve been the hospital-of-choice on the west bank of Jefferson Parish for health, wellness, and family-centered care. Learn more about West Jefferson Medical Center and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do
  
  

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Simple things make the difference.

• To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information.
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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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