Paramedic - PRN

Lifepoint Health®; Sylva (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Sylva, NC is seeking a Paramedic - PRN to deliver high-quality emergency medical services. The role requires handling multiple emergency situations, maintaining certifications, and ensuring unit readiness. Join a dedicated team focused on patient well-being in a beautiful region known for its outdoor activities.

Qualifications

• Current North Carolina Paramedic, National Registry Preferred.
• Life Safety certifications in: BLS, ACLS, PALS/EPC/PEPP required.
• Must attain BTLS/PHTLS/ITLS within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Respond to emergency and non-emergency situations to provide advanced life support.
• Ensure the assigned unit is properly equipped and stocked for patient incidents.
• Responsible for scheduling and finding coverage for shifts.

Skills

Emergency Response

Advanced Life Support

Critical Thinking

Education

Graduation from a Paramedic program

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Who We Are:

People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Harris Regional Hospital is an 86-bed acute care facility, including orthopedics, cardiology, general surgery, women’s care, and emergency medicine, as well as sports medicine, physical therapy, imaging and laboratory services, and many other areas of subspecialty care.

Where We Are:

Located in western North Carolina, picturesque Sylva offers local restaurants, stores, & breweries with convenient access to Asheville & the Blue Ridge Parkway. The landscape is highlighted by waterfalls, rocky peaks and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, providing opportunities for whitewater rafting, hiking, and biking throughout the region. Sylva is home to Southwestern Community College and Western Carolina University, a mid-size four-year public college offering both undergraduate and graduate programs, located 5 miles away in Cullowhee. Both Asheville, NC, and Gatlinburg, TN, are just 50 miles away and Atlanta, GA is 150 miles from Sylva.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY: The Paramedic works with the team to respond, treat, and react quickly and calmly to emergency and non-emergency situations in order to provide efficient and immediate, advanced and basic life support, care to the ill and injured. The Paramedic ensures that during a shift that the assigned unit is properly equipped, stocked, and prepared to respond to a single or multiple patient incidents. The Paramedic is responsible for their schedule and finding coverage in the event that they are not available to cover a shift. Shift work requires a mixture of day, night, twenty four hour and on call coverage to ensure adequate coverage for the service.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The following qualifications are the minimum requirements necessary to adequately perform this job. However, an equivalent combination of experience, education and training which provides the necessary knowledge skills and abilities would be acceptable, subject to any legal and/or regulatory requirements.

Education: Graduation from a Paramedic program.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Current North Carolina Paramedic, National Registry Preferred.
• Two years experience as a full time Paramedic is desired.
• Life Safety certifications in: BLS, ACLS, PALS/EPC/PEPP are required upon hire and must be maintained. Must attain BTLS/PHTLS/ITLS within 6 months of hire and maintain.
  
  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The amount of physical effort remains fluid throughout the shift, but many excursions is consistent. The fixed demands of the job are lifting, securing, and transporting patients to the unit and hospital. To accomplish task an employee is required to twist, bend, walk, run, kneel, and lift. These functions are often accomplished in adverse weather conditions. In addition, this individual must often deal with obese and/or uncooperative in their actions. The duration and weight is dependent on the situation, but employees should be able to lift 100 lbs. and duration of events often lasting greater than one hour per call.

EEOC Statement

“Harris Regional Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Harris Regional Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

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