PRN Advanced Life Support Paramedic – EMS Transport

Baptist Health; Elizabethtown (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a PRN Paramedic to join our transport EMS team at Baptist Health Hardin. Provides advanced life support care to ill or injured patients and transports per protocol under medical direction.

Minimum requirements include a High school diploma or equivalency, a Kentucky Paramedic license, BLS, PALS and ACLS certifications, and a valid driver’s license. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency required.
• Active Paramedic license through the Kentucky Board of EMS.
• BLS for Healthcare Provider (AHA/ARC).
• PALS & ACLS certifications.
• Other certifications and specialty training as required by the Kentucky Board of EMS.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care within the medical director approved department protocols and state scope of practice.
• Recognizes, responds to, and communicates changes in patient condition appropriately.
• Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation and patient care reports within required timeframe.
• Provides care appropriate to the emergency population and maintains the environment of care.
• Performs ambulance transportation services within the scope of practice of a Paramedic.
• Sets priorities for the transport of multiple patients.
• Assures resources and coordinates plan of delivery.
• Maintains knowledge and familiarity with each vehicle in fleet in order to operate smooth and safely.
• Assures ambulance is clean, stocked and response ready at the beginning and end of every shift as well as prior to each and every request for service.
• Ensures proper vehicle maintenance and equipment readiness as well as proper ALS gear readiness and utilization.

Education

High school diploma or equivalency

Paramedic license (Kentucky Board of EMS)

BLS for Healthcare Provider (AHA/ARC)

PALS & ACLS certifications

Valid driver’s license

Job description

Baptist Health is seeking a PRN Paramedic to join our transport EMS team at Baptist Health Hardin. Provides advanced life support care to ill or injured patients and transports per protocol under medical direction.

Minimum requirements include a High school diploma or equivalency, a Kentucky Paramedic license, BLS, PALS and ACLS certifications, and a valid driver’s license. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.