Paramedic
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Mercy Medical Center Redding
Redding, CA, US
Summary
Provide advanced emergency medical care and transport to critically ill or injured patients in pre-hospital and inter-facility settings. Responsibilities include rapid scene assessment, life-saving interventions, and accurate documentation of patient data.
Job Description
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.
One Community. One Mission. One California
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 paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department. 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, upon hire or
- High School GED General Studies and less than 1 year Six months experience as a paramedic with an accredited EMS agency or Fire Department. Hiring manager may consider applicants field internship as qualifying experience if the preceptorship was completed at a Dignity Health North Service Area facility and successfully completed, upon hire
- Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: 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
- Certified Ambulance Driver: CA, upon hire and
- Driver's License: CA, upon hire and
- Local Paramedic Accredited, upon hire
Preferred
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire and
- Prehospital Trauma Life Support, upon hire and
- Stable Program, upon hire
We provide quality, compassionate health care at more than 40 hospitals and care centers that are serving communities across California, Arizona and Nevada every minute of every day. And while not everyone may live near a major medical facility, Dignity Health is making health care more accessible by bringing resources closer to where people live and work.
In urban and rural communities alike, residents of all ages and backgrounds have access to primary care, preventive treatment, clinical support, chronic disease management, trauma services, and a host of medical and therapeutic specializations.
With several different ways to activate your search, let us help you to quickly and easily find an affordable, quality medical facility located close to where you need it, when you need it.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
We provide quality, compassionate health care at more than 40 hospitals and care centers that are serving communities across California, Arizona and Nevada every minute of every day. And while not everyone may live near a major medical facility, Dignity Health is making health care more accessible by bringing resources closer to where people live and work.
In urban and rural communities alike, residents of all ages and backgrounds have access to primary care, preventive treatment, clinical support, chronic disease management, trauma services, and a host of medical and therapeutic specializations.
With several different ways to activate your search, let us help you to quickly and easily find an affordable, quality medical facility located close to where you need it, when you need it.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
