Paramedic Rural Health Clinic

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Functions within the scope of practice of a Paramedic as defined within state regulations.
• Performs general patient care following established clinic workflows.
• Assists healthcare providers with exams, treatments, procedures, testing, and specimen (blood, tissue, sputum, etc.) collection, including phlebotomy as directed, and ensures appropriate consent forms are obtained.
• Drives ambulance in the field to respond to emergency calls as needed, following ambulance driving policies, standard operating guidelines (SOG), and patient care protocols within the scope of practice.
• Completes ambulance patient care reports in compliance with state and local guidelines for each patient encounter.
• Maintains a good driving record to be insurable within the guidelines listed in the SOGs.
• Provides patient care and performs procedures, including wound cleansing and dressing, immobilization, and re-assessment of patient condition and status.
• Under medical direction, administers medications and IV fluids within their scope of practice.
• Provides all ALS and BLS interventions, including but not limited to cardiac defibrillation and medications, in clinic settings or in the field.

Requirements

• High School Graduate or GED, upon hire.
• State-approved Paramedic training program graduate, upon hire.
• Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: IA, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months.
• Limited Radiologic Technologist: IA, within 24 months.

Preferred: EMS experience.

Where you'll work

At CHI Health Mercy Corning, our mission has been to nurture and enhance the quality of life for residents of Adams and Taylor counties in Iowa. Whether it's providing emergency care to a child, detecting a disease early enough to save a patient's life, or restoring a senior citizen's mobility and independence after an injury or fall, CHI Health Mercy Corning provides comprehensive care in familiar surroundings. Our physicians and mid-level practitioners work with a full complement of advanced technology to bring quality care to you. Our medical staff offers a wide range of medical specialties, from primary care to oncology.

Pay

$19.87 - $28.06 per hour.

Benefits

• Up to $5,000 sign-on bonus for eligible new hires.
• Up to $5,000 in educational assistance for eligible new hires.