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SSM Health

Paramedic - No Experience Required

SSM Health, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63112


**It's more than a career, it's a calling**

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

**Worker Type:**

Regular

**Job Highlights:**

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**Department:** Emergency Department​

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**Schedule:**

Full Time, Night Shift, 7p-7, Rotating Weekends

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**Starting Pay:**

$18.79+ **(Offers are based on years of experience and**

**equity for this role.**

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**Shift Differentials:**

Available for night and weekend

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**Location:** SSM St. Mary's - St. Louis

*****$5,000 sign on bonus eligible!*****

**Sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates.

Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available for you.

**Job Summary:**

Provides basic and advanced life support treatment, care and evaluation of patients on scene.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Identifies, and may intervene and stabilize, the ill or injured patient during intrafacility and/or interfacility transport under the direction and in collaboration with the physician and/or Registered Nurse (RN).

+ Initiates and implements interventions based on team protocols. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition and treatment, as appropriate.

+ Provides population specific education to the patient and family about the patient's illness and therapeutic interventions.

+ Inspects, maintains and cares for equipment to ensure safety of the team, patients and public.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ May interview patients, measure vital signs, and record information on patients' charts. May prepare treatment rooms for examination of patients.

+ May perform basic clerical duties including answering the phone, maintaining records, scheduling patients, and filing.

+ May assist with treatments ordered by provider as supervised by provider or registered nurse. may perform select clinical duties.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

+ Constant standing and walking.

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

+ Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

+ Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Occasional driving.

+ Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Paramedic - Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)

State of Work Location: Missouri

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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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OR

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT) - Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Driver's License - State of Oklahoma

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And

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Paramedic - Oklahoma State Department of Health

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And

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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Paramedic - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)

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And

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Driving Record - Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

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And

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Paramedic - Wisconsin Department of Health Services

**Work Shift:**

Night Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

2000000100 Emergency Dept

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

36

_SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,_

_pregnancy, veteran status_

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_or any other characteristic protected by applicable law._

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