SSM Health
Paramedic - PRN - Variable Shifts - No Experience Required
SSM Health, Wentzville, Missouri, United States, 63385
**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**
MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville
**Worker Type:**
PRN
**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
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Paramedic - Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
State of Work Location: Missouri
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
OR
+
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT) - Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Driver's License - State of Oklahoma
+
And
+
Paramedic - Oklahoma State Department of Health
+
And
+
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Paramedic - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
+
And
+
Driving Record - Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Paramedic - Wisconsin Department of Health Services
**Work Shift:**
Variable Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
2000020002 Emergency Dept WZ
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
0
_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_
**_,_**
_or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)_
MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville
**Worker Type:**
PRN
**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
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Paramedic - Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
State of Work Location: Missouri
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
OR
+
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT) - Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Driver's License - State of Oklahoma
+
And
+
Paramedic - Oklahoma State Department of Health
+
And
+
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Paramedic - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
+
And
+
Driving Record - Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Paramedic - Wisconsin Department of Health Services
**Work Shift:**
Variable Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
2000020002 Emergency Dept WZ
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
0
_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_
**_,_**
_or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)_