Paramedic

Paramedic Mission Health

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. We are seeking a Paramedic for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Responsible for providing high quality pre-hospital and interfacility advanced life support including assessment, triage, and treatment utilizing standards and guidelines established by HCA Healthcare North Carolina MAMA Medical Director(s). The Paramedic will be responsible for carrying out the mission of HCA Healthcare North Carolina MAMA and goals of assuring that safety remains the highest priority throughout the transport continuum.

The Paramedic responds to medical emergencies and provides advanced critical care during transport to the hospital. As the first healthcare provider on the scene, the Paramedic partners with firefighters and police in evaluating the situation. The Paramedic offers basic and advanced lifesaving support, administers treatments, and directs EMTs in delivering patient care consistent with training and certification.

Operate emergency medical vehicle and responds to calls for aid in emergent situations. Evaluate patient condition to establish the right course of treatment. Provide a variety of emergency medical treatment to injured, sick, or incapacitated persons. Perform invasive procedures under adverse conditions. Manage non-medical situations such as crowd control and protecting the valuables of a patient if necessary. Lift and transport patients, ensuring patients remain stable during transport. Communicate patient data and condition to professional medical personnel at emergency treatment facility.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years full time paramedic experience at a demanding 911 or interfacility transport service.
• Maintains current licensure and certification as a Paramedic in N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services
• Maintain BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and advance provider ITLS or PHTLS
• Must have a valid NC driver's license, must be 21 years old to meet Mission Health insurance guidelines
• Maintain FEMA 100, 200, 700, & 800 Must attend 80% of monthly scheduled team meetings

Mission Hospital, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, located in Asheville, North Carolina, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina and the adjoining region. Mission Hospital is licensed for 853 beds and is the region's only trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and includes the only children's hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet designated hospital for nursing excellence.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Paramedic opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.