Paramedic

Join The SSM Health Oregon Family Medicine Team

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

WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Oregon

Worker Type: Regular

Come join the SSM Health Oregon Family Medicine team!

We have opportunities for:

• MA, CMA or RMA- must be graduates of a school of medical assisting
• EMTs with a WI license
• Paramedics with a WI license
• LPNs with a WI license

Position duties may include:

• Patient rooming
• In office procedure assistance
• Injection and vaccine administration
• General clinical administrative tasks in the electronic medical record program (Epic).

Schedule:

• Days only Monday - Friday
• No nights, weekends or holidays

A well-qualified candidate will be:

• Comfortable with hands on patient care
• Open to new experiences and new challenges
• Ambitious, motivated, and sympathetic in nature
• Experience and expertise are preferred, but if you are excited by the opportunity, we would love to have you on the team!

We offer a competitive wage and comprehensive benefits.

Job Summary:

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

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

• 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.
• May documents the provider's encounter with patients. Lists all proper diagnoses and symptoms, as well as discharge/follow-up instructions and prescriptions, as indicated by the provider.
• May transcribes patient orders including laboratory tests, radiology tests and medications. Completes patient's charts by transcribing results of any labs, x-rays, or other evaluations. Continuously checks the progress of data availability for orders, to ensure the patient's workup is complete so that the provider is able to make treatment decisions regarding that patient.
• May transcribes consultations or discussions with family and/or the patient's private physician or the on-call physician.
• 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
• Drivers 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:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

7000090164 Orgn FM Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.