Overview
**Careers With Purpose**
**Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.**
**Facility:** Wheaton Medical Center
**Location:** Wheaton, MN
**Address:** 401 12th St N, Wheaton, MN 56296, USA
**Shift:** 12 Hours – Varied Shifts
**Job Schedule:** Flex
**Weekly Hours:** 24.00
**Salary Range:** $17.00 – $23.50
**Job Summary**
Provides advanced medical care to patients. Complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. May need to assist and give direction to additional emergency medical services (EMS) Responders at the scene and/or during transport. Competent in trauma and medical situations and should possess the knowledge and the necessary skills to provide lifesaving interventions in a pre-hospital setting.
Administer emergency care and treatment. Determine the nature and extent of illness or injury and establishes priority for required emergency care. Based on their assessment will provide emergency care to adults, infants and children, medical and trauma patients. Determine the appropriate facility that patients transported based on their knowledge of the condition of the patients and the extent of their injuries unless otherwise indicated by medical direction. Constantly assess the patient while in route to the emergency facility, administers additional care as indicated or given by medical direction.
May use equipment included in the medical transport environments. Observe, record, and report to provider the patient’s condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment at the emergency scene and in transit to the receiving facility staff for purposes of records and diagnostics.
Good communication with the receiving facility to get medical direction and to provide patient’s status and other critical information. Complete extensive written documentation on patient condition and treatment provided, as well as understand all applicable legal, moral and ethical issues surrounding the emergency medical service.
Maintain communication with the patient and the family. Comfort and reassure patients and be able to demonstrate concern and courtesy while maintaining confidentiality of the patient’s information. Assist with patient care in the receiving facility; lifting and moving patients as required.
Physical activities include, but not limited to, considerable use of arms and legs and moving of whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping and handling materials. Attend training classes to maintain national certification, state licensure, and keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
Depending on location of position, work hours will vary depending on patient needs. May include overtime, call, backup call, nights, days, weekends, and holidays.
**Qualifications**
Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
Must have a thorough knowledge of paramedic principles, practices and techniques, knowledge of how various equipment such as a monitor or defibrillator work and how to troubleshoot problems that may arise.
Requires current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) license.
Proof of an advanced provider from a Nationally Accredited Association from state of care provided as per state requirements, individuals may need to have a state license.
Additional knowledge as required depending upon state; Paramedic (PAR) Certification, National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, and 700 completed and continued education hours as mandated by accreditation.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) or equivalent, International Trauma Life Support (ITLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) preferred depending on location.
Additional training, workshops, and staff meetings attended as per policy.
Must possess a valid Driver’s License and have a good driving record.
**Benefits**
Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .
Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
**Req Number:** R-0190949
**Job Function:** Emergency Medical Services
**Featured:** No
