Paramedic - Emergency Department

Company: Ascension, A01
Location: Pensacola
Posted on: May 11, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring Paramedic - Emergency Department - Full-time, Night-shift (5p - 5a)-- - Sacred Heart Hospital - Pensacola, FL--Why Join Ascension?Thank you for your interest in Northwest Florida's leading health care provider - Sacred Heart Health System.--Northwest Florida is a growing, family-oriented community, offering a mild climate, year-round recreational opportunities and beautiful sugar-white beaches along the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.--As part of Ascension - the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic health system - Sacred Heart offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Our associates consistently give high ratings to their workplace engagement and leadership's support for their well-being.--Sacred Heart was founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1915. While our technology has improved dramatically and the buildings have grown and expanded, our commitment to the mission remains steadfast: to provide excellent health care to all people, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. For our more than 100-year history, we have been blessed with talented associates who believe in our mission and are dedicated to serving our patients and families.--Sacred Heart Health System includes hospital campuses in Pensacola, Miramar Beach and Port St. Joe, Florida, as well as The Studer Family Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart - Northwest Florida's only children's hospital - and Sacred Heart Medical Group, the largest network of primary care and specialty physicians in Northwest Florida. In affiliation with the University of Florida, Sacred Heart offers the region's only kidney transplant program, as well as physician residency programs to train the next generation of doctors in internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.-- To learn more about Sacred Heart Health System, visit www.sacred-heart.org.--What You Will Do:Every day that you come to work, you improve people's lives!-- As our Paramedic, you will have the opportunity to provide basic and advanced life support treatments, care and evaluation of patients on scene and during air transport.-- Responsibilities:Identifies, intervenes, and stabilizes the ill or injured patient during interfacility and intrafacility transport under the direction and in collaboration with the transport physician and/or Registered Nurse (RN).Initiates and implements interventions based on transport 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 transport team, patients and public.--What You Will Need:Required Credentials:Advanced Life Support--credentialed from the--American Heart Association (AHA)--obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.--Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) credentials from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 90 days (3 months) of hire date or job transfer date.-- BLS Provider--specializing in--Basic Life Support--credentialed from the--American Heart Association (AHA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Paramedic credentialed from the Florida Emergency Medical Services obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.-- --Education:High school diploma/GED with 2 years of relevant experience, or Associate's degree, or Technical degree required--Work Experience:1 year of relevant experience preferred--Be part of the legacy of Emergency Department healthcare professionals at Sacred Heart.-- Sacred Heart's Emergency Department was ranked among the top 5 percent of E.R.s in the nation in 2010.-- Additionally, Sacred Heart in Pensacola is the region's only comprehensive Trauma Center that is staffed and equipped to handle--life-threatening injuries in adults and children that--provides a 24-hour Emergency Department.--Equal Employment Opportunity Sacred Heart Health System is an equal opportunity--employer.Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.E-Verify Statement Sacred Heart Health System--participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click the E-Verify link below for more information.E-Verify (link to E-verify site)

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