Elevate your career at Wood County Hospital, where you're not just a number – you're a vital part of a team making a real difference.
Paramedic / Emergency Department / Per DiemThe Emergency Department paramedic provides personal care and professional excellence by working collaboratively and cooperatively with nurses and physicians in caring for patients in the Emergency Department.
Job Duties:
* Demonstrates clinical competency in caring for patients as identified in units' scope of care. Demonstrates competency in the care of the patient in the following stages of the life cycle: infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
* Brings patients to the treatment area after evaluation by the triage nurse and at the direction of the triage nurse.
* Obtains vital signs, gathers patient data and records on patient chart.
* Initiate IV lines and obtain lab specimens as needed.
* Sets up suture trays and other sterile fields.
* Applies dressings.
* Assists with/applies orthopedic devices including but not limited to ace wraps, crutches, knee immobilizers, finger splints and wrist splints.
* Assists patient with emergent needs.
* Provides psychosocial support for patients and their families/significant others as needed.
Minimum Requirements:
* Graduate of an approved Paramedic Training Program
Preferred:
* Minimum of 2 years field experience as a paramedic preferred.
* EMT-P certification preferred
Benefit Summary:
Join our team, and you'll have access to a cutting-edge facility with state-of-the-art technology. You'll also interact with some of the region's top notch healthcare professionals. You'll find plenty of opportunities to grow and advance your career.
We'll also reward your hard work with:
* Great health, dental and vision plans
* Competitive wages
* Prescription drug coverage
* Flexible spending accounts
* Life insurance w/AD&D
* Generous short term and long-term disability plans
* Employer-matched 403(b)
* Employer sponsored cash balance pension plan
* Vacation and Holiday time
* Generous tuition reimbursement
* And a lot more