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About the Role

As a Paramedic, you will provide advanced emergency medical care and transport to critically ill or injured patients in pre-hospital and inter-facility settings. You will rapidly assess scenes, evaluate conditions, and administer life-saving interventions, while safely operating emergency vehicles and documenting care. To be successful, you will demonstrate expert clinical skills, exceptional critical thinking under stress, and compassionate communication, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Administers BLS, PALS, ACLS and critical care interventions following the orders and supervision of the attending physician.
• Performs triage, assessments, interventions and patient education as needed.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records in a timely manner.
• Promotes patient’s independence by establishing personal rapport and care goals; teaching patients, friends and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.

Requirements

• Must successfully complete an approved Critical Care Paramedic course and pass the IBSC CCP-C or the FP-C exam to maintain employment.
• Must apply for and obtain their Advanced Practice Paramedic Licensure from the Kentucky Board of EMS after obtaining their CCP-C or FP-C.
• Must obtain Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire.
• Must obtain Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 Days.
• Must obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 6 months.

Skills

• Advanced emergency medical care
• Transport to critically ill or injured patients
• Pre-hospital and inter-facility settings
• Scene assessment
• Condition evaluation
• Life-saving interventions
• Emergency vehicle operation
• Patient care documentation
• Clinical skills
• Critical thinking under stress
• Compassionate communication
• BLS
• PALS
• ACLS
• Critical care interventions
• Triage
• Patient assessments
• Patient interventions
• Patient education

Location

• London, KY

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1-3 years
• 2 years of experience as a paramedic in a high volume patient care services, approved Critical Care endorsement, previous aeromedical, or clinical ER experience.

Education Level

• High School Graduate
• High School GED
• Vocational School Graduate
• Graduate from a nationally/state approved accrediting paramedic program.

About the Company

• Saint Joseph London is a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926, located on a 52-acre healing environment with private patient rooms overlooking a lake and healing garden.
• Recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five consecutive years (2020-2024).
• CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people.
• CommonSpirit Health has approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• The system delivers on its commitment to serve the common good through the work of thousands of dedicated professionals across 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers in 24 states.