Paramedic

Overview

Department: Emergency Services-Paramedic 

Employment Type: PRN/ Per Diem

Shift: Variable 

Hours: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm or 7:00 pm to 7:00 am

Location: Providence Medical Center—Kansas City, KS

 

The Emergency Department (ED) Paramedic provides advanced life support (ALS) and emergency patient care in a fast-paced acute care setting. Collaborating with physicians, nurses, and trauma teams, the ED Paramedic performs patient assessments, cardiac monitoring, 12-lead EKGs, IV therapy, medication administration, and emergency interventions for trauma, stroke, STEMI, respiratory distress, and other critical conditions. This role is essential to delivering high-quality emergency medicine, improving patient outcomes, and ensuring exceptional patient-centered care.

 

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/

 

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to):

• Perform patient assessments, obtain vital signs, and report findings to the care team.
• Assist physicians and nurses with emergency, trauma, and critical care interventions.
•  Administer medications, IV therapy, cardiac monitoring, EKGs, and other treatments within scope of practice.
• Respond to Code Blue, trauma, stroke, STEMI, and other emergency activations.
• Assist with patient triage, specimen collection, splinting, wound care, and other clinical procedures.
• Document patient care accurately in the electronic medical record.
• Maintain equipment, supplies, and treatment areas to ensure department readiness.

Qualifications

Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have: 

• Current and valid paramedic license issued by the State of Kansas.
• Current BCLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• ACLS 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
• PALS and/or ENPC required 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
• Minimum of one year as a paramedic in an EMS or acute care hospital preferred.

Facility Specific Requirements (facility may require items listed below):

• Non-OB facilities: NRP 30 days upon hire and maintain current.

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Employment Status

Per Diem

Shift

Variable

Equal Employment Opportunity

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