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Staff Position

Paramedic
SSM Health St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO

$21-32/hour

Overview

  • Start DateASAP
  • Facility Information
    Short Term Acute Care431 bedsEpic Systems Corporation

Pay

Estimated pay
$21-32/hour

Description

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Identifies, and may intervene and stabilize, the ill or injured patient during intrafacility and/or interfacility transport under the direction and in collaboration with the physician and/or Registered Nurse (RN).
  • Initiates and implements interventions based on 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 team, patients and public.
  • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
  • May interview patients, measure vital signs, and record information on patients' charts. May prepare treatment rooms for examination of patients.
  • May perform basic clerical duties including answering the phone, maintaining records, scheduling patients, and filing.
  • May assist with treatments ordered by provider as supervised by provider or registered nurse. may perform select clinical duties.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

  • High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

  • No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
  • Constant standing and walking.
  • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
  • Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
  • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
  • Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
  • Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
  • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
  • Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
  • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
  • Occasional driving.
  • Rare crawling and running.
Provides basic and advanced life support treatment, care and evaluation of patients on scene.
Tyler Argo
Tyler Argo

Facility

SSM Health DePaul Hospital- Saint Louis

3.3rating(17 reviews)
Compensation
2.6rating
Culture
2.8rating
Work Environment
2.4rating
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Dialysis (RN)
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SSM Health DePaul Hospital- Saint Louis
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  • Short Term Acute Care
  • 431 beds
  • Epic Systems Corporation
ADDRESS12303 De Paul DrBridgeton, MO 63044
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Employer

SSM Health

1.0rating(1 review)
Compensation
4.1rating
Culture
3.8rating
Work Environment
4.3rating
About
SSM Health has grown to be one of the largest integrated health systems in the country, because leadership, administration and providers work closely together to find solutions to the most pressing needs in medical care today. Collectively, our knowledge and resources are combined to innovate, optimize workflows and allow for better care delivery and patient interactions. Physicians and leadership engage in regular discussions designed to standardize practices that yield better outcomes across our system. Physicians, providers and health care leaders seeking the stability and resources of a large, reputable integrated health system, as well as the collegiality and respect of peers and the rewards of practicing in a faith-based organization, choose SSM Health as their ideal practice setting. SSM Health's 23 hospitals, more than 290+ physician offices and outpatient care sites, and 10 post-acute facilities offer vast opportunities to shape the future of health care throughout Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
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