Paramedic: PRN

 Position Highlights:

• Work/life: Minimum 24 hours/month; 12 hours being a weekend shift. You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more. 
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

The Paramedic is a member of the Emergency Department team that delivers care to patients with varying degrees of acute illness or injury. This care is delivered through the limited process of patient sorting, information gathering, and intervention under the supervision of the Emergency Department physician and registered nurse.

The Paramedic will effectively interact with patients, their families and significant others, and other members of the health care team while maintaining standards of emergency care, at all times acting within parameters of Ohio State Law.

The Paramedic is expected to be an active member of the Emergency team and actively seek out and participate in the delivery of patient care.

• →Must be a graduate of an accredited program of paramedic training.
• →Must possess a current certification as an EMT-Paramedic from the State of Ohio; National Registry is preferred.
• →Minimum of one year’s experience in pre-hospital emergency care.
• →Must be currently certified in BLS and ACLS; PALS within one year of employment.
• →Works with acutely ill patients, including emergency situations.
• →Knowledgeable of equipment used in clinical area (see unit-specific competency base orientation [CBO], location of reference manuals, and resources for consultation.)
• →Ability to read and write small letters and numbers and perform complex arithmetic and financial application.