Paramedic

Location Spartanburg, SC
Facility Spartanburg Medical Center
Department Ambulance Svcs
Schedule - Shift - Hours Full-Time - Days (weekends as needed) - 7a-830pm
Job Category Transportation/Paramedic/EMT
Salary Job Grade 016
Req #: 56441

Summary

Position Summary

Provides advanced life support care in a hospital based ambulance setting to include routine and critical care transports. Position requires frequent lifting and moving of patients, operating with limited direct supervision, and operating ambulances and other vehicles as needed.

Minmum Requirements

Education: HS Diploma
Experience: May be entry level

Required Licenses/Certifications

SC DHEC-Paramedic
National Registry Paramedic (except for SC DHEC certified paramedics who are not required to maintain national registry)
CPR-Healthcare Provider
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Driver License with no more than 2 at fault or moving violations in a three year period.

Core Job Responsibilities

Provide patient care per protocols, transfer orders, and state regulations.
Safely operate ambulance in all weather conditions.
Properly move lift and move patients, stretchers, and equipment, without injury to the associate or patient.
Complete electronic and paper documentation accurately and completely for each transport.
Is in charge of patient care given on the ambulance and provides supervision to non-paramedic crew members
Provides age specific and culturally appropriate patient care through knowledge of growth and development.
Maintains all required certification and attends required in-service training to maintain base knowledge and skills.
Work in all weather conditions which may include extremes in temperature and precipitation.
Maintain knowledge and skill to operate all equipment on ambulance correctly.

Additional Information

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) offers a full spectrum of services through six hospital campuses: Spartanburg Medical Center, Spartanburg Medical Center — Mary Black Campus, Pelham Medical Center, Cherokee Medical Center, Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care and Union Medical Center. SRHS also includes Ellen Sagar Nursing Center and Woodruff Manor. SRHS provides unparalleled cancer care through Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, with locations in Spartanburg, Greer, Union and Gaffney. The multidisciplinary Medical Group of the Carolinas has more than 600 physicians across Upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. SRHS employs more than 9,000 associates and offers outpatient surgery centers and a Level I Trauma Center.

Founded on Aug. 29, 1921, as Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg Regional celebrates over 100 years of excellence.