Paramedic

**Overview**

For more than 50 years the mission of CHI Health Missouri Valley has been to nurture and enhance the quality of life for residents of Harrison County in Iowa. As a community hospital its ongoing commitment is to keep residents in good health. Through the years CHI Health Missouri Valley has strived to improve the health status of southwest Iowa residents – children teens adults senior citizens friends and neighbors. CHI Health Missouri Valley is proud to offer health care services – close to home – within this community.

**Responsibilities**

+ Functions within the scope of practice of a Paramedic as defined within Iowa and Nebraska state regulations. This position does not take a patient assignment, it is an intervention role.

+ Provides patient care and performs patient care procedures: EKG, Accu checks. CPR, crutches, ace bandage application, splint application, wound cleansing, dressing, immobilization. medication administration under medical/nursing direction (IM, IV, oral ASA and Tylenol, oral analgesics), IV insertions and IO insertions, foley catheterization, intubation (only at the direct request and supervision of a ED physician who is present in the room), re-assessment of patient condition and status.

+ Responds to Code Blue in the ED and, when requested, on the hospital campus.

+ Provides patient transportation within the Emergency Department and on the hospital campus as requested.

**Qualifications**

Required:

+ Valid certificate to function as an EMT-P (EMT-Paramedic) in the State

+ BLS or BLS instructor certification - American Heart Association - upon hire

+ ACLS or ACLS instructor certification - American Heart Association - within 6 months

+ PALS (Pediatric Cardiac Life Support) or PALS instructor certification within 6 months

Preferred:

+ Previous experience as a Paramedic

+ Previous clinical experience in an Emergency Department or hospital setting

**Pay Range**