Paramedic

Tittle:Paramedic
Shift notes:Nights (08:00PM - 08:00AM)
Duration: Permanent (FTE)

Facility:Norman Regional Hospital - Porter Campus-Norman, OK
Weekend Requirements:TBD
On Call Requirements:TBD

Job Description

Norman Regional EMSSTAT operates 24/7 to provide pre-hospital stabilization and life-saving care on 30,000+ responses each year. They work alongside their medical directors, physicians, and nurses in their four Emergency Departments. They respond to all 911 medical and trauma emergencies, inter-facility transports, event standbys, collaborate with their Centers for Excellence on STEMI and stroke care, and partner with their public safety agencies to provide a wide range of EMS response capabilities in Moore, Norman, and surrounding areas. EMSSTAT has specialized teams such as SWAT Medics, a very active bike team, and their regional disaster medical response team (DMRT) which houses a large response trailer. Norman Regional Health System is a team of more than 3,000 healers all working together to bring their mission and vision to life. Their mission is to serve their community as the leader in health and wellness care. Their vision is to be the provider of choice to improve the health and well-being of our regional communities. They call their employees healers because they view every single member of their team as having an impact either face-to-face or behind the scenes on their patients and visitors journey through their health system. They strive to recruit and retain healers who embody their spirit of customer service and who represent Norman Regionals five core values: Integrity, Communications, Attitude, Results and Engagement or ICARE. This is a special place to work.

Paramedic essential functions include, but are not limited to:

• Performs emergency and stabilizing procedures using protocols as directed by the EMS Medical Director and independent judgment.
• Responds to emergency and routine requests for transportation to and from medical facilities.
• Assesses patient and determines nature and acuity of illness/injury and administers appropriate medical treatment utilizing independent judgment and protocols or standing orders.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must have and maintain a current Oklahoma Paramedic License - Required
• ***NO EMT CANDIDATES.***
• Minimum requirement is completion of the requirements for licensure (DOT curriculum paramedic program) recognized by the Oklahoma State Department of health in accordance with EMS regulations which allows individual to sit for the State and National Registry exams for licensure as an EMT.
• Must be at least 21 years of age in order to be insured by NRH carrier. - Required
• Must possess a valid drivers license. - Required
• BLS - Required
• ACLS -Required
  
• PALS - Required
• Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals (PEPP) training is required within 9 months of hire.

ABOUT THE FACILITY
Norman Regional Hospital is a 324-bed general hospital that serves Norman, Oklahoma and the surrounding communities. Founded in 1946 as Norman Municipal Hospital, Norman Regional has since become one of the state\'s busiest hospitals, with its emergency department receiving more than 70,000 annual visitors. Norman Regional Health System is a team of more than 3,000 healers all working together to bring our mission and vision to life. Our mission is to serve our community as the leader in health and wellness care. Our vision is to be the provider of choice to improve the health and well-being of our regional communities. We call our employees healers because we view every single member of our team as having an impact either face-to-face or behind the scenes on our patients and visitors journey through our health system. We strive to recruit and retain healers who embody our spirit of customer service and who represent Norman Regionals five core values: Integrity, Communications, Attitude, Results and Engagement or ICARE.