Paramedic

<h3>Your future role at a glance</h3><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Location</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Wichita, KS</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Facility</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Via Christi Hospital, St. Francis</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Department</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Emergency Department</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Schedule</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Day Shift | Part-time, 24 hours weekly, 7:00am-7:00pm, rotating weekends and holidays</span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Via Christi associates are eligible for tuition discounts and priority placement in select healthcare programs through our academic partnership with Wichita State University.</span></span></p> <h3>How you’ll make an impact in this role</h3><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Provide basic and advanced life support treatment, care and evaluation of patients.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Identify, intervene, and stabilize the ill or injured patient under the direction and in collaboration with a physician and/or Registered Nurse.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initiate and implement interventions based on transport team protocols. Monitor, record and communicate patient condition and treatment, as appropriate.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Provide population specific education to the patient and family about the patient's illness and therapeutic interventions.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inspect, maintain and care for equipment to ensure safety of the transport team, patients and public.</span></span></li></ul><h3>What minimum requirements you’ll need</h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Licensure / Certification / Registration:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date OR job transfer date required. American Heart Association OR American Red Cross accepted.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paramedic credentialed from the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services (KSBEMS) required.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association OR American Red Cross accepted.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drivers License credentialed from the Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles preferred.</span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Education:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's</span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required</span></span></p><h3>Benefits that help you thrive</h3><ul style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Comprehensive health coverage: </b>medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options</p></li> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Financial security & retirement:</b> employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance </p></li> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Time to recharge:</b> paid time off (PTO) and holidays</p></li> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Career growth: </b>Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning</p></li> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Emotional well-being:</b> Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources</p></li> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Family support:</b> parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits</p></li> <li style="list-style-type:disc"> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt"><b>Other benefits:</b> optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more</p></li> </ul> <div> <span style="font-style:italic"><br></span> </div><h3>Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity </h3><p>Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.</p> <p><b>Equal employment opportunity employer</b></p> <p>Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. 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