Canyon Vista Medical Center – Sierra Vista AZ
Paramedic, Emergency Room
Job Type: Part\-Time \| Varied
Your experience matters
Canyon Vista Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well\-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Paramedic joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
More about our team
Canyon Vista Medical Center 106 bed acute care hospital that strives to offer exceptional care to the Sierra Vista community.
How you'll contribute
A Paramedic who excels in this role:
- Responds to calls for emergency medical services and provides patient care as directed and/or determined necessary.
- Under the supervision of a physician or nurse, assists with performing patient assessments and treatments.
- Performs basic diagnostic procedures and specimen collection.
- Monitors and communicates changes in patient condition.
- Documents patient care given.
- Maintains equipment and medical supplies, including reordering, stocking, cleaning, and troubleshooting. Maintains examination areas.
- Performs administrative or clerical duties as assigned, including filing, reception, scheduling, data entry, and patient registration.
- Exhibits exceptional customer service with patients and teammates.
- Education: Associates Degree Preferred; Graduate of a Program in Discipline; validated by current state licensure
- Licenses: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT\-P) required
- Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 30 days of hire; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals (PEPP) within 6 months of hire date. Handle with Care certification to be received within 30 days of orientation and kept annually.
- Required Skills: Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
- Emergency Services with a Level III Trauma Unit
- Women Services
- Birthing Suites
- Level I Nursery
- Bone \& Joint Institute Center of Excellence for Total Joint Replacement
- Intensive / Progressive / Acute Care
- Cardiac Catheterization Lab
- Surgical Services / Outpatient Surgery Center
- Adult Psychiatric Unit
- Advanced Diagnostic Imaging to include 3D Mammography
- Laboratory Services
- Rehabilitation Services
- Two Helicopter Pads
- Wound Care
What we're looking for
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
* Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full\-time and part\-time employees.
* Financial Protection \& PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short\- and long\-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
* Financial \& Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
* Employee Well\-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
* Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
More about Canyon Vista Medical Center
Located in the beautiful high desert of southeastern Arizona, Canyon Vista Medical Center commits to serve residents in Sierra Vista, Ft. Huachuca, Cochise County – a population of more than 131,000 people, and our surrounding communities. We’re comfortably nestled in the San Pedro River Valley, 75 miles southeast of Tucson.
Canyon Vista Medical Center was founded in 1963 as Western Baptist Osteopathic Hospital on what was then the eastern edge of Sierra Vista. Growth and advancing technology dictated building the 177,000 square foot hospital at 5700 E Hwy 90\.
Completed in 2015, our facility offers:
EEOC Statement
"Canyon Vista Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Canyon Vista Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.Lifepoint Health is a leader in community\-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post\-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.