Location:

Altru Hospital

1200 South Columbia Road

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $25.22 - $37.83

Summary:

Schedule/Hours: 36 hours per week, Day/Night rotation (7am-7pm, 7pm-7am), every other weekend.

The Paramedic responds to all emergency calls, keeping patients and family members informed, while following all standard protocols. The Paramedic demonstrates safe driving habits in emergency and non-emergency situations and helps maintain equipment and vehicles.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responds to ambulance calls for the entire region. 

• Provides coverage for various special functions throughout the Grand Forks community and surrounding areas, i.e., races, sporting events, city sponsored events. 

• Performs and documents assessments according guidelines and/or as patient condition requires, i.e., vital signs, intake and output, IV’s, blood sugars, room/caregiver assignment, etc. and ensures patient is properly identified. 

• Works in the Emergency Room assisting the RNs with triage and critical patient care. 

• Identifies patient/patient’s family needs, documents and plans in order to meet those needs, i.e., counseling, etc. 

• Works as a cohesive team with First Responders.  Creates a smooth transition of care. Provides feedback and follow-up to First Responders as necessary. 

• Transports patients to all internal departments at Altru, as well as to Fargo, Minneapolis, and Rochester and is a member of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) transport team. 

• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Certification:

Language Requirements:

This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Stand: Frequently (34-66%)

• Walk: Frequently (34-66%)

• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)

• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)

• Crawl: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Frequently (34-66%)

• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)

• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)

• See: Continuously (67-100%)

• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Heavy (40-100 pounds)

• Carry: Heavy (40-100 pounds)

• Push/Pull: Heavy (40-100 pounds)

• Slide/Transfer: Heavy (40-100 pounds)

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Frequently (34-66%)

• Outdoor: Frequently (34-66%)

• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Professional Driver

Reference ID: R5775