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Paramedic

Altru Health System
Grand Forks, ND Full Time
POSTED ON 4/2/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/1/2025

Location:

Altru Hospital

1200 South Columbia Road

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $25.22 - $37.83

Summary:

Schedule/Hours: 36 hours per week, Rotating shifts (7a-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:

  • Paramedic | North Dakota Department of Health- Division of Emergency Medical Systems | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

  • Paramedic | Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board| Within 1 Month of Start Date | HR Primary Sources

  • Paramedic | National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

  • Driver's License with Acceptable Driving Record | Drivers License - Current State Licensed | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

  • Basic Life Support | American Heart Association (AHA) | Prior to Start Date | Learning Management System

  • ACLS and PALS Certified | American Heart Association (AHA) | Within 90 days of Start Date | Learning Management System

  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) | Preferred | Learning Management System

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: R5525

Salary : $25 - $38

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