Annualized Potential Starting Earnings of $75,000
The Paramedic will be responsible for providing Basic Life Support (BLS) patient care, Advanced Life Support (ALS) patient care, and ambulance transportation.
High School Diploma or GED
One year of related experience. Requires a working knowledge of standard practices and procedures.
Paramedic
ACLS Certification
Driver's License
Healthcare Provider (CPR)
Knowledge: * Emergency clinical practices and protocol * Use of medical and related emergency equipment * Local geography
Behavioral and Technical Skills: * Act calmly and quickly in emergencies * Work independently as part of a team, sometimes alongside emergency fire and police units * Create and maintain a positive and cooperative working environment in stressful situations * Work during odd hours and for extended periods, sometimes outdoors and in adverse weather conditions * Work with much standing, bending and kneeling * Work with a partner in lifting patients whose weight occasionally exceeds 200 pounds * Avoid or minimize health risks from exposure to ill patients
Technical Skills: * Exercising judgment, dexterity, and physical coordination * Preparing clear and concise reports * Driving emergency vehicles
Georgia Paramedic License required
Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain an acceptable motor vehicle record. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a motor vehicle record (MVR) check and meeting insurability requirements. A minimum of two (2) years of driving experience is required.
Emergency Medical Services-M0001
24/48 rotation
Tanner Health is a non-profit regional healthcare provider serving west Georgia and east Alabama. Tanner facilities include the 201-bed acute care Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, the 40-bed acute care Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica, the 25-bed critical access Higgins General Hospital in Bremen, the 15-bed Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama in Wedowee and the 92-bed behavioral health facility Willowbrooke at Tanner.
Other Tanner services include Tanner Cancer Care, Tanner Heart Care, Tanner Urgent Care, Tanner Women’s Care, Tanner Occupational Health, Tanner Center for Sleep Disorders, Tanner Advanced Wound Center, Tanner Pain Management Center, Tanner Diagnostic Imaging, Tanner Home Health, Tanner Hospice Care and more.
Tanner also operates Tanner Medical Group, one of metro Atlanta’s largest multi-specialty physician groups, consisting of 30 physician practices with specialties in cardiology and interventional cardiology, family medicine, general surgery and breast surgical oncology, infectious diseases, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, radiation oncology and vascular surgery.
Tanner employs more than 4,500 people and offers a medical staff of more than 300 physicians representing 34 unique medical specialties practicing throughout west Georgia and east Alabama.
