Paramedic Trainee, Full time
 MU Health Care | |
dental insurance, paid time off, tuition assistance
| |
 United States, Missouri, Columbia | |
| 1 Hospital Drive (Show on map) | |
 Oct 31, 2025 | |
|
Shift: Full time, 12 and 24 hour shifts
Check out MUHC Ambulance Services: HERE Follow UsOnSocialMedia:
ABOUT THE JOB MU Health Care is looking for a dedicated, compassionate, and skilled EMT to join our team and provide life-saving care to our patients in critical moments. The ideal candidate is someone with a commitment to excellence, strong clinical judgment, and a passion for helping others in high-stakes situations. We need a quick thinker and team player who can support paramedics and perform Basic Life Support (BLS) procedures with confidence, skill, and attention to detail. You'll play a crucial role in patient assessment and care, ambulance operations, and collaborating with our advanced life support (ALS) team. At MU Health Care, we value adaptability, integrity, and a proactive approach, ensuring that our EMTs are not only clinically proficient but also continuously advancing their skills and certifications. Join us in making a difference-one call at a time. ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. We believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine. Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to multiple hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here, you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way. Learn more about MU Health Care. Learn more about living in Columbia, MO. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS * Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one * Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays * Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8%and full vesting in three years * Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%) * Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more * See a comprehensive list of benefitshere. DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION Patient Assessment: Obtain patient medical history and recent history of illness or injury. Perform a physical assessment to determine the condition of the patient. Using the assessment to implement care and perform on going assessments to gauge the effectiveness of treatments and adjust treatment as needed. Patient Care: Administer patient care to the extent of University Ambulance protocols for BLS care. Proficient in performing BLS level skills and using equipment such as spinal immobilization, Hare and Sager traction splints. Ambulance Operations: Maintain readiness ensuring vehicle are in a state or readiness including being stocked and cleaned. Operate an Emergency Vehicle is a safe manner. Ability to work with in the local EMS system. ALS Assist: Provide assistance to Paramedic partners. Knowledge of ALS equipment used by the Ambulance Service. Familiarity operating UHC cardiac monitors and applying EKG leads. Report writing: Prepare written reports that document the details of ambulance calls for service that include accurate descriptions of the patient condition, care given, patient response, and will be a basis for QA/QI and patient billing. Personal Credentials: Ensure that the EMT maintains all required licenses, certifications, attends mandatory classes, and UHC system requirements without lapsing. During clinicals with oversight, perform patient care duties within the entire scope of practice for a Paramedic: assessment, airway management, oxygen administration, bleeding control, splinting, CPR, blood sugar checks, EKG acquisition and interpretation, IV/IO access, surgical airway, and medication administration. May complete unit/department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS EMT licensure by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). Chauffeur driver license; class E or higher for Missouri residents. Paramedic (EMT-P) licensure by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) within eighteen (18) months as a condition of continued employment in this job classification. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS High school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired. Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer. | |