Paramedic, Education Specialist: Hrly, PT

Position Highlights:

• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.


• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more. 


• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do:

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  Under the Director of Education Services, designs and coordinates staff and community programs to enhance staff abilities and to promote wellness in the community and corporate structure. 

  
  


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  Assists in coordinating professional development programs for Medical Center staff to maintain licensure/certification requirements.

  
  


• Responsible for development, implementation and maintenance of records/reports required for accrediting agencies and healthcare regulatory standards; recommends timely record management changes as required.


• Participates in developing simulation education for Nursing and other departments.


• Under the direction of the Director, supports General Orientation, Nursing Orientation and Code Ready programs.


• Assists with the development of tailored programs for Medical Center departments that assist in meeting department specific educational needs (BLS, ACLS EKG Basics, PALS, Aegis & TNCC) utilizing current standards of care and evidence-based practices. 


• Coordinates and implements instructor updates, renewals and develops new instructors for  each program.


• Supports e-learning education through Education Council collaboration.


• Plans, coordinates, implements and evaluates requested/required professional development programs


• Responsible for compiling and timely submitting QA reports to the Director, Education Services.

What You Will Need:

• Required to be a graduate of an accredited program of paramedic training.


• Required to possess a current certification as an EMT-Paramedic from the State of Ohio; National


• Registry is preferred.


• ACLS, PALS, and BLS Instructor Status through American Heart Association or ability to obtain within 90 days. Additional instructor statuses highly encouraged. 


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  Ability to work flexible hours including weekends and evenings as needed.

  
  


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  Successful completion of a 90 day probationary period.