**Overview**

For more than 70 years Mercy Medical Center Redding has offered comprehensive health care in the North State providing acute care and a full range of medical services. The 267-bed hospital offers major medical services including a Level II Trauma Center as well as specialized Cardiovascular Care Stroke Care Orthopedics Neurological Surgery Comprehensive Cancer Care Maternity Care and da Vinci Robotic Surgery. It is the sole provider of obstetrical services along with the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Shasta County. In addition the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a member of the Dignity Health system and is a sister facility to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. As one of the area’s largest non-profit employers we are proud to give back to the community by providing many programs and services to benefit overall health.

**Responsibilities**

**Position Summary:**

The incumbent performs technical patient care on all patient populations in the Emergency Department as ordered under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ High school diploma or equivalent

+ Minimum of one year of experience with either an EMS provider or Fire Services. If no qualified candidates apply and operational conditions exist the Employer may consider candidates without the required year of EMT experience

+ Crisis intervention or equivalent training within 6 months of hire date

+ Current EMT certification

+ Current BLS required (must be certified through the American Heart Association)

+ Computer proficiency

+ Must obtain Certified Phlebotomy Technician 1 certificate within one year of hire

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Associate's degree in a related field

**Pay Range**

$32.18 - $35.66 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.