Job description

The Mountain Counties EMS Agency is a regional EMS agency which serves the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, and Mariposa. The purposes of the EMS Agency are to plan, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of the emergency medical services system.

The Agency is seeking a dynamic, energetic and self-motivated candidate to fill an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Specialist I position. This is a full-time position that reports to the Executive Director and carries out administrative, analytical and oversight activities.

SIGNIFICANT DUTIES

❖ v Performs disaster planning and potential response duties related to field operations including possible EMS Duty Officer and/or MHOAC designee.

v Participates in the review of individual county medical disaster plans in relation to their ability to function together in the event of a mass casualty incident.

v Plans and coordinates educational workshops on disaster/terrorism preparedness for hospital and field personnel with the assistance of Agency staff.

v Plans and coordinates local disaster exercises with the assistance of Agency staff.

v Develops Agency MCI/disaster policies and procedures.

v Evaluates, through MCI and disaster critiques, incident investigation and data analysis, the current level of disaster preparedness, and makes recommendations on medical disaster preparedness needs.

v Participates in developing and updating pre-hospital policies.

v Works with member county Emergency Preparedness Coordinators to meet various grant deliverables.

v Participates in member county Healthcare Coalitions and other committees as appropriate.

❖ Evaluates, through MCI and disaster critiques, incident investigation and data analysis, the current level of disaster preparedness, and makes recommendations on medical disaster preparedness needs.

❖ Participates in developing and updating pre-hospital policies.

❖ Works with member county Emergency Preparedness Coordinators to meet various grant deliverables.

❖ Participates in member county Healthcare Coalitions and other committees as appropriate.

❖ Receives, reviews, and evaluates incident reports received from, or involving providers, patients, and others concerned with the handling of specific pre-hospital calls; conducts investigations; develops recommendations; and refers to superiors as appropriate for further action.

❖ Serves on committees and attends meetings as assigned; presides over meetings and provides staff support as appropriate; represents agency goals and objectives; provides/obtains information and promotes involvement and cooperation among stakeholders.

❖ Serves as liaison to public health agencies, health care facility representatives, public safety agencies, and emergency medical services contractors.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY

Knowledge of:

❖ Prehospital emergency medical care procedures, techniques, and protocols;

❖ Effective pre-hospital systems operations and procedures;

❖ Techniques for analyzing data and other information and identifying problem areas and interrelationships among items;

❖ Federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and requirements related to the provision of pre-hospital care;

❖ Federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, guidelines and requirements related to MCI/disaster/terrorism preparedness and EMS system communication;

❖ The Incident Command System;

❖ The OES Region IV multi-casualty incident plan;

❖ Computerized data systems and word processing applications.

Ability to:

❖ Work collaboratively with Public Health, ground ambulance, hospital and fire personnel;

❖ Utilize computer technology;

❖ Review, analyze, and evaluate pre-hospital systems and procedures;

❖ Review, analyze, and interpret records and data and prepare/present related reports;

❖Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information and files;

❖ Effectively and tactfully communicate in both oral and written forms with Public Health, hospital personnel, field care providers, committee members, and others;

❖ Independently perform job duties away from the office;

❖ Safely perform job duties without risk of injury to self or others;

❖Establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties;

❖ Work flexible hours

EMS SPECIALIST I QUALIFICATIONS

❖ Possession of active CA-EMT certification

❖ Five (5) years experience as a certified EMT with 911 field experience

❖ Possession of valid California Driver’s License

❖ Incident Command System (ICS) Course Completion; ICS 100, 200, 700, additionally, preferred 300, 400

❖ Preferred: Possession of a BSN (Bachelors of Science in Nursing) or Possession of a BS (Bachelors of Science in Related Field)

WORKING CONDITIONS

Frequent intra-regional travel; occasional evening and weekend work is required.

Mountain-Valley EMS Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $57,934.00 - $72,417.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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