The purpose of this classification is to train and evaluate personnel in performing emergency medical technician skills at all levels.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organizes, prioritizes, and assigns training activities: prioritizes and schedules training in order to meet objectives; ensures that personnel have the proper resources needed to complete the assigned tasks; monitors status of work in progress and inspects completed work; and consults with assigned staff to assist with complex/problem situations and provide expertise.
- Implements individual/team reinforcement training for personnel with EMS skill mastery. Review and quality control of EMS calls/patient reports.
- Implements EMS training program, to include emergency medical services functions: instructs personnel; maintains standards through the effective coordination of activities.
- Coordinates departmental EMS training activities: consults with supervisor and other department personnel to review activities, resolve problems, provide recommendations, or receive advice/direction; ensures departmental compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, standards, policies and procedures; and recommend any actions necessary to correct deviations or violations.
- Review and quality control of EMS calls/patient reports. Maintain medical supplies to include inventory, stock and delivery.
- Maintains training files and records: tracks training received by individual personnel; maintains and submits reports regarding attendance at mandated fire training sessions; and maintains statistical information regarding training requirements. Report Training hours.
- Ensures adherence to established safety procedures: monitors training environment and use of safety equipment to ensure safety of employees and other individuals; ensures maintenance and testing of medical equipment and tools; ensures corrective measures are taken to resolve safety hazards or maintenance problems; and maintains related documentation.
- Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.
Requirements:
Education: Associate Degree
Experience: Serving as a current Augusta Fire Department Sergeant, with six (6) years of fire service experience or six (6) years of EMS experience in a career department outside of Augusta Fire Department.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Considerable knowledge of the principles and techniques of emergency medical service
- Proficiency in testing and training program development, teaching, writing reports and public speaking.
- Mastery of the operation of medical equipment.
- Familiarity with local, state, and federal fire codes, NFPA guidelines, departmental and county rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong supervisory skills
- Strong people skills
Certification:
Georgia AEMT and maintain the required number of continuing education credits every year in order to maintain certification.
NREMT AEMT and maintain required number of continuing education credits every year in order to maintain certification
Possess or obtain AHA BLS CPR Instructor
Possess or obtain Georgia EMS Instructor
Possess or obtain Georgia EMS Instructor/Coordinator EMT level (AEMT Instructor/Coordinator level preferred) within six (6) months of hire and maintain the required number of continuing education and instructor hours every year to maintain certification
Licensing:
Possession of a valid driver's license with good driving history. If State license is other than Georgia or South Carolina, applicant must obtain a license in Georgia or South Carolina within 30 days of employment.
OTHER:
- This position require staff call up in emergency situations.
- Travel from office to other locations is required of this position.
PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide formal training to others in specific fields typically involving preparation and/or modification of teaching materials.
- Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
- Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
- Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.
- Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, with greater emphasis on climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials.
- Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
- Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise extremes, hazardous materials, fire, unsafe structures, heights, confined spaces, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, bright/dim lights, toxic agents, animal/wildlife attacks, animal/human bites, explosives, disease, pathogenic substances, or rude/irate customers.
Compensation: 59,841.11
