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Piedmont Medical Center · 1 week ago

EMS Assistant Chief FT Days

Rock Hill, SC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Piedmont Medical Center is a leading health system dedicated to providing compassionate care. The EMS Assistant Chief – Operations is responsible for overseeing EMS field staff and coordinating emergency medical services to ensure high performance and efficiency in patient care throughout York County.

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Responsibilities

The EMS Assistant Chief – Operations is an essential leadership position accountable for the oversight and direction of all on duty District Chiefs, 150 EMS field staff and actively engaged York County based public safety personnel (18 Fire departments, 7 Police departments & 3 Rescue Squads, 911 and EMA) involved in the support or delivery of emergency medical care

The EMS Assistant Chief directs field operations and coordinates emergency medical personnel and resources to assure provision of high performance emergency medical services throughout York County

The EMS Assistant Chief administers basic and advanced life support procedures to patients at the accident or illness scene, and if needed, may become active in transporting to medical facilities

The EMS Assistant Chief manages and coordinates interagency control at the scene of a major disaster and coordinates actions of all EMS staff and first responders

Additionally the EMS Assistant Chief maintains daily time keeping (kronos), scheduling, electronic patient care reports (ePCR), monitors and maintains resource allocation, protocols and policies, performs performance evaluations, employee recognition and accountability, internal /external conflict resolution, and administrative, technical and supervisory duties

Operational Goal: To improve the quality, efficiency, reliability, customer satisfaction and ultimately the patient experience of EMS Operations by the following methods: Develop, implement and maintain a high performance system that exceeds the expectations of our customers at the operational level

Ensuring EMS operations meets or exceeds the standards specific to Tenet Healthcare, Piedmont Medical Center, SC–DHEC regulations, York County contract standards and customer satisfaction

Financial Goal: To maintain, maximize and or reduce the operating costs by the following methods: Ensuring the collaboration and integration of each EMS division to deliver a high performance system

Evaluation and implementation of mechanisms and methodologies to maximize the operational economy while exceeding the expectations of our customers

Development and execution of preventative measures within budget, to reduce costs

Qualification

South Carolina Paramedic certificationNationally Registered Paramedic certificationEMS Management Course completionCritical Care Paramedic CertificationCommunity Paramedic CertificationACLSPALSPEPPNIMS compliant trainingRelationship managementVerbal communicationProblem solving capabilities

Required

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or equivalent from four-year college or technical school or equivalent combination of education and experience required

At least Five years full time experience as a paramedic and progressive leadership experience in 911 EMS system of similar size and type as Piedmont Medical Center EMS

South Carolina Paramedic certification

Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP) certification within one year of employment

BCLS within 7 days of hire

ACLS

PALS or PEPP

NIMS compliant with Incident Command/Incident Management in the following 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800

Valid South Carolina or North Carolina Driver's License

Knowledge, training and experience specific to development and implementation of high performance EMS Operations

Knowledge of budgeting and inventory control practices

Excellent verbal and communication skills , including problem solving capabilities

Proven expertise in relationship management

Preferred

Completion of at least one nationally recognized EMS Management Course as outlined preferred: University of North Carolina EMS Management Institute, Beyond the Streets - EMS Supervisor's Workshop: Fitch and Associates, National Fire Academy - Management of EMS Services

2 years of experience at the District Chief level preferred

Critical Care Paramedic Certification preferred

Community Paramedic Certification preferred

Training in Hazardous Materials and Radiological monitoring preferred