Senior Emergency Medical Services Specialist - Fire Department

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Riverside County Fire Department is seeking a Senior Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Specialist to support the Emergency Services Bureau in Riverside.

This position will have a 9/80 schedule.

As a Sr.

EMS Specialist, the incumbent will act as the lead and oversee the work of the EMS Specialists and other designated personnel; review and enhance the department's EMS Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program through feedback, education, and data-driven strategies to maintain high standards of care and collaboration; maintain the quality assurance components of the EMS systems; monitor, evaluate, and investigate the transport and emergency care provided to pre-hospital patients and trauma victims; develop and maintain the public health and medical disaster response system; and perform other related duties as required.

Competitive applicants will possess experience collaborating in the development of EMS CQI programs; implementing and conducting EMS training programs; collecting and analyzing data for pre-hospital trauma care effectiveness; and supervisory or lead experience, including training, guiding and reviewing the work of staff.

Meet the Team!

The Riverside County Fire Department is one of California's largest integrated, cooperative, regional fire protection organizations.

The Department, a unique partnership between State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the County of Riverside, serves 19 partner agencies and 1 community service district.

The Department has five core values: Leadership, Competence, Integrity, Safety, and Customer Service.

Who May Apply

This recruitment is open to all applicants.

Current employees of the County of Riverside and/or the Riverside County Fire Department may be considered before other applicants, depending on the volume of applications received.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Provide technical supervision for the EMS Specialists and other designated EMS personnel; assign and review the work of subordinates and provide guidance and direction to them.

• Develop quality assessment and improvement criteria to monitor EMS activities; develop and implement data collection systems for analyzing and assessing the effectiveness of pre-hospital and trauma care.

• Develop budget recommendations concerning which line items need to be increased or decreased; monitor the budget through expense/revenue reports; track expenditures for programs and identify potential budget issues.

• Assist in the development of EMS pre-hospital policies and procedures.

• Audit EMS reports and investigate incident reports to identify quality of care issues, recommending alternative solutions to problems.

• Conduct site visits for pre-hospital providers, trauma centers, base, and receiving hospitals; provide staff services to assigned EMS committees.

• Assist EMS or Public Health staff by interpreting policies, procedures, laws and regulations pertain...