Job Posting
EMS Captain - EMS
Position Title: EMS Captain/Paramedic/MICT
Reports to: EMS Director
Job Status: Fulltime
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Positions Supervised: EMTs and Paramedics on Shift
Position Summary: The EMS Captain serves as a working Paramedic/MICT position. Provides advanced and basic life support to sick and injured persons in a pre-hospital setting as authorized and directed by the emergency department physician under protocols approved by the emergency services critical care committee while providing shift leadership, operational oversight, and quality assurance/quality improvement (QA/QI) functions. In addition, this role is responsible for stepping into command when the EMS Director is unavailable, while keeping in contact with the EMS Director, ensuring high-quality patient care, effective team performance, and adherence to protocols approved by the Emergency Services Critical Care Committee. The captain also serves as the instructor for BLS, ALS, CPR, PALS, and ACLS, certified as an Instructor-Coordinator through the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services (BEMS).
Essential duties, functions and responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to, and other duties, function and responsibilities may be added.
· Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures to be followed or need for additional assistance
· Must possess Kansas State Paramedic/MICT Certification
· Must be able to assess vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, respiration, level of consciousness and skin)
· Drive mobile intensive care unit to and from scene with due regard for weather conditions and road hazards in accordance with department policy
· Perform a detailed patient assessment, both trauma and medical
· Provide basic patient care skills to include (basic airway management, airway suctioning, CPR, spinal immobilization, fracture management, wound care and patient extrication from vehicle
· Provide advanced life support skills to include (endotracheal intubation, transport ventilator operation, IV initiation and fluid therapy, intraosseous access, dysrhythmia interpretation, defibrillation and cardioversion, medication administration, syringe pump operation, administer thoracentesis and cricothyrotomy, and continue patient care with further physician orders the paramedic/MICT may receive.
· The paramedic/MICT must also be able to assess and treat patients with (burns, blunt and penetrating trauma, psychiatric emergencies, respiratory emergencies, OB emergencies, diabetic emergencies, pediatric emergencies, environmental emergencies, poisoning and substance abuse, and hazardous material exposure
· Communicate patient condition, assessment and treatment to emergency department physician and nursing staff via radio and/or cellular phone
· Be familiar with geographical areas served
· Maintain a clean working environment
· Responsible for written patient report
· Comply with the departments uniform policy
· Personal characteristics essential to the performance of this position: Demonstrate dependability; complies with the dress code; supportive of change; adheres to the hospital and EMS department policies; displays good interpersonal skills; accepts guidance and coaching; demonstrates pride in work; and participates as an effective member
· The omission of specific statement of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment of the position
· Attend EMS department meetings, and hospital wide meetings
· Assume operational command in the absence of the EMS Director, while keeping in contact with the EMS Director, including incident command functions and administrative decision-making.
· Supervise, mentor, and evaluate EMTs and Paramedics on the current shift.
· Oversee and participate in QA/QI initiatives aimed at ensuring high-quality patient care and operational effectiveness.
· Conduct training and continuing education as a certified Instructor-Coordinator for BLS, ALS, CPR, PALS, and ACLS.
· Perform other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Education:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. Language skills required include ability to read, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; also the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. The employee would also need to be able to speak effectively. The ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, and volume is required. The ability to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizations exists. The ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or scheduled form.
The employee in this position must possess a current Kansas paramedic/MICT certificate with field experience preferred. This employee needs to also possess a current ACLS card and a valid Driver’s License.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and smell. The employee must be able to frequently lift and or move more than 225 pounds with a partner. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In the performance of this job the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; in outside weather conditions; with explosives; is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, airborne and bloodborne pathogens, toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold, extreme heat; risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration.
Caldwell Regional Medical Center has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the team members’ ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors, managers, directors, or officers as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and Caldwell Regional Medical Center reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the team member to perform, as Caldwell Regional Medical Center may deem appropriate.
Contact Information
Austyn Creel - EMS Director
EMS
Email: acreel@crmcks.com |
