Purpose: Coordinate UPMC Prehospital Care educational programs.
Shift: Monday - Friday, some evenings and weekends as needed
Strong background in EMS with PHRN or EMT-Paramedic preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain effective professional relationships with local government officials, EMS agencies, civil emergency services, County, Regional and State agencies and other health care facilities.
- Develop response plans for special event coverage assigned.
- Develop and execute action plans for those providers and systems that are identified through the quality improvement process.
- Organize, plan, and implement EMS recognition events.
- Implement medical command authorization process and standardized treatment guidelines for use by Prehospital providers.
- Manage continuous quality improvement program development for medical command services.
- Coordinate the PA Department of Health accreditation of assigned UPMC hospital as a Medical Command Facility.
- Develop, coordinate, and instruct continuing medical education programs for EMS providers.
- Organize, plan, perform, and manage community health events in designated areas.
- Recruit, coordinate, and manage special event medical coverage assigned.
- Formalize agreements/contracts with EMS agencies and transportation system in region assigned.
- Provide expertise to hospital disaster committee, and other committees as required.
- **Develop and evaluate procedures for medication exchange for EMS Agencies
- 3 years of experience in EMS or a BA Degree in Emergency Medicine required.
- Masters Degree in Emergency Medical Services or related field preferred.
- Experience with supervision of medical coverage for mass gathering events required.
- Experience with EMS quality improvement programs required.
- Previous experience in public speaking required.
- Experience in the development of clinical EMS protocols, policies and procedures experience preferred.
- Experience in the Coordination and implementation of research programs pertaining to EMS preferred.
- Familiarity with EMS billing preferred.
- Experience in the development and coordination of community health events experience preferred.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Instructor certification in trauma life support, ACLS, BCLS, and PALS preferred. Certification as a CCEMT-P preferred.
- Driver's License
- National Incident Management System Incident Command
- National Incident Management System Introduction Course
- Paramedic OR Pre Hospital Registered Nurse (PHRN)
- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran