The purpose of the class is to provide highly skilled supervision, leadership, and direction to the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Programs within the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. The class research, plans, organizes, and implements programs within major organizational support activities through internal and external best practices and policies. The incumbent reports progress of daily and strategic activities to senior level executives to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
Functions as the senior EMS officer to the Fire Department Executive staff. Primary responsibilities include ensuring all EMS operations, employees, equipment, agency vehicle permits, agency EMS license, EMS equipment maintenance agreements, EMS policies, standards and protocols remain current and compliant with State Code and VA OEMS regulations. Shall serve as the primary Fire Department liaison interacting with community, hospitals, EMS council, State EMS advisory committee, Office of the Medical Director (OMD) and City of Richmond health entities. Is directly responsible for oversight of all facets of EMS training and EMS performance of agency personnel. Is directly responsible for oversight of all EMS records management and technical capabilities of reporting to ensure compliance with EMS record submittal. Assists in the formulation and management of the EMS annual budget. Meets regularly with the Fire Department Executive Staff to apprise of significant events, proposed changes in regulation and/or policy. Shall function primarily from an office but still actively participate in field operations, off site training initiatives as needed and at large scale events.
Supervision Exercised/Received:
- Exercised: This classification typically supervises other employees.
- Received: This classification typically reports to a Deputy Fire Chief.
- Note: Other reporting relationships may apply.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond. Working conditions include exposure to hazardous materials such as chemicals, blood, and other bodily fluids, etc.; frequent exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as dusts, pollens, fumes, noxious odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation. Conditions include extreme heights; extreme noise levels; extreme heat and cold temperatures; wet and humid conditions; inadequate lighting; bright/dim lighting; work space restricting movement; traffic; and moving machinery. Conditions include environmental hazards such as dangerous animals/wildlife, disease/pathogens, explosives, disruptive people, imminent danger, violence, and a threatening environment. These conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification require the ability to regularly climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions. This job requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, hearing, speaking, color perception, sense of smell, depth perception, and texture perception. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
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