Emergency Medical Services Coordinator
Emergency Medical Services Coordinator
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Job Description
The Position
This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cutoffs are at 5:00 pm on:5/7/2025 5/21/2025 (final)Under general direction the Emergency Medical Services Coordinator assists in coordinating the development of Countywide emergency medical services plans policies and procedures; assists in administering the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program for the County; provides work direction to others; performs the more technical and complex tasks relative to the assigned area of responsibility; and coordinates assigned activities with other divisions departments outside agencies and the general public.Examples of Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of
- Principles and practices of management and organizational theory including planning organizational design business finance business development project management and organizational effectiveness
- Principles and practices of supervision discipline leadership mentoring and training
- Applicable federal state and local laws codes and regulations
- Operational characteristics services and activities of EMS programs and functions
- Practices procedures and methods used in the operation of medical transport and nontransport units
- Legal requirements of prehospital medical care
- Principles and practices of contract negotiation and monitoring
- Office procedures methods and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing spreadsheets databases and other specialized applications related to area of assignment
- English usage spelling grammar and punctuation
- Select supervise train and evaluate staff
- Plan coordinate assign and review the work of subordinate staff
- Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
- Work independently prioritize work coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
- Develop monitor and interpret budgets and other financial documents
- Plan manage and complete complex work assignments
- Analyze and evaluate data and information and make appropriate recommendations
- Develop and maintain cooperative effective working relationships with others
- Build coalitions among groups with differing needs and objectives
- Communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
- Interpret and apply applicable federal state and local laws codes and regulations
- Apply customer service skills including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met
- Influence and persuade others to take a desired action and/or direction
- Collect interpret and summarize a variety of data and information
- Maintain accurate records and files
- Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information
Employment Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
An Associates Degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university in Health Care Administration Public Health Administration Public Administration Nursing Health Science Life Science Physical Science or other field closely related to the intent of the class;ANDTwo years of fulltime paid experience reviewing evaluating and monitoring state or local governmental Emergency Medical Services programs.ANDOne year of fulltime paid experience as an EMT Paramedic Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Army Medic or Navy Corpsperson.
Note: A Bachelors Degree or higher from an accredited college or university in Health Care Administration Public Health Administration Public Administration Nursing Health Science Life Science Physical Science or other field closely related to the intent of the class may substitute for one year of the required experience reviewing evaluating and monitoring state or local governmental Emergency Medical Services programs.
Note: Additional fulltime paid experience reviewing evaluating and monitoring state or local governmental Emergency Medical Services programs may substitute for the required education on a year for year basis. 2080 hours 30 units)
Note:Current licensure as an EMT Paramedic or Registered Nurse is desirable.Note: If the word experience is referenced in the minimum qualifications it means fulltime paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Parttime paid experience may be accumulated and prorated to meet the total experience requirements.
Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements please clickhereor speak to someone in our office before the cutoff date listed in this notice.
Criminal History and Background Checks: The County may access criminal history information on candidates who have accepted a conditional offer of appointment for this class consistent with the provisions of Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 82602Personnel Policies and applicable federal and state laws. The County shall not consider for employment any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that relates to or impacts the candidates ability to perform the job duties of this class unless it is determined that mitigating circumstances exist. For purposes of accessing criminal history information the candidate will be fingerprinted. A subsequent arrest notification may be obtained.
General Qualifications
The County may also conduct a background check on the candidate prior to appointment to a position within this class. The background check may include personal and professional reference checks credit history checks where authorized by Labor Code section 1024.5 Social Security Number verification professional license/registration verification military service information and driving history. Information obtained in the course of this background check will be considered by the appointing authority in the selection process. In obtaining such information the County will comply with applicable consent and disclosure practices in the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act.
License Requirement: A valid California Driver License Class C or higher shall be required at the time of appointment. Failure to obtain or maintain the appropriate California Driver License or comply with state and federal requirements for utilization may constitute cause for personnel action in accordance with Civil Service Rules or applicable bargaining agreement. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to disability will be reviewed on a casebycase basis.
Working Conditions: Positions in this class require the incumbents to:- Work weekends holidays and nonroutine hours
- Travel throughout the County on a regular basis
The probationary period for this classification is six 6months.Application and Testing Information
APPLICATION
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cutoff date. Clickhereto apply.
County of Sacramento
Department of Personnel Services
Employment Services Division
700 H Street Room 4667
Sacramento CA 95814
Phone; 711 California Relay Service
InterOffice Mail Code: 094667
- Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- Your application should highlight all relevant education training and experience and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cutoff date.
- Application information must be current concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- A resume may be included with your application however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked Supplemental Questions. Please be descriptive in your response.
Note:Responses of See Resume or See Application or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.
- Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- The supplemental questions are designed to elicit specific information regarding a candidates experience education and training. Responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.
- Please provide place of employment pertinent dates and concise descriptive and detailed information for each question.
- If a job included responsibilities applicable to several questions separate the different functions of the job to answer all the questions completely.
- Resumes or referral to the application or other questionnaire responses will not be accepted in lieu of completing each question.
- If you have no experience write no experience for the appropriate question.
- For many individuals it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted. Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
- If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score. While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire the candidates application and/or attachments will not be reviewed therefore a candidates responses to the questions should be accurate thorough detailed and complete.
FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100
All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cutoff date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.
This examination will evaluate the relevance level recency progression and quality of candidates education training and experience. The candidates application or other materials will not be included in this examination. Therefore the candidates responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough detailed and complete. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.
All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their inbox. Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Clickherefor Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
