Columbia County Captain

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Full Time Management Augusta, GA, US

2 days ago Requisition

The Columbia County Captain assists the Columbia County Major and Command Staff in supervising the daily operations, ensuring prompt response to emergent/non-emergent calls, and providing quality medical treatment and transportation. Schedules and oversees Paramedics, Advanced EMT's, Intermediate EMT's, and EMT's on the assigned shift while ensuring compliance with all policies, procedures and medical protocols. Monitors and ensures the provision of adequate supplies and equipment.

Completes paperwork and verifies that all ePCR’s for the assigned shift are filled out with required fields and appropriate documentation attached. Performs approved skills as a Paramedic.

This position works independently, under supervision by the Columbia County Major and Senior Director of Operations, responding to and reporting critical incidents through email, phone call, text or periodic meetings. Critical incidents include but are not limited to:

• Incidents involving a fire fighter, law enforcement personnel, county employee, Gold Cross employee or employee of another EMS service.
• Any mass casualty event or reports of an active shooter.
• Motor vehicle collisions of significant importance (including but not limited to multiple vehicles involved with serious injuries, ejections, overturned, fatalities or likely fatalities.
• Any injury to a Gold Cross Employee. If it occurs after hours with minor damage, an email is sufficient.
• Any incident involving a Gold Cross vehicle. If it is a minor injury that occurs after hours, an email is sufficient.
• A serious issue with an employee including but not limited to suspected impairment, actions that cause harm to the employee or others, complaints from a facility, etc.

The Columbia County Captain oversees and is responsible for all on-duty personnel within their assigned division and other divisions as delegated, in the execution of the daily duties and calls. All tasks and assignments for on-duty personnel within their assigned division are to be directed by the Columbia County Captain. The Columbia County Captain is expected to communicate and share pertinent information with the other on-duty Supervisors and Directors.

The Columbia County Captain shall have the ability to enact disciplinary actions (verbal and written) per the Gold Cross EMS Employee Handbook Progressive Discipline Procedure.

Senior Director of Operations, Columbia County Major, or any other member of the Command Staff.

• Must be 21 years of age
• Must have a current Driver's License
• Meet the current driving standards set by the company’s insurance provider
• Current Georgia State Paramedic License
• Current South Carolina State Paramedic License (or must be obtained within 18 months).
• Must have two years of experience as a Paramedic
• Must have current credentials in BLS and ACLS.
• Must possess strong verbal, written, and listening communication skills.

• BLS Instructor
• ACLS Instructor
• PALS or EPC
• AMLS
• PHTLS
• Emergency Driver Operations (may vary by course)
• Proficiency with ePro, Zoll, Image Trend, and other software.
• Others as determined by the Training Department

• Supervise the day-to-day activities of all field operations.
• Participate actively in motivating and developing field personnel as well as providing the model for teamwork and leadership within the group.
• Function as a liaison between field and non-field personnel, as well as between field personnel and other healthcare agencies.
• Maintain…