EMS EDUCATOR (90100573)

FLSA Status

Job Role Summary

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provides instruction to various age-related groups of learners within Indianapolis EMS, associated public safety providers, community and university students
• Writes evaluation instruments and administers tests for outcomes, competency, and mastery of content
• Works, interacts, and assists other EMS Educators to function as a team to provide and assure ongoing quality of pre-service and in-service programs
• Provides information and guidance to participating students
• Participates in self-assessment, peer mentoring, peer review programs and continuing education activities
• Organize, schedule, and conduct educational experiences in the classroom, clinical and field setting
• Monitors program activities, maintains accurate records and submits required reports on time
• Communicates with students, staff members, providers and the public in a professional, positive fashion
• Participates in audit, evaluation, and research programs in emergency care

Associated Job Duties

• Participates in CQI programs, national evaluation processes, and research programs in emergency care
• Serves as a member of Indianapolis EMS, hospital, community or professional committees designed to improve, promote, or coordinate emergency medical services at the local, regional, state or national levels
• Participates in and/or conducts departmental and instructional meetings
• Maintains cleanliness of equipment, keeps equipment in an organized fashion, and is accountable for all equipment utilized
• Monitors student attendance
• Coordinates and participates in clinical experiences as required
• Performs in pre-hospital setting at level of own EMS certification
• Performs other job related duties as assigned

Job Requirements

• Must have at least one of the following: Indiana Paramedic License
• A minimum of five years clinical experience as a pre-hospital provider required
• Associate’s degree preferred
• Valid Driver’s License - must meet and remain in compliance with IEMS driver eligibility policy
• Certification in all the following: ACLS, AHA CPR,
• Instructor level certification in all the following: CPR, ACLS, candidates who do not hold all the required instructor certifications must be able to enter the next available appropriate instructor course with successful completion and certification within one year of hire
• Primary Instructor - candidates who do not hold a Primary Instructor certification must be able to enter the next available appropriate national or state authorized instructor course with successful completion and certification within one year of hire
• NIMS 100, 200, 700, 800
• AWR 111, 160
• Indiana EMS Commission EVOC Instructor preferred candidates who do not hold all the required instructor certifications must be able to enter the next available appropriate instructor course with successful completion and certification within one year of hire
• Primary Instructor - candidates who do not hold a Primary Instructor certification must be able to enter the next available appropriate national or state authorized instructor course with successful completion and certification within one year of hire
• Prior teaching experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to use and/or develop various instructional aids including audio-visual equipment, training mannequins, curriculum materials, and student handout materials
• Use various computer software applications including, but not limited to, word processing, PowerPoint and other presentation software as deemed appropriate, database, spreadsheet and test generator programs construct learning modules for delivery in the classroom as well as the virtual classroom
• Read write and speak the English language
• Assess and communicate information in a clear and precise manner.
• Present educational material in a one-on-one format, small group, and large audience settings.
• Present educational content, if called upon, remotely using available current technology to deliver content in a hybrid model of educational delivery
• Use age-appropriate communication skills.
• Safely operate an emergency vehicle in all weather conditions
• Growth and principles over the life span and possess ability to data needed to identify patient requirements relative to age-specific needs.
• Current national curricula, national accreditation, national registrations national reregistration and the requirements for state certification or licensure and recertification or licensure.
• Hospital, and service procedures, policies, and laws governing administrative, emergency pre-hospital care and student rights.
• Perform at the level of a Paramedic.
• Lift move or carry 150-pound patient with the aid of a partner.
• Safely operate a certified ALS vehicle.
• Complete EPCR reports as required.
• Teach EMT, and Paramedic Students
• Refresh for competency, graduate EMTs and Paramedics.
• Teach members of the public to be an EMT

Responsibility

• Maintains student, patient, and family confidentiality in accordance with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
• Maintains protected health information in accordance with HIPAA privacy guidelines and regulations

Judgment

• Employee may work independently under the general direction of their leader

Contacts- Internal/External

• Frequently meets with students and the public. Such contacts are initiated for the exchange information, explanation of programs, to provide instruction, and coordination of training activities.
• Primary locations:  office/classroom setting, laboratory, clinical sites, and field sites
• Instructional facilities may include patient care areas, clinics, nursing offices, classroom and field setting.
• EMS Educators may be required to attend meetings or perform work from remote offices.
• Vocational hazards of field activities for the EMS Educator, may consist of traffic and inclement weather, violent and unsafe emergency scenes, and hazardous material or Weapons of Mass Destruction environments while participating in experiential educational activities

Special Effort Required

• Use of basic and advanced life support equipment used in pre-hospital emergency medical care.

Working Environment

• Classroom setting