EMS Specialist - Prehospital Services

The UPMC Prehospital Services team is looking to hire an EMS Specialist to support the newly acquired Trinity Hospital service areas.

The Prehospital Care EMS Specialist serves as a liaison between the health system and the EMS community, supporting EMS agency relationships, provider engagement, education, credentialing, clinical follow-up, and quality improvement. The Specialist conducts in-reach and outreach activities; provides ongoing support to EMS agencies and clinicians; coordinates continuing education and professional development; assists with provider credentialing, competency, and medical command requirements; facilitates clinical case follow-up and quality assurance activities; and connects EMS partners with appropriate hospital and health-system resources. Working collaboratively with EMS leadership, medical directors, clinicians, and hospital departments, the Specialist promotes high-quality prehospital care, strengthens continuity between the prehospital and hospital environments, and identifies opportunities to improve EMS clinical, operational, and educational outcomes.

Schedule

• Primarily daylight hours
• Some evening and weekend hours required as needed

Purpose

Coordinate UPMC Prehospital Care educational programs.

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.
• 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
• Paramedic OR Pre Hospital Registered Nurse (PHRN)
• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran