EMS Liaison & Prehospital Education Specialist

Pittsburgh Tomorrow; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Prehospital Care in Pittsburgh seeks an EMS Specialist to liaison between the health system and EMS community. You will support EMS agency relationships, provider engagement, credentialing, education, and quality improvement.

Daylight hours with some evenings and weekends; you will coordinate continuing medical education programs, develop response plans for events, and lead EMS coverage for mass gatherings to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3 years EMS experience or a BA in Emergency Medicine required.
• Master's in EMS 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 development of EMS protocols, policies and procedures preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective professional relationships with EMS agencies and local government officials.
• Develop response plans for special event coverage assigned.
• Develop and execute action plans for providers and systems identified through quality improvement.
• Organize, plan, and implement EMS recognition events.
• Implement medical command authorization process and standardized guidelines for Prehospital providers.
• Manage continuous quality improvement program development for medical command services.
• Coordinate 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 systems in region assigned.
• Provide expertise to hospital disaster committee, and other committees as required.

Skills

Public speaking

EMS experience

Leadership

Education

BA in Emergency Medicine

Master's in EMS or related field

Job description

UPMC Prehospital Care in Pittsburgh seeks an EMS Specialist to liaison between the health system and EMS community. You will support EMS agency relationships, provider engagement, credentialing, education, and quality improvement.

Daylight hours with some evenings and weekends; you will coordinate continuing medical education programs, develop response plans for events, and lead EMS coverage for mass gatherings to improve outcomes.