EMS Team Lead - Second Shift

Baptist Health (Kentucky); Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Company paid Life Insurance & Long‑/Di

Health Insurance

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Baptist Health Hamburg is seeking a full-time Paramedic EMS Team Lead to join the transport team on Second Shift. You will provide first-line leadership, oversee daily readiness, and ensure compliant EMS operations across ambulances and documentation.

Role requires paramedic licensure, leadership experience, and strong teamwork. You will coordinate staffing, supervise field tasks, and support the Director with immediate needs while maintaining high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree preferred.
• Paramedic + 3 years of job-related experience required.
• 1 additional year of experience plus AEMT may be substituted for Paramedic.
• 2 additional years of experience plus EMT may be substituted for Paramedic.
• Previous leadership required.
• Kentucky Certified EMT OR Advanced EMT OR Paramedic License.
• BLS (EMT, AEMT, Paramedic) and ACLS (Paramedic).
• Data analysis experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Current CADS or must obtain within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line shift leadership and oversee daily operations.
• Ensure ambulances are inspected and reports are filed; coordinate with Director on needs.
• Lead transport workflow and allocate crew resources; supervise daily tasks.
• Document patient care reports thoroughly and accurately for data analysis.
• Onboard new employees as a department preceptor and provide orientation progress reports.

Skills

Leadership

Paramedic

Data analysis

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CADS

Job description

Summary

The EMS Team Lead serves as the designated operational point of contact during the assigned shift. The Team Lead supports daily field operations by following approved policies, procedures, protocols, and escalation pathways. Team Leads model professionalism, integrity, accountability, and service excellence while supporting safe, efficient, and compliant EMS operations.

Job Description

Baptist Health is looking for a full-time Paramedic EMS Team Lead to join our transport team at Baptist Health Hamburg! This role will work Second Shift. Provides first line shift leadership on a day-to-day basis. Oversees daily operational readiness and ensures that all ambulances are inspected, records and reports any issues, and advises the Director of immediate needs. Manages transport workflow and assigns crew member resources. Leads employees through daily tasks and addresses personnel issues as needed. Performs ambulance transportation services and provides patient care within their scope of practice in alignment with corresponding licensures or certifications of job description (i.e. Paramedic, AEMT, EMT). Provides quality medical care to patients requiring ambulance transportation. Ensures the safe and efficient transport of patients in a team setting. Acts in the event of an emergency to render aid to sick or injured patients. Assists other team members in completing their required tasks. Completes all required departmental documentation thoroughly and accurately. Completes patient care reports for each transport prior to the completion of their shift. Accurately documents required information for departmental data analysis. Coordinates with Office Coordinator to ensure required documents (PCS, ABN, EMTALA) are submitted with ePCR submissions. Acts as a department preceptor to onboard new employees. Serves as a role model for employees joining the department. Advises new employees on practices, expectations, and departmental standards. Provides weekly reports on new employees’ progress during their orientation period.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree preferred.
• Paramedic + 3 years of job-related experience required.
• 1 additional year of experience plus AEMT may be substituted for Paramedic.
• 2 additional years of experience plus EMT may be substituted for Paramedic.
• Previous leadership required.
• Kentucky Certified EMT OR Advanced EMT OR Paramedic License.
• BLS (EMT, AEMT, Paramedic) and ACLS (Paramedic).
• Data analysis experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Current Certified Ambulance Documentation Specialist (CADS) or must obtain within 6 months of the date of hire.

Excellent Benefits Package

5 days of Paid Time Off available for use upon hire (Full-time) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave Bereavement Leave (includes pets) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support Retirement plans with company match Company paid Basic Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability Health Insurance, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision and much more!

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-s spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post-offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.