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Job Description
Job Summary
Greenville Fire/Rescue is seeking an experienced professional to serve as a Paramedic for our department. This position will provide supervision of basic and advanced life support procedures relevant to pre-hospital emergency care.
Come join the 170 professionals committed to serving the diverse needs of our community through high-quality responses to a full range of emergency services, outreach, and prevention programs. We have 7 stations city-wide and hold the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
Paramedics can work a 40-hour Monday through Friday schedule with occasional support for football games and other City events or emergencies.
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Paramedics can work a shift schedule of 24 hours on shift with 48 hours off.
*If you desire to be a shift paramedic, you must pass the physical agility test. Shift Paramedics will have to attend a fire academy sponsored by Greenville Fire/Rescue approximately six months from the date of hire. You will begin with a 40-hour work schedule and eventually move to a shift schedule once you are fully certified in all required areas. Your salary will be in accordance with the City's pay plan.
Hiring salary range: $55,681.60 - 67,974.40 depending on qualifications.
Qualifying Lateral Paramedics considered.
FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
This is a continuous posting and may close at any time.
Examples of Duties- Performs as lead clinician on emergency scene;
- Acts as lead personnel on ambulance during emergency calls and during patient transport;
- Interprets cardiac rhythms using advanced diagnostic equipment;
- Maintains and inventories paramedic level medications routinely;
- Provides basic and advanced life support procedures using standard order protocols;
- Interviews patients and bystanders to determine the nature of the emergency;
- Interviews and assesses patients for injury and illness;
- Lifts and carries equipment, stretchers, and patients;
- Takes and records vital signs and enters data into electronic databases, and communicates with emergency providers;
- Communicates with hospital personnel as required;
- Documents all patient care by department standards;
- Participates in educational activities and accident prevention activities;
- Presents safety and preventive care information to schools and community organizations;
- Performs inventory on supplies along with restocking after each emergency and non-emergency response;
- Provides occasional supervision of assistants, seasonal employees, interns, volunteers, or temporary employees;
- Maintains medical and vehicle equipment in good working order, along with making minor repairs to equipment;
- Cleans emergency vehicles and evaluates operational readiness;
- Maintains station by cleaning, dusting, mopping, sweeping, and vacuuming;
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience:
• High school diploma or GED required.
• No specific experience requirements
Required Certifications:
• North Carolina state certified EMT - Paramedic or ability to obtain by reciprocity.
Preferred Completed Training:
• NIMS 100, 200, 700, 800
Additional Requirements:
All applicants must:
• Be at least 18 years of age;
• Have a valid driver's license and a safe driving record;
• Be a United States citizen or a non-citizen who can provide proof of identity and authorization to work in the United States;
• Be of good moral character;
• Possess the mental, physical, and medical health to perform the duties of a Paramedic;
• Be highly motivated with an interest in the emergency services field.
Special Requirements- Boarded to practice as an EMT-Paramedic in Pitt County by the Medical Director or able to obtain within one month from date of employment.
- Must obtain a N.C. Class "B" driver's license within one month from date of employment.
- Successful candidates will be required to attend a department sponsored fire academy, at a later date, to become fully certified in fire services if they desire to work a shift schedule.
The City of Greenville offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular full-time employees including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and short-term disability insurance. Employees in designated part-time positions may participate in some of the benefit programs offered to regular full-time employees.
Visit the City of Greenville Human Resources Website for a more in depth summary of our benefits. -
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Some places have what it takes to help write the story of your life, to help you create and live your life to the fullest: opportunities, people and experiences that open minds and doors; activities that enrich and entertain. Places so welcoming that you feel you’re in the presence of family and friends, and that everywhere you turn, you find yourself in good company.
As the hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is that place.
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True, in some parts of the world, when you say the word “hub” people think “crowded”, “faceless”, “too noisy to hear myself think”. But we’re different.
There are crowds … parades down Evans Street. An annual Halloween street party. Students streaming to classes. Participants at major meeting or conferences. Or onlookers gathered down at the Extreme Park or Five Points Plaza to watch BMX bike pros practicing for an event.
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