Community Paramedic-Post Overdose Response Team-Internal to Permanent Orange County Employees Only

Orange County Government • Emergency Services, NC

9h • Onsite

About The Position

The Orange County Emergency Services Department has an opening for a Community Paramedic with the Post Overdose Response Team. This position is a permanent time-limited position. The work involves the responsibility of serving as a member of the Post Overdose Response Team (PORT); a standard of care in providing field-based medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and connecting individuals in need with the services that they require to ensure survival and well-being. This is accomplished by providing short term MOUD treatment to individuals experiencing opioid use disorder at the location of EMS incidents, and from the avenues of prior EMS incidents, Hospital Emergency Department encounters, local inter-departmental referrals, and the public at large. Work is performed under the general direction of the Bureau Chief of Community Health and Safety with considerable leeway to exercise independent judgment within the framework of applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures in the performance of duties, both in terms of planning and accomplishing work, and in making decisions regarding client needs and requests and conducting project assignments. Supervision over others is not required of this position. Position does related work as required. Because this posting is for current Orange County Permanent Employees Only the hiring salary for this posting will be based on current salary of qualified internal candidate chosen for this position and in accordance with the Orange County Personnel Ordinance. Classification Step Plan $57,910-$77412 This is a safety sensitive position and participation in the Drug and Alcohol Program is required. An SBI background check and Fitness for Duty Assessment is required.

Requirements

• Graduation from High School or General Educational Development (GED) test equivalency.
• Two (2) years of work experience as a Certified Paramedic.
• Possession of North Carolina Paramedic certification, or Paramedic certification from another state or National Registry Paramedic (NRP) certification to qualify for the legal recognition process.
• Must be able to successfully obtain local practice credentialing through successful completion of the Orange County field training evaluation process within the first six (6) months of hire.
• Meets all Paramedic credential requirements.
• Must attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses, and seminars both on and off duty to maintain annual paramedic certification, as required by the State of North Carolina.
• Must obtain a CIT certification within one year of hire.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver’s license issued by the State of North Carolina for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
• All offers of employment are conditional upon successful clearance of a pre-employment drug testing, an SBI background check and Fitness for Duty assessment.
• Employment cannot commence until the employee has been cleared.

Responsibilities

• Serving as a member of the Post Overdose Response Team (PORT).
• Providing field-based medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
• Connecting individuals in need with services to ensure survival and well-being.
• Providing short term MOUD treatment to individuals experiencing opioid use disorder at the location of EMS incidents, and from the avenues of prior EMS incidents, Hospital Emergency Department encounters, local inter-departmental referrals, and the public at large.
• Performing related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED