Requisition ID: 15684
Department: Emergency & Protective Services Dept.
Service: Ottawa Paramedic Service
Branch: Special Ops, Training & Logistics Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Permanent
Work Hours: 40.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
Salary Information: $79,079.52 - $92,526.72 annually (2024 rates of pay)
Location: 2465 Don Reid Drive
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Ottawa Paramedic Service
Application Close: 17/01/2025
The Special Operations, Training & Logistics Branch of the Paramedic Service is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of paramedic specialty teams, including tactical, CBRNE, bike, marine and critical care; the Community Paramedicine Program; training and development of internal staff as well as external stakeholders; research proposals related to patient care or paramedic operations; and the provision of logistics, vehicle and equipment maintenance/stocking, cleaning and repair, facility management and general administrative/financial services to support a performance-based environment and the effective functioning of the Branch.
You provide preventative maintenance, inspection, repairs, quality assurance and consultation of all electronic medical devices including, but not limited to, defibrillators, defibrillator batteries, cell phone batteries, NIBP monitors, portable suction units, trachlights, battery chargers and radio batteries. You also provide written and verbal reports to the Logistics Coordinator as required, provide policy and procedures/memos pertaining to equipment, and correspond with equipment manufacturers and distributors. You are responsible for financial aspects of all bio-medical and electro-medical equipment within the Emergency Medical Services, Fire Services, Police Services and Public Access Defibrillation Programs (City of Ottawa Medical Equipment Center of Expertise). In addition, you oversee electronic equipment handling processes of Equipment and Supply Technicians, liaise with coordinators of other branches, aid the Logistics Coordinator with respect to issues involving departmental Medical Equipment Committee, and perform other related duties consistent with the duties outlined above.
Completion of 3 year community college diploma in Biomedical Engineering Technology
Minimum of 5 years of related experience with thorough knowledge of supply and equipment needs of EMS Operations
Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement experience with Advanced Life Support equipment is a definite asset
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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Ottawa Paramedic Communications Officers are the first link in the chain of survival. They provide a re-assuring voice for those in need of urgent medical assistance, and ensure that the appropriate paramedic care is sent to emergencies in the City of Ottawa, Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry and the United Counties of Prescott & Russell.
The Ottawa Paramedic Service - Central Ambulance Communications Centre is responsible for receiving and dispatching all calls that deal with medical or traumatic life threatening emergencies in Eastern Ontario. It is staffed by Communications Officers who must be fluently bilingual in English and French. This specialized centre controls ambulance resources in the urban and rural areas of Eastern Ontario such as:
Once your call is directed to the Ottawa Paramedic Service Central Ambulance Communications Centre it is answered by the Communications Call Taker. As soon as the call taker obtains your information and enters it into a Windows-based Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, your emergency is prioritized and it is sent across the room to Assignment Officer dispatcher. That dispatcher is responsible for selecting the most appropriate paramedic unit to respond to the call.
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