EMS Instructor

Job Title:

EMS Instructor

Job Summary:

Cleveland Clinic Health System is seeking a highly skilled and experienced EMS Instructor to join our team. As an EMS Instructor, you will play a critical role in educating and training the next generation of emergency medical services professionals.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and implement laboratory sessions, ensuring the necessary equipment is available and evaluators are enlisted.
• Provide one-on-one tutoring on practical skills and didactic material to EMT and Paramedic students.
• Instruct assigned EMS courses in the classroom and laboratory setting.
• Maintain accurate inventory of all paramedic program supplies and equipment.
• Evaluate new EMS products and equipment, making recommendations to the Program Director.
• Assist with class coverage, monitoring lectures, and lecturing as necessary.
• Administer and evaluate written tests.
• Evaluate students in clinical/field internship rotations, as necessary.
• Submit student evaluations to the Program Coordinator.
• Collaborate with EMT and Paramedic instructors to schedule equipment for classroom instruction and practical testing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with community health and EMS organizations and agencies.
• Maintain current licensure/certifications throughout tenure of duty.
• Complete mandatory education and training to maintain organization and department-specific competencies and requirements.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED.
• State of Ohio Paramedic Certification required.
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification.
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification required within one year.
• State of Ohio EMS Instructor (EMS-I) certification required within one year.
• Basic Life Support Instructor - American Heart Association (BLSI) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Instructor - American Heart Association (ACLSI) certification required within one year.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor - American Heart Association (PALSI) certification required within one year.
• ITLS Instructor (International Trauma Life Support) certification required within one year.
• Five years of EMS experience as an EMT, Advanced EMT, or Paramedic.
• Two years of Paramedic experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associates degree.
• National Registered Paramedic.
• Teaching experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Cleveland Clinic Health System is an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities.

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