Job Title: Paramedic Program Senior Coordinator
PVN ID: LA-2310-005939
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Senior Coordinator provides overall direction and coordination of the planning, organization, administration, periodic review, continued development, funding and effectiveness of the paramedic program.  The Senior Coordinator is accountable to the Sponsor Administrator/Director of Prehospital Care Programs of ACE.

Primary Responsibilities include:

  • Scheduling of classes and faculty assignments.
  • Coordination of examinations and evaluations of students.
  • Preparation and review of assessment materials.
  • Administration of the didactic, clinical, and field internship phases of the program.
  • Supervision of student progress in clinical and internship experience.
  • Supervising the Clinical Coordinator and/or Monitors and ensuring that all student clinical rotation requirements and competencies are met.
  • Development of new clinical affiliation agreements and maintaining current the existing affiliation agreements.
  • Facilitating materials and training for preceptors.
  • Managing and overseeing student recruitment, screening, selection, and academic advisement.
  • Managing all of the administrative details relating to the Paramedic Program.
  • Supervising program lab technicians.
  • Ensuring that all equipment is available, in sufficient quantity, and in good working order for all instructional sessions.
  • Selecting, hiring, and supervising faculty.
  • Acting as the liaison between the Program and clinical affiliates.
  • Developing, reviewing, and revising, when necessary, program policies, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Defining criteria, establishing procedures and related materials for clinical competencies.
  • With the medical director(s), routinely review each student’s performance to assure adequate progress toward completion of the program.
  • Ensuring that required course files and individual student files are maintained as per DOH requirements.
  • Maintaining current personnel records for all members of the faculty including their qualifications, training and certifications.
  • Evaluating the effectiveness and quality of the program.
  • Coordination of all certification testing and facilitating the processing of student applications and other NYS DOH, National Registry, REMAC, and AHA required documentation.
  • Assist in professional development for paramedic faculty.
  • Assisting the Director of Prehospital Care Programs in preparing to meet COAEMSP accreditation requirements.

Other Duties

Qualifications

The Paramedic Senior Coordinator must:

  1. Possess a minimum of a Bachelor's degree.
  2. Have a minimum two years medical or allied health education, training, and experience.
  3. Be knowledgeable about methods of instruction, testing and evaluation of students.
  4. Have a minimum of two years field experience in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care.
  5. Have academic training and preparation related to emergency medical services at least equivalent to that of a paramedic, with current NYS EMT-P certification.
  6. Be knowledgeable about the current versions of the National EMS Scope of Practice and National EMS Education Standards, and about evidenced-informed clinical practice.

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience managing programs, services, and/or operations in an educational, healthcare delivery, or other related setting

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Pre-Hospital Care
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$80,000.00 - $90,000.00
Closing Date
May 06, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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