The anticipated salary range upon hire: $77,738 -$116,272
The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), an accredited agency, is a full spectrum life safety agency protecting over 500 square miles and over one million people who live work and visit Maryland’s most populous jurisdiction. MCFRS is a combination system of career, volunteer and civilian employees in the National Capital Region.MCFRS responds to over 120,000 calls for service annually and is staffed by nearly 2700personnel.
MCFRS is seeking a highly organized and relationship-oriented registered nurseas part of our Paramedic Institute’s staff to be our clinical coordinator. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of both the EMS system and hospital-based care to schedule, supervise and coordinate our students as they rotate through various clinical rotations as part of their paramedic education. The Paramedic Institute at the Montgomery County Fire Rescue Training Academyis an accredited paramedic training school that contributes to the organizational mission by preparing the next generation of Advanced Life Support clinicians to work for MCFRS.
The primary duties and responsibilities of the position include:
Schedule hospital, urgent care, operating room, fire station and other clinical experiences for paramedic students
Collect, organize, record, and communicate pertinent data related to clinical requirements for paramedic students
Perform administrative tasks associated with student preparation and participation in their clinical experiences. This includes ensuring students comply with site vaccination and reporting requirements, scheduling of students to various clinical sites and scheduling of paramedic student preceptors to accompany students, if required
Provide remedial assistance to paramedics or paramedic students as needed, to include identifying areas of weakness, developing and delivering a remedial plan, in coordination with the ALS program manager
The position requires the ability to attend meetings or perform work at locations outside the office
Two (2) years of full-time equivalent post-licensure experience as a RN Nurse, one year of which must have been in the nursing area of specialization to which assigned.
Education: Graduation from a National League for Nursing accredited college or university or an equivalent program as determined by the Maryland Board of Examiners with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
License: Possession of a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Maryland State, of Maryland issued by the Maryland Board of Examiners is required at the time of appointment. If the license is temporary, a regular Maryland RN license must be obtained within ninety (90) days of appointment. • The State of Maryland accepts as valid the current RN licensure from a candidate's primary state of residence if that state has an interstate compact with Maryland. The states having this interstate compact are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. (This equivalency only applies to candidates whose primary residence is not Maryland). Any Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) applying for licensure and living in a member state of the Multistate Licensure Compact must take the NCLEX exam in their home state. Note: There will be no substitutions for this section.