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Job Description
Job Title
TEEX EMS Wage Instructor II
Agency
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Department
Emergency Services Training institute
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Temporary/Casual Staff (Fixed Term)
Job Description
General Summary:
TEEX EMS Wage Instructor II
Temporary/Casual (Wage)
10 Positions
College Station, TX
$35.00/hour
The EMS Wage Instructor II is responsible for assisting EMS Education Programs lead instructors with didactic, psychomotor, and affective instruction and evaluations for all basic and advanced initial EMS Education and continuing courses to include psychomotor instruction for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education training program. Utilizes adult learning theories and learning styles to maximize learner success and ensure overall effectiveness of all TEEX/ESTI initial EMS education courses. Responsible for assisting the EMS Lead instructors in collecting necessary reports and information for CoAEMSP accreditation, NREMT and Texas Department of Health and Human Services EMS credentialing requirements. The EMS Wage Instructor II reports directly to the EMS Training Director.
Required Qualifications:- Associate’s degree in EMS or other related field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five years of emergency or seven years non-emergency field experience as a paramedic or EMT Basic and/or five years initial EMS education instruction with a Texas Department of Health and Human Services or CoAEMSP accredited EMS education program.
- Two years of adult education and/or training.
Required Licenses/Certifications:- Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
- Certificate/Instructor Certification - Current or able to obtain within 90 days of employment AHA BLS, ACLS and PALS. (The EMS Program has the ability to provide AHA initial and instructor certifications).
- Current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) paramedic or EMT Basic or Texas Department of Health and Human Services (TDSHS -EMS) certification Paramedic or EMT Basic.
**The Agency Wage Instructor II must maintain current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Paramedic or Texas Department of State Health and Human Services (TDSHS-EMS) Certification Paramedic**
Preferred Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree in EMS or related field from an accredited college or university.
- Update Certificate/Instructor Certifications - PEEP, ITLS-PHTLS.
- NAEMSE Instructor I or Texas Department of Health and Human Services EMS Instructor.
- Working knowledge with CoAEMSP, NREMT and TDSHS education standards.
Physical Requirements:- Ability to support training delivery for up to 8-10 hours/day.
- Physical conditioning consistent with setting up classrooms, movement of light, moderate, and/or heavy training equipment, and instructional materials.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:- Advanced working knowledge of initial EMS education.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Outlook and instructional programs.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to think critically and apply appropriate problem-solving skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of all agency and student information.
- Ability to interact respectively and professionally with clients and staff, groups of various sizes.
- Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Demonstrated initiative to engage in continuous learning of new concepts, skills, and experiences.
- Demonstrated customer service skills.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Ability to be detail oriented.
- Knowledge of principles and methods for teaching and instructing individuals and groups of various sizes.
- Skilled in utilizing various learning and active listening strategies.
- Ability to facilitate and adapt course and course content.
- Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and multi-task with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated time-management skills.
Equipment:- Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, copier, telephone.
- Training equipment.
Notifications:- This position is security sensitive.
- This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
- This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
- All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.
- Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle and/or flying on commercial airlines.
- This is a wage position established to accommodate a temporary organizational need. As such, TEEX does not guarantee any set number of hours or length of employment in this role.
Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
Training Course Delivery - 75%- Assists the EMS Lead instructor to ensure that courses are effectively and efficiently presented in accordance with recognized EMS education standards.
- Maintains subject matter expertise relating to initial and continuing EMS education.
- Performs initial and continuing EMS education, including careful planning of the courses, preparation of lessons, meeting all scheduled classes, clearly informing students of course requirements, and fairly and impartially grading all students in accordance with the standards established by the EMS Program.
- Assists the EMS Lead instructor/Lab Coordinator to ensure that the classroom is prepared for class delivery to include setting up and tearing down equipment, course props and other materials.
- Adheres to the course syllabi and textbooks adopted for each course and follows approved curriculum course outline.
- Delivers presentations in a positive manner using adult learning principles.
- Mentors wage instructors during training deliveries and skills training.
- Assists the EMS Lead instructor/Lab Coordinator to ensure all training materials, training aids and classrooms are secured upon the completion of the course.
- Assists in the development and updating, initial and continuing education EMS course materials.
Training Documentation - 20%- Assists the EMS Lead instructor/Lab Coordinator at the start of class, ensures students sign the attendance roster.
- Assists the EMS Lead instructor/Lab Coordinator in collecting necessary reports and information for CoAEMSP accreditation.
- Assists the EMS Lead instructor/Lab Coordinator with completion all required course documents in a timely manner.
Fiscal Responsibility - 5%- Prepares reports and travel claims and ensures that they are accurate and submitted in accordance with TEEX SAPs and State travel regulations.
Other Duties:- Completes all required TEEX/TAMUS training within the requested due dates.
- Maintains and safeguards assigned divisional equipment and property to include labs.
- Performs additional work duties as assigned.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer. - Associate’s degree in EMS or other related field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Show moreIt comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.
Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.
As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.
The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.
By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.
Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.
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