Area Manager - Knoxville TN

Area Manager - Knoxville TN

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Knoxville, TN 37919; Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Overview

Position Type: Full Time Job Shift: Any

Description

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree (Business Management or equivalent preferred) and 5 years of EMS related Management Experience is Required.
• Must hold active/valid State EMS License at the EMT, EMT-I, AEMT, or Paramedic level.
• Must possess a valid Driver's License and have a good driving record.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to function in an environment with temperature changes, indoors and or outdoors.
• Ability to learn technical material related to job duties.
• Ability to work in a noisy environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to talk constantly, both in person and on the phone.
• Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: patient care activities, preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection of small writing and/or operation of office machines and EMS related equipment.
• Must be able to speak English constantly.
• Must be able to read English.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position constantly (approximately 80% of the time)
• Must be able to type or write constantly (approximately 15% of the time)
• Must be able to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Must be able to occasionally move about in the ambulance to access the patient, provide patient care and retrieve and use equipment.
• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, postage meter, phone, scanner, fax machine and computer printer.
• Ability to operate EMS equipment such as blood pressure cuff, glucometer, EKG machine, pulse oximeter, etc.
• Frequently communicates with patients, EMS providers, hospital and facility staff. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Must be able to bend, kneel, crouch, push, pull, reaching, lifting, squat, twist, carrying and climb stairs to access a patient and or equipment inside cramped spaces such as the back of an ambulance.
• Must be able to routinely lift more than 200 lbs. with assistance, from ground level to move or manipulate a patient on a backboard or load a patient and stretcher into an ambulance.
• Must be able to grasp paperwork and small equipment such as glucose test strips.