Starke County EMS Director Travis Clary presented the Starke County Council members this week with a job description for a paramedic shift captain.
Clary explained that there isn’t an assistant EMS director so there is no supervisor backup if he goes on vacation or has to attend a meeting and is unavailable to the staff.
According to the job description, the paramedic shift captain will operate with limited supervision through the department’s Standard Operating Procedure. The captain will also maintain facilities and equipment, plus promote health and safety of the department and the community through education.
The extra money Clary proposed for the position is out of the EMS budget. There would be one paramedic supervisor for each shift and there are four shifts.
The council members unanimously approved a motion to create the position of a paramedic shift captain with a pay increase of $.50 an hour, which will be about $5,400 gross a year. The position will be posted and the salary ordinance will need to be amended.
