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The incumbent performs work to control and extinguish fires, rescue person endangered by fire, and reduce or eliminate potential fire hazards during a work shift of 72 hours per week on a rotating basis. Incumbent covers for pre-hospital medical providers who are trained at the Paramedic level providing advanced life support measures using invasive medical procedures e.g., cardiac defibrillation.
Learn more about this agency06/21/2019 to 01/15/2020
$59,173 - $76,921 per year
GS 9
1 vacancy in the following locations:
No
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
None
No
Yes
IMP-10521145-19-AN
537439500
Duties include, but are not limited to the following:
· Serves as a team member effectively controlling and extinguishing fires.
· Operates various nozzles and hose lines, makes connections to and operates fire hydrants.
· Performs forcible entries, ventilates structures, carries, raises and lowers ground ladders.
· Performs specialized rescues, hazardous materials spill responses and serves as a driver operator of motorized firefighting vehicles.
· Responsible for operating specialized medical equipment such as defibrillators and other advanced cardiac life support equipment.
· Attends periodic classes to keep proficient in operation of duties.
· Responsible for emergency patient transport to proper healthcare facilities.
· Provides emergency medical care per Advanced Life Support (ALS).
· Relays information to and from dispatchers and health care providers.
Work Schedule: 72 hours per week on rotating shifts alternating between the Montrose and Castle Point campus.
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Firefighter (Paramedic)/ PD#02723A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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