EMS SPECIALIST

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EMS Specialist

EMS Specialist Basic

Job Class Code: 6025 B

Safety Sensitive

Job Summary:

Under the direct supervision of the EMS Lead Medic the EMS Specialist serves the community by responding to emergency and non-emergency situations, natural and man-made, that pose a threat to the lives of the citizens within the CFD response district and its mutual aid partners. The EMS Specialist protects life by performing emergency medical care, public education duties, maintaining EMS equipment, apparatus, and facilities.

The EMS Specialist will perform according to the State of New Mexico and City of Clovis Fire Department Scope of Practice as approved by Medical Direction. This position works under a 7-day FLSA cycle, and is generally scheduled (2) 20 hour shifts per cycle. This posting may be used to fill Full Time, Part-Time, and Casual positions.

This position has been classified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to our drug testing policy to include pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion and post-accident for the following prohibited substances; marijuana, amphetamines, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP), and cocaine, as well as any drug not approved for medical use by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Typical Duties:

• Performs emergency medical services to the standards and expectations of the City of Clovis Fire Department.
• Performs basic and advanced medical rescue procedures to access, stabilize and transport a patient to an appropriate medical facility.
• Provides pre-hospital emergency medical care effectively and safely in all types of emergent conditions.
• Duties include but are not limited to emergent and non-emergent treatment and transport of patients as assigned by the supervisor.
• Completes appropriate patient treatment documentation as well as any other reports required by department policy.
• Maintains and prepares vehicles and medical equipment in a manner allowing for emergency and non-emergency response.
• Obtain and maintain CEVO certification and operate assigned vehicles in a safe manner with due regard to the public.
• Responsible for patient advocacy, interagency teamwork, and fluid verbal/written communication with other personnel.
• All duties must be performed with maturity and professionalism.
• Attends meetings, seminars and other training to stay current in position and required skill competencies for the position.
• Develop a basic understanding of the Incident Management System and take command of an incident, if first on scene, until relieved.
• Develop detailed knowledge of city streets, highways and county responses.
• Conduct behavior at all times in a professional manner to reflect positively on the Fire
• Department and the City of Clovis.
• Utilize appropriate protective equipment furnished by the department for personal safety.
• Perform other department activities as assigned.

Requirements

• This posting could be for full-time, part-time and casual positions.
• Scheduled shifts will be from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. two shifts per 7-day cycle.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must be able to quickly respond to ambulance, must be able to access patients in difficult terrain, weather conditions or other difficult situations such as vehicle accidents, entrapment by machinery, must be able to carry patients and equipment over rough terrain and in confined spaces.
• Must be able to perform CPR for long periods of time, procession of fine motor skills and be able to read medications on vials and syringes in a stressful environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands or arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, bend or stoop, and talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, except during certain EMS activities when noise may be loud.

Position : 210609099

Code : 25-2

Type : INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location : FIRE DEPARTMENT

Group : FULL TIME

Job Class : EMS SPECIALIST

Posting Start : 06/24/2026

Posting End : 12/31/9999

Salary: $18.70-$28.05

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