MIH Manager

This is an INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY POSTING! To qualify for this position, you must be a current member of the Rockford Fire Department in Rockford, Illinois.

Essential Functions (these essential duties are only illustrative):
1. Management of the Department's Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) Program.
2. Will assist with providing additional services, resources, and other supportive measures to community members that have been identified as those that could potentially benefit from additional help.
3. Will identify patients that will benefit from participation in the Department's MIH Program.
4. Will work with case management teams, nurses, and other healthcare professionals from local hospitals participating in the program. May help develop a collaborative MIH Program per their request.
5. Will coordinate at home visits with clients participating in the program, and provide transportation for supporting case management teams if necessary.
6. Conduct home safety assessments with MIH participants and provide recommendations or corrections.
7. Will document all interaction with MIH participants. Will maintain proper documentation of the participant's involvement using forms and/or software.
8 .Maintains knowledge of infection control practices and procedures.
9. Maintains knowledge of and compliance to HIPAA regulations and requirements.
10. Assists in preparation of or prepares monthly, quarterly, and yearly statistical reports of the MIH Program.
11. Reports to the EMS Training Coordinator regarding policy and day to day operations of the MIH Program.
12. Supports and assists in the achievement of goals and objectives of the Department.
13. Maintains reasonable and predictable attendance.
14. Assists the EMS Training Coordinator in training or other activities as requested.
15. May be called upon to assist in related areas such as prevention, training, public education, communications, emergency medical, hazardous materials, river rescue and recovery, Emergency Service and Disaster Agency, or any function of the Rockford Fire Department, and to perform related work as required.
16. Maintain appropriate credentialing if required by State and Federal laws.This is an INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY POSTING!

Education, Training and Experience: 

Five years experience as a Rockford Firefighter: or any equivalent combination of training and experience.

Necessary Special Requirements:

1. Possession of a valid Illinois Class B, non CDL driver's license.
2. Certification as a Firefighter III or Advanced Technician Firefighter.
3. Certification as an Instructor I or the willingness to obtain within the first twelve (12) months after appointment.
4. Licensure as an EMT-Paramedic of PHRN.
5. Licensure/certification as a Community Paramedic or equivalent or the willingness to obtain said licensure/certification within twelve (12) months of appointment.

Residency Requirement:

1. Sworn employees hired after January 1, 1984 may live anywhere in Winnebago County or anywhere within fifteen miles from the Public Safety Building within six (6) months of their date of completion of probation.
2. Employees hired prior to January 1, 1984 shall be subject to their conditions of employment in effect at that time.This is an INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY POSTING! To qualify for this position, you must be a current member of the Rockford Fire Department in Rockford, Illinois. Any application submitted that does not meet the criteria listed above will be discarded.