8-2674
SUFFOLK COUNTY
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN – PARAMEDIC
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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USUAL ANNUAL
SALARY $37,000 - $60,000
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SALARIES VARY BY
JURISDICTION
CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT OPEN-COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION **
SPECIFICATION # 2674
All statements made on the application may be verified and the backgrounds of successful candidates
are subject to investigation by the appointing authority.
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application
processing fee is $40.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. Application may also be made using the Suffolk County application for
employment (Forms CS-205A and CS-205B).
Make your check or money order payable to the Suffolk County Department
of Civil Service. Do not send cash. Please indicate the examination title and the
last four digits of your social security number on the face of your check or
money order. A separate application and
processing fee are required for each examination (identified by examination
number) for which you are applying. The application processing fee is non-refundable and
non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are
veterans, auxiliary police, volunteer firefighters, members in good standing of
a local fire district or ambulance company, volunteer CERT members and members
of the Suffolk County Police Explorers program.
The fee may also be waived if you are
unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household and for
recipients of Medicaid, SSI, Public Assistance or those in a training program
under the Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act administered by
a state or local social service agency.
Internet applicants should complete the “Request for Application Fee
Waiver and Certification” form online.
All other applicants should complete a “Request for Application Fee
Waiver and Certification” form and submit it with your application (Forms
CS-205A and CS-205B). All claims for
application fee waiver are subject to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be used to fill future vacancies in the Suffolk County
special districts. It is
anticipated that only a limited number of future vacancies may become
available.
DUTIES
An employee in this class provides initial
first-aid treatment or emergency medical care either through
an ambulance or a non-ambulance service at the site of an
occurrence. These positions differ in
levels of care they are certified to render as
outlined by New York State Department of Health and Suffolk County Emergency
Medical Services Guidelines. Direction
is received from administrative supervisors or higher level
professional personnel who review work through Quality Improvement Programs and
online communications with Medical Control. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Possession of an Emergency Medical
Technician-Paramedic Certificate issued by the New York State Department of
Health. Please attach to the application
a copy of your currently valid certificate.
Note:
Separate eligible lists will be established for
each title.
Necessary
Special Requirements (Vary by Jurisdiction)
1. Candidates
must maintain the appropriate Emergency Medical Technician Certificate
throughout employment in this position.
2. Candidates may be required to possess
the appropriate New York State driver’s license, and maintain such license throughout
employment in this position.
3. Candidates
must be free of any speech or hearing defects that would impair functioning in
this position.
4. Candidates for Emergency Medical
Technician-Critical Care and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic must have completed
the Suffolk Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee’s (REMAC) Advanced
Life Support credentialing process at the time of appointment and must complete
al protocol and policy updates throughout employment in the position.
5. In jurisdictions where required, the
incumbent must obtain certification of completion of the appropriate National Incident
Management System (NIMS) entry-level course(s), including Incident Command
System (ICS) training, within 26 weeks of appointment.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The only subject of the examination will
be an evaluation of the candidates’ training and experience. Candidates who meet the minimum
qualifications will receive a rating based on an evaluation of their training
and experience against the background of the duties of the position.
All candidates should submit an
application using forms CS-205 A and CS-205B or file online at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Department/Civil-Service. After a preliminary review of qualifications,
all approved candidates will be required to complete and return a questionnaire
describing their relevant training and experience. The rating of training and experience will be based upon the information candidates provide on the
questionnaire. Ambiguity and vagueness
will not be resolved in the candidate’s favor.
Additional information concerning a candidate’s training and experience will not be accepted after the questionnaire has been rated.
Rank on the
eligible list will be determined by the scores received on the training and
experience evaluation plus veterans’ credits if applicable.
NOTES
1.
**This
examination is given on a continuous recruitment
basis. This is a training and experience
evaluation. The names of candidates who
meet the minimum qualifications will be continuously added to the eligible list
on the basis of the scores received on the training
and experience evaluations plus veterans’ credits where applicable. Candidates will remain eligible for
appointment for a maximum of one (1) year after which time the names of
candidates who have not been appointed will be removed
from the eligible list.
2.
A
candidate whose name appears on this eligible list may not submit application
for re-evaluation until his/her one (1) year period of eligibility expires.
3.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Civil Service
Department reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: August 8, 2019
GENERAL CONDITIONS
OPEN-COMPETITIVE
CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Candidates
must submit Suffolk County Application forms.
Applications are available at the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service in Hauppauge and at the Riverhead County Center display, or by sending
a stamped, self-addressed 9 ½” x 4” envelope for each title to: Suffolk County Department of Civil Service,
P.O. Box 6100, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099.
2.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications upon
submission of the application. Unless
otherwise stated, part-time experience will be pro-rated.
3.
If
an application is rejected, due notice will be sent. Candidates found ineligible to compete in the
training and experience evaluation may appeal to the Department of Civil
Service for reconsideration by submitting additional information in writing
within five (5) business days of the postmark of the notice of ineligibility.
4.
Candidates
who fail the training and experience evaluation will be
eliminated from further consideration for purposes of this
competition. Unless otherwise specified,
the final rank order of the eligible list will be determined on
the basis of the scores received on the training and experience
evaluation, plus veterans’ credits where appropriate.
5.
There
may be restrictions on employment for those who are under 18 or over 70 years
of age.
6.
When
the training and experience evaluation is prepared and rated
by the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service, the provisions of the
Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of training and
experience evaluations will apply.
7.
When
the training and experience evaluation is prepared and rated by the New York
State Department of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil
Service Law, the provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and
Regulations which deal with the rating of training and experience evaluations
will apply.
8.
The
eligible list established as a result of this training
and experience evaluation will remain in force for at least one year and may be
extended by the Civil Service Department for a maximum of four years. Changing conditions may make it necessary to
certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than those announced.
9.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
10.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established.
No additional credits will be granted after the
eligible list is established.
11.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
12.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
13.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some non-county jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries,
etc., give hiring preference to residents.
Some towns also require employees to establish residency within the
township. For employment in a Suffolk
County Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County
Law, residency within Suffolk County is required throughout employment with the
County. In any case
in which residency preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific
residency standard as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
14.
For
any questions regarding competing in a continuous recruitment
training and experience evaluation please contact the Suffolk County Department
of Civil Service.
www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Announcements and applications
also available at:
725 Veterans Memorial Hwy., William J.
Lindsay County Complex, Bldg. #158 Suffolk County Department of Civil Service
P.O. Box 6100, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
Information Display Unit, County Center,
Riverhead
Phone (631) 853-5500