Staffing Requirement. This Agreement mandates consistent, high quality medical performance. Ambulance units used to meet coverage requirements shall be staffed as required by Administrative Rules 400-210 and 400-270. Any failure to meet the minimum staffing requirement shall be subject to a penalty or fine as established by the County. All Metro West Ambulance personnel assigned to staff emergency ambulances utilized to meet the requirements of this franchise agreement shall: 1. Openly wear identification displaying, at a minimum, certification level and first name, 2. Shall successfully complete an emergency vehicle operators course approved by the County, training shall be repeated every two (2) years, 3. Actively participate in Metro West Ambulance’s Senior/Junior Paramedic Program, as approved by and on file with the County, (The intent of the Senior/Junior Paramedic Program is to provide the standards and the mechanism for developing mature paramedics. The program provides for clinical competency and operational/system familiarity. The standards for the program will be mutually agreed upon by Metro West Ambulance and Washington County EMS. Metro West Ambulance acknowledges that ambulances shall be staffed with a minimum of one (1) Senior Paramedic at all times. Exceptions to this rule may be granted on a case by case base, in advance, by the County.) 4. Each new emergency ambulance employee will complete a job orientation that will consist of at a minimum the following: a. A forty-hour (40) didactic orientation program, b. A third person ride-a-long assessment, i. new hires who interned at Metro West Ambulance may meet this requirement in 3-4 shifts based on performance and call volume ii. outside hires shall complete a minimum of 5 shifts c. Two months paired with a Field Training Officer,
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