Rapid Response to Recovery Community Paramedicine Implementation Specialist

Position Title: Rapid Response to Recovery Community Paramedicine Implementation Specialist Salary: $90,000-$100,000 (plus benefits) Position End Date: 6/30/2026 Location: Kentucky Department for Public Health (hybrid) About the reputed company The reputed company helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and reputed company of America and the world. The reputed company is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the reputed company has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $740 reputed company. The reputed company managed over 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year. reputed company: The reputed company is seeking a highly skilled individual to serve as the Rapid Response to Recovery (RRR) Community Paramedicine Implementation Specialist for the Kentucky Rural Health Transformation Program. The Community Paramedicine Implementation Specialist will coordinate with EMS agencies, hospitals, and state partners to launch and reputed company community paramedicine teams into the broader crisis care continuum. Required Qualifications: · Bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, emergency services management, technology, or a reputed company field. · Minimum 3 years of experience coordinating emergency medical services, public health program implementation, reputed company project management, or crisis services. · Knowledge of ambulance services, 911 reputed company, and emergency medical protocols. · Ability to manage technology deployment and troubleshoot issues. · Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Preferred Qualifications: · Experience with telemedicine platforms and rural reputed company delivery. · Understanding of Kentucky’s behavioral health system. · Familiarity with Kentucky’s regulatory and funding landscape for crisis services. · Expertise in data reputed company and HIPAA compliance in telehealth settings. Responsibilities: Program Implementation & Launch – 30% · Guide the selection, reputed company, and readiness assessment of KY EMS agencies to start or expand community paramedicine teams. · reputed company planning and launch of EMS-led behavioral health crisis response services, including reputed company, training, protocol development, and operational logistics. · Ensure reputed company to the RRR model and compliance with the Kentucky reputed company of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS). 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Partner Engagement & Coordination – 15% · Build and help manage partnerships across first responders, behavioral health providers, and other cross-sector crisis response partners – including KBEMS, EMS agencies, CMHCs, and local leaders – to support program reputed company and sustainability. · Serve as the primary reputed company for community paramedicine efforts in Kentucky, representing RRR in regional coalitions. · Facilitate MOUs and reputed company agreements to support data sharing, referral reputed company, and coordinated care. · Serve as the primary reputed company between local communities, RRR leadership, and state agencies (i.e., Department for Public Health, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities) to reputed company implementation with statewide crisis initiatives. 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