| Position Description - Deputy Operations Manager (Northern) |
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Responsible To:Operations Manager - Northern Responsible For:Station Officers, Communications Supervisor, Intensive Care Paramedic, Paramedic, Student Paramedic, Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Patient Transport Officer, Operations Support Officer. Essential Liaison:Operations Manager and Deputy Manager (southern region), Director of Operations – Ambulance, Paramedic Education Officers, Purchasing Officer, Fleet Supervisor, Regional Officers in Charge, Divisional Superintendents, Volunteer Co-coordinator, Human Resources Manager and all other Northern Territory Emergency Services and applicable government agencies. Prime Objective:The effective management of resources within their area of operation including personnel, vehicles and equipment for the provision of an efficient and professional Ambulance service. Responsibilities:Through the Operations Manager develop, recommend and implement policies relating to the resourcing and servicing of all regional activities. Assist with the management of staff movements, approving rosters, time-sheets, absences, budget submissions and stores requisitions. Provide appropriate advice/reports to the Operations Manager on new patient care equipment under trial/consideration; Maintain appropriate liaison with Hospital, Medical and other Emergency Services personnel, as required by the Operations Manager, on matters of common concern; Regularly review AO report forms, specifically case detail reporting of assessment and treatment techniques associated with practical patient care and provide regular reports on significant cases to the Operations Manager. Personally maintain a high degree of patient care expertise, including, where appropriate Intensive Care Paramedic, /Paramedic skills; Undertake rostered ambulance transport duties, such duties being an integral part of the requirement for maintenance of personal practical skills in all aspects of ambulance duties; Assist the Operational Manager in the development and maintenance of a high level of staff morale, motivation and co-operation among all staff; Assist in the appropriate maintenance of vehicles, equipment and property, to a consistently high standard; Undertake scene supervision at any major incidents requiring such scene supervision and, where appropriate, provide a specific report on each such occasion to the Operations Manager; Perform the full functions of Duty Officer, when required and undertake any other tasks as directed by the OM, provided such activities are consistent with the skills, qualifications and experience of the incumbent.Authority:Organisationally, the Deputy Operations Manager can assume line authority, in the absence of the OM. Limitations:Authorised to take any reasonable action necessary to achieve the requirements of the position, provided all actions are in accordance with prescribed organisational design and all rules, regulations, policies, procedures and protocols. Is not authorised to actively operate outside their immediate functional area and is not permitted to permanently change the rank, status, or conditions of Officers under their control or act in any other way outside direct, delegated authority, without the expressed approval of the Operations Manager.
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