The City of Austin is seeking a highly qualified individual to fill a Deputy Medical Director position in the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services, Office of the Chief Medical Officer. This role reports to the Chief Deputy Medical Director. The next Deputy Medical Director will have the opportunity to be part of the leading Emergency Medical Services agency in the nation with several exciting challenges to address and areas of opportunity to excel. Among these is the responsibility for the clinical oversight of Austin-Travis County EMS integrated service programs. This includes the Paramedic Practitioner Program, buprenorphine program, mental health paramedics, clinical navigator team, and Community Health Paramedic programs.
The ideal candidate should a self-motivated, autonomous leader who is team oriented and possess excellent interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate should be goal oriented and embrace the spirit of inclusion.

The following core competencies are important for this role:

Exceptional Leadership – A cohesive leader who has sharp problem-solving skills with the ability to build quality interpersonal relationships throughout the City with diverse communities.
Communicates Effectively with an Equity Mindset – Ability to manage diversity, understand inclusion, and work with diverse communities and populations to build constructive and effective relationships, and convey and receive information.
Administration Skills – Proven ability to lead and manage a diverse team within a dynamic environment while remaining compliant and transparent.
Customer-Focused - Strives to deliver high-quality results and superior service that exceeds expectations while remaining mindful of the needs and perspectives of both our internal and external stakeholders.
Community Collaborator – Has experience presenting complex strategies to internal and external stakeholders on projects and programs that may include public outreach, City Council updates, and program implementation.
Agility- Ability to effectively manage and guide those changes through significant challenges.
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

Serves as a physician resource for the City of Austin/Travis County EMS System.
Provides direct medical control, field clinical care delivery, and development and implementation of patient-focused programs.
Responds to emergency calls as needed.
Performs clinical review of care provided identified by random review or specific inquiry or complaint.
Develops, reviews, validates, and implements clinical policies, procedures and operating guidelines.
Credentials system providers and assists in oversight of all system accreditation.
Develops and delivers educational programs for all specialty areas and organizations.
Participates in system-wide meetings.
Facilitates and mediates inter-organizational conflicts.
Participates in dialogue with partners in the medical community to explore innovative programs focused on patient care and alternative delivery of appropriate medical care.
Supports and participates in system-wide scientific research projects.
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with other agencies and departments.
Skill in the application of supervisory and management practices.
Ability to utilize effective problem solving, build a sense of team, lead teams, and communicate effectively with coworkers, direct supervisor, other medical agency professionals, and the general public.
Ability to educate, mentor and coach employees in a variety of styles and environments.
Ability to make effective presentations to internal and external medical staff and prepare documents and papers of publication quality.
Ability to direct/guide individual and team performance in a direction consistent with OCMO mission, vision and values.
Ability to perform the skills and procedures essential to providing patient care.
Ability to provide data oversight/interpretation/reporting as appropriate for performance improvement purposes.
Job Requirements
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Educa