FIRE OPIOID PROGRAM COORDINATOR (TIME LIMITED POSITION)- 0426

Under limited direction and in compliance with technical, administrative, regulatory, or professional standards and guidelines, manages the Opioid Response Team. Oversees the development, coordination, and implementation of the Opioid Response Team during emergency and non-emergency operations. Responds to opioid incidents to establish patient contact, provide treatment and follow-up care, and collect appropriate data. Develops communication strategies regarding the City’s response to the opioid crisis. Works with internal and external partners, community stakeholders and City staff to identify potential program candidates suffering from opioid and substance use disorder or associated mental health illnesses. Establishes and builds partnerships with other agencies, community partners and non-profits to find suitable treatment, education and care programs for those affected. Provides interagency coordination, including but not limited to Fire/EMS, Police, community partners and other healthcare resources. Facilitates coordination across agencies relating to the opioid response and mental health crisis. Coordinates multi-agency training/exercises, mitigation, and recovery programs; coordinates and manages opioid training for applicable City staff. Works with the Opioid Program Specialist & the Opioid Program Education Specialist to deliver training programs for internal and external stakeholders. Establishes baseline data metrics and identifies strategies for short term and intermediate outcomes. Ensures data collected and reports are complete and meet requirements of the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board (SCORF). Supervises assigned personnel.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Primary Work Location: Office environment, vehicle, and outside.

Protective Equipment Required: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), hard hat, safety glasses, safety boots, respirators, and Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).

Environmental/Health and Safety Factors:
Occasional exposure to unpleasant environmental conditions and/or hazards. Daily exposure to noise and vibration. Monthly exposure to respiratory hazards and physical hazards. Seasonal exposure to extreme temperature and wetness and/or humidity. Frequent exposure to mechanical hazards, electrical hazards, and fire hazards. Occasional exposure to explosives and communicable diseases. Rare exposure to chemical hazards and physical danger or abuse.

Physical Demands:
Constantly requires walking, vision, hearing, twisting, and talking. Frequently requires standing, fine dexterity, sitting, foot controls, and balancing. Occasionally requires lifting, carrying, reaching, kneeling, pushing/pulling, climbing, bending, and crouching and stooping. Rarely requires crawling. Medium strength demands include exerting 20-50 pounds occasionally, exerting up to 10-20 pounds frequently, or exerting up to 10 pounds constantly.

Mental Demands:
Frequently requires irregular schedule/overtime, working closely with others as part of a team, tedious or exacting work, and noisy/distracting environment. Occasionally requires time pressures, emergency situations, frequent change of tasks, and performing multiple tasks simultaneously.

The City of Greenville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Prospective and current employees should contact Human Resources to request an ADA accommodation.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.