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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />510 Meadowlands Drive | Hillsborough, NC 27278 | (919) 245-6100 Main Office <br />www.orangecountync.gov/oces <br /> EMS <br /> <br />To: Riley Picken <br /> <br />From: Kim Woodward, EMS Division Chief <br /> <br />Date: August 3, 2023 <br /> <br />Subject: 2024 Paramedic Academy <br /> <br />Welcome aboard!! We want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on being chosen for the <br />2024 Paramedic Academy. Here are a few things to address with you as you begin your <br />newest adventure in EMS. <br /> <br />• Please be sure that you have completed all necessary documentation and testing that <br />DTCC is requiring. You must have all DTCC requirements completed prior to the start <br />date of August 14th, 2023 to avoid being dropped from the class. You are also expected <br />to have books and uniform shirts for the first day of class. Please contact Kayla <br />Corredera-Wells at 919-536-7200 ext. 4207 if you have any questions. <br />• You will need to sign a FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) form to <br />allow administration to review your educational progress. Chasidy Kearns will be <br />sending this form out to you electronically. <br />• You must sign your paramedic academy contract electronically through Docu-sign. You <br />may not clock in to class until the contract is valid. (8/26/2024) We will make sure you <br />are whole in your required hours and will schedule around your classroom requirements. <br />• During the time you are in the Paramedic Academy at DTCC James Johnson, EMS <br />Supervisor and FTEP Coordinator, will be your supervisor. The scheduling of your <br />weekly EMS unit ride times will be handled through James in conjunction with the Shift <br />Supervisors. It is vital that you communicate with James to ensure that you meet your <br />weekly work hour requirements. <br />• We will make every attempt to have you work the same number of scheduled hours as <br />any other EMS employee on a 24/72 or 12 hour rotating schedule. This means that you <br />will rotate between a 36 hour workweek and a 48 hour workweek. Excessive overtime <br />will not be allowed because we want you to focus on your education. <br />• If you fail to work the minimum of 36 hours per week you will be required to use annual <br />leave to make up the difference. Leave without pay will not be recommended by the <br />Emergency Services Director. <br />• You may be asked when on an EMS unit to staff as a second person. The hours for <br />which you staff as an EMT (second rider status) is not counted toward the salary payout <br />for school should there be a breach of contract. Only class, program clinicals and field <br />internship (third rider trainee status) are counted. <br />• You are encouraged to come to continuing education unless there is a direct conflict in <br />your program calendar. The Con-Ed schedule has been established through next June <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 274FAE82-232E-4B40-9060-15E996A31402