PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT ENGINE PROGRAM Sample Clauses

PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT ENGINE PROGRAM. 1. A paramedic premium will be paid to Fire Fighters, Fire Engineers, and Fire Captains certified as paramedics. Fire Battalion Chiefs are not eligible for the premium. In accordance with Article 17, this exclusion does not apply to the EMS Fire Battalion Chief. 2. The paramedic premium shall be the difference between E Step Fire Fighter and E Step Fire Engineer per month. 3. A paramedic certification bonus of $500 shall be paid to all certified personnel in the Bargaining Unit, with the exception of Fire Battalion Chiefs, upon certification or re-certification as a paramedic. EMS Fire Battalion Chiefs certified as paramedics will be eligible for the $500 bonus. 4. During the term of this MOU, additional Fire Fighters to be trained as paramedics will be determined by mutual agreement. 5. Effective July 1, 2006, unless sufficient profit exists from the LLC, or the San Diego Medical Enterprise Services LLC Board, or alternative EMS provider, votes to fund the 5 percent rated paramedic specialty pay for Fiscal Year 2007, then the 5 percent paramedic specialty pay will be paid only to certified paramedics working in a posted paramedic position. This specialty pay will be paid on a per diem basis when a certified paramedic is working in a posted paramedic position if not permanently assigned to a posted position on a full-time basis. Rated, non-posted paramedics will no longer receive 5% specialty pay to maintain paramedic licensure. Effective July 1, 2007, to remain eligible to receive the 5 percent paramedic specialty pay, rated, non-posted paramedics must agree to: a. Participate in a chart audit program wherein they will audit the patient charts of paramedics (chart audits will be equally distributed among rated paramedics); and b. Participate in the continuing education, quality assurance and ambulance rotation programs; and c. Serve as a back-up BMO 6. The Fire Chief agrees to recommend to the San Diego Medical Services Enterprise LLC Board, or alternative EMS provider, that the 5 percent paramedic specialty pay for rated, non-posted paramedics be funded through the LLC budget and not be dependent on sufficient profit distribution.