POSITION
Job Title: Emergency Medical Services System Director
Job Type: Executive Level – Emergency Management / Public Safety
Location: Houston, Texas
Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The City of Houston Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System is a critical component of the City’s public safety and emergency response infrastructure. Serving one of the largest and most diverse metropolitan populations in the United States, Houston EMS as part of the Houston Fire Department delivers basic and advanced life support, emergency medical response, patient transport, disaster response, and special event medical services.
The EMS System works collaboratively with Houston Fire Department, regional hospitals, public health agencies, emergency management partners, and law enforcement to ensure rapid, coordinated, and high-quality prehospital care. The system plays a vital role in large-scale emergency preparedness, public health emergencies, and citywide resilience initiatives.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
The Emergency Medical Services System Director provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight of Houston’s EMS System. This role is responsible for ensuring clinical excellence, regulatory compliance, fiscal stewardship, workforce readiness, and system-wide integration with public safety and healthcare partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Directing all clinical EMS operations, clinical services, and administrative functions, with command oversight of high-acuity responses, mass-casualty incidents, and tactical medical deployments
- Establishing system-wide clinical and operational policies, protocols, and performance standards aligned with disaster medicine, trauma care, and law-enforcement/first-responder integration
- Leading emergency preparedness, large-scale disaster response, and special event medical operations, including incident command participation, surge capacity planning, and inter-agency coordination
- Overseeing quality assurance, clinical outcomes, and continuous improvement initiatives, with a focus on trauma system performance, disaster response readiness, and after-action review implementation
- Participates in management of EMS budgets, contracts, grants, and vendor relationships, including funding streams that support disaster preparedness, tactical equipment, training, and resilience initiatives
- Oversees Associate and Assistant Medical Directors as well as support staff to include CQI and education personnel
- Serving as a senior medical advisor to City leadership on EMS operations, disaster and public health preparedness, tactical medicine, and system-wide emergency response performance
Please send resumes to [email protected] to express your interest.
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