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Ambulance department seeks five FTEs to reduce mandatory overtime and meet University transfer demand
Summary
The Johnson County ambulance department asked supervisors to approve five full‑time positions — two to convert high open hours into regular staffing and three to staff an expanded 24/7 interfacility transfer contract with the University of Iowa; supervisors agreed to place the personnel request on the formal agenda.
Johnson County’s ambulance department asked the board Thursday to approve five full‑time positions to reduce recurring mandatory overtime and to staff an expanded contract for non‑emergency patient transfers with the University of Iowa.
"We have tipped over into having a little bit too many of the open hours," Fiona Johnson, ambulance department head (calling in remotely), said of the department’s reliance on part‑time staff and the resulting overtime burden.…
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