Lead Paramedic - Event Medicine, Nashville TN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: LifeFlight Event Medicine Job Summary: The Lead Paramedic is responsible for the daily operations of the team and ensuring that procedures and policies are carried out in a safe, standard and efficient manner compliant within accreditation standards. Reports directly to the manager. Models effective decision making. Schedule: Full-Time 36 hours per week, typically scheduled as 3 12 hours shifts. Scheduling is flexible and collaborative. Lead Paramedics are required to work a minimum of four (4) shifts per month in an active field role to maintain clinical competency and leadership presence. Lead Paramedic Expectations: 1. Demonstrates ability to remain calm, patient, and productive in a fast-paced environment 2. Participates in an equal share of Administrator on Call shifts each month 3. Leads individual assigned teams with professionalism 4. Ensures team members are compliant with departmental expectations 5. Coordinates daily event operations while on duty including supervision of team members at events 6. Recognizes and takes progression or corrective actions when needed to promote a high degree of professionalism and proficiency 7. Provides clinical leadership and assures patient care is facilitated in accordance with the standards of practice and protocols of Event Medicine 8. Task completion of projects within a timely manner 9. Organizes and leads sub-committees for ongoing process improvement 10. Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address the needs 11. Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase team member effectiveness 12. Engages team members on a routine basis regarding quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly 13. Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure 14. Applies understanding of the teams work to effectively manage resources for an event 15. Demonstrates a strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities 16. Serves as a role model in challenging and difficult situations. Demonstrates leadership styles in a calm, supportive, and authoritative manner as required by situation 17. Communicates team goals clearly and effectively being receptive to ideas and suggestions from other team members 18. Demonstrates leadership in situations where supervision is not present or required 19. Demonstrates ability to realistically anticipate resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility 20. Competently handles multiple assignments simultaneously 21. Accepts changes to assignments with minimal disruption and loss of productivity 22. Ability to absorb changes to major assignments while maintaining a high level of performance 23. Ensures problem follow up for all issues to be resolved 24. Coaches team members on technical and interpersonal topics, as well as professional development 25. Demonstrates team building techniques and provides leadership through personal example of good work habits, open communication, and effective people relationships 26. Involves team members in decisions which affect them 27. Demonstrates self-reliance and resourcefulness as an example to others 28. Efficiency working with diverse populations. . KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Provides operational guidance to the staff, makes operational decisions as necessary and follows up on additional administrative duties. Proactively involved in departmental planning, growth and development by participation in monthly Supervisor, Staff, and Safety meetings. Recognizes and takes progression or corrective actions when needed to promote a high degree of professionalism and proficiency. Provides clinical leadership for the team and assures that patient care is facilitated in accordance with the standards and practice and protocols of the department. Provides advanced pre-hospital and inter-facility patient care from initial contact until care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility. Maintains thorough patient care documentation of assessment and intervention throughout the entire transport and will practice within the scope of practice as defined by the state of Tennessee and programs protocols. The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES Critical Thinking (Intermediate): Clearly and quickly demonstrates the recognition of assumptions and concepts. Shows a solid empirical grounding and a sound reasoning leading to conclusions, implications and consequences. Able to accept and understand objections from alternative viewpoints. Responsive to variable subject matter, issues, and purposes. Emergency Management (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of emergency management in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering results without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate by setting the example, giving instruction, providing leadership, and generally raising the level of performance of others while on the job. Change Management (Intermediate): Establishes a structured methodology for responding to changes in the environment or establishing coping mechanisms for responding to changes in the workplace. Makes sound recommendations in problem resolutions. Assists in testing and quality assuring solutions. Decision Making (Intermediate): Demonstrates the ability to make multiple decisions simultaneously which impact situations beyond areas of direct responsibility. Observes patterns and characteristics not obvious to others. Capable of clearly and effectively delegating decisions to others for implementation. Able to structure and organize an environment which may be fast-paced, changing, ambiguous, highly competitive, complex, chaotic, or unstable and then make decisions effectively and accurately. Able to make decisions with limited information. Develops alternative scenarios for the outcomes of important decisions. Identifies innovative approaches to solving problems. Leadership (Novice): Sets the example in challenging and difficult situations. Can demonstrate different leadership styles, such as supportive and authoritative, as individuals and situations require it. Communicates team and unit goals clearly and effectively. Is receptive to ideas and suggestions from team members. Shows leadership and initiative in situations where supervision is not present or required. Communication (Intermediate): Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers. Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings. These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South. Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Requirements

LIC-Driver's License - Tennessee
LIC-Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic - Licensure-Others
3 years Relevant Work Experience
High School Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Critical Care Paramedic

Responsibilities

Provides operational guidance to the staff, makes operational decisions as necessary and follows up on additional administrative duties.
Proactively involved in departmental planning, growth and development by participation in monthly Supervisor, Staff, and Safety meetings.
Recognizes and takes progression or corrective actions when needed to promote a high degree of professionalism and proficiency.
Provides clinical leadership for the team and assures that patient care is facilitated in accordance with the standards and practice and protocols of the department.
Provides advanced pre-hospital and inter-facility patient care from initial contact until care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility.
Maintains thorough patient care documentation of assessment and intervention throughout the entire transport and will practice within the scope of practice as defined by the state of Tennessee and programs protocols.

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