Medical Director, Paramedic Education

Vermont State Colleges System • Williston, VT

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Director is responsible for all medical aspects of the program. The medical director collaborates with the program director and the clinical outplacement coordinator to ensure appropriateness of content and clinical experiences. The medical director ensures and documents terminal competency of each student prior to completion of the program.

Requirements

• Possess license(s) to practice medicine in each state where the program’s students are participating in patient care,
• Or maintain a formal relationship with an assistant medical director in the states where the primary medical director does not have a license,
• Have experience and current knowledge of the emergency care of the sick and injured,
• Be an active member of the local medical community and participate in professional activities related to out-of-hospital care.
• The delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care, including the proper care and transport of patients, EMS medical direction, and quality improvement in out-of-hospital care,
• The education of EMS professions, including professional, legislative, and regulatory issues,
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine is preferred

Responsibilities

• Review and approval of the educational content of the program curriculum to certify its ongoing appropriateness and medical accuracy,
• Review and approval of the quality of medical instruction, supervision, and evaluation of the students in all areas of the program,
• Review and approval of the process of each student throughout the program, and assist in the development of appropriate corrective measures when a student does not show adequate progress,
• Assurance of the competence of each graduate of the program in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains,
• Responsibility for cooperative involvement with the program director,
• Adequate controls to assure the quality of the delegated responsibilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree