LifeFlight Ground AEMT PRN - Wilson Co.

About the Role

With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, Vanderbilt Health is the region's largest comprehensive academic health system, with a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South. The organization is guided by a mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research, and fosters a supportive, collaborative community where expertise is valued and uniqueness is celebrated.

LifeFlight Ground EMS began with a single ambulance in the fall of 2011 and has since expanded to a fleet of 21 Advanced Life Support (ALS) equipped ground ambulances operating from five locations across Middle Tennessee: Nashville, Wilson County (Lebanon), Coffee County (Tullahoma), Montgomery County (Clarksville), and Bedford County (adjacent to Vanderbilt Bedford). The ambulances primarily focus on interfacility transfers and discharges from Vanderbilt-affiliated medical facilities, with the ability to also support non-Vanderbilt facilities.

The Wilson County (Lebanon) position independently works off assessment skills to activate patient care protocols to deliver patient care within the full scope of practice as defined by the state of Tennessee and LifeFlight's scope of practice. The role maintains compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, safely transports patients utilizing Vanderbilt and unit-specific safety policies, procedures, and accreditation standards, maintains equipment per regulatory and compliance standards, and is responsible for effective communication to ensure safe and quality patient care with team, transport, and handover.

Schedule

Variable 12-hour shifts, to include some nights, weekends, and holidays. 7a-7p every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete documentation of transports/patient care performed using Vanderbilt and unit-specific compliance policy.
• Safely transport patients utilizing Vanderbilt and unit-specific safety policy and accreditation standards.
• Maintain equipment per regulatory and compliance standards.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively to meet patient and team needs.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Assessing, Intervening & Stabilizing Patients (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate assessing, intervening, and stabilizing patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
• Drug Interactions (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate knowledge of drug interactions in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Emergency Management (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate emergency management in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Critical Thinking (Novice): Displays clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, and sound evidence in the successful completion of tasks and projects. Demonstrates rational and disciplined thought as manifested in results.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes, and procedures that apply to own job.
• Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry-level co-workers.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities; seeks to understand colleagues' priorities and working styles and develops relationships across areas; openly shares information and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services: Invests time to understand the problems and needs of others to provide excellent service; seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner; listens carefully to understand issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards; demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service; displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources; uses accurate information and good decision-making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them; absorbs new technology quickly and understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action; embraces change by keeping an open mind and incorporating change instructions into own area of work.

About Allied Health at Vanderbilt

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today, 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, which has made it 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 its leadership in medical science and dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Valid Tennessee Driver's License (LIC-Driver's License - Tennessee)
• Tennessee Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Licensure (LIC-Emergency Medical Technician Advanced)
• Relevant work experience: Less than 1 year

Benefits

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings to enhance well-being and professional growth.