Lead Paramedic - Event Medicine, Nashville TN

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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.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
Critical Care Paramedic

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.

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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.

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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.

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Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Independently performs non-routine tasks that significantly impact team and other related teams.* Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Gathers and analyzes data to solve problems that arise with little or no precendent.* Breadth of Knowledge: Applies advanced job knowledge and has developed a breadth of skills in other areas. * Team Interaction: Serves as a lead for the team by providing expertise and guidance to team members.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. - Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Services : - Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. - Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality : - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively : - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. - Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. - Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

LIC-Driver's License - Tennessee, LIC-Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic - Licensure-Others

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level :

3 years

Education:

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

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