RN AVP of Clinical Operations - Transport

MedSTAR Transport provides care for about 5,000 patients each year throughout the Baltimore and greater Washington, D.C., area. Our fleet includes both state-of-the-art medevac helicopters and ambulances. And thanks to our highly qualified air and ground transportation teams, no patient is far from advanced care.

The majority of our patients are transported between hospitals in the Med Star Health system and other major tertiary care centers in the Mid-Atlantic region as directed by the sending and receiving physicians. Medical control physicians are immediately available 24 hours a day for consultation with referring physicians and flight crews. Some patients are transported from accident scenes to the closest Level One Trauma Center in coordination with local EMS systems.

During transport, our specialized team can initiate or continue critical care and advanced life support via our current evidence-based treatment protocols in any setting and have immediate access to critical care physicians. Our teams routinely manage patients on advanced mechanical ventilation modes including high flow nasal oxygen and APRV, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps, Ventricular Assist Devices, Impellas, ECMO, and many more advanced therapies.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Professional Practice:
  Validates all staff maintains current licensure certification and continuing education as required for the position held. Oversees the education and skills maintenance programs to ensure all associates maintain the highest level of clinical competence. Creates a professional practice atmosphere and an environment of coaching and ongoing development.
• Clinical Oversight:
  Maintains continuous oversight of the clinical performance through chart reviews performance monitoring activities and direct observation. Maintains current knowledge of practice standards and ensures clinical protocols are evidence based. Works collaboratively with the program Medical Director(s) and operational managers to ensure clinical practice/protocols are current and relevant.
• Supervision:
  Directly supervises the Flight, Ground and Communications Operations Managers in addition to the Professional Development Director providing leadership over the planning development execution and ongoing evaluation of MedSTAR Transport's training professional development and education programs. Ensures adherence to all compliance standards including corporate industry and clinical practice licensing authorities. Assumes overall program responsibility in the absence of the Program Director.
• Customer Relations:
  Ensures SPIRIT values are consistently exhibited in interactions with patients referring facility personnel and team members within the Transport program.
• Pursues Professional Development:
  Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the fields of nursing and prehospital medicine clinical instruction clinical education and multidisciplinary professional development through a variety of professional activities including but not limited to reading the appropriate literature and attending related seminars and conferences. Demonstrates accountability for own professional development and advancement.
• Supports Professional Development:
  Supports Med Star Health System Nursing goal of achieving eighty percent (80%) baccalaureate-prepared nursing workforce. Serves as an advisor to fellow nurse leaders on academic progression of nurses. Collaborates with other nurse leaders on securing grant funds that support the ongoing professional development and academic progression of the Med Star Health nurses.
• Optimizes Clinical Practice Processes:
  Responsible for maintaining DEA compliance and oversight of the department's narcotics management. Collaborates with Program Director to identify and project clinical capital equipment. Ensures patient care equipment remains current meeting the patient population needs. Works with biomedical engineering to ensure patient care equipment is efficiently maintained. Ensures processes are in place to…