LifeFlight Critical Care Ground Transport - Advanced EMT; AEMT

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Organization: Critical Care Transport

Independently works off assessment skills to activate patient care protocols to deliver patient care within his/her full scope of practice as defined by the state of Tennessee and Life Flight's scope of practice. Maintains compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards. Safety transport patients utilizing Vanderbilt and Unit specific safety, policy and procedure and accreditation standards. Maintains equipment per regulatory and compliance standards.

Responsible for effective communication to ensure safe and quality patient care with team, transport and handover.

Shifts - variable, 24 weekly hours

• Experience driving an ambulance
• Experience in a high-volume system
• 911 experience

• Fully functional critical care transport units with all necessary tools for advanced care.
• Competitive pay & benefits packages
• Critical Care Ground specialized ambulances are based at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. On average, we respond within 150 miles of VUMC.
• Opportunities for advanced training & career growth
• Our teams are highly trained to manage critically ill patients

• 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. Maintains equipment per regulatory and compliance standards.
• Communicate/collaborates effectively to meet patient and team needs.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• 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.
• 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.

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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.

• Organizational Impact:
  Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional…