LifeFlight Critical Care Ground Transport - EMT Basic (EMT-B) PRN

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

• Organization :

Critical Care Transport

• Job Summary :

The EMT provides appropriate, efficient, and timely interfacility transport and providing the necessary basic life support care of the sick and injured neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients in accordance with hospital policies, local, state, and national standards of practice.

The EMT provides appropriate, efficient, and timely interfacility transport while providing the necessary basic life support care of the sick and injured neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients in accordance with hospital policies, local, state, and national standards of practice.

Job Description

• Qualifications

_Required_

• High School Diploma / GED
• TN EMT License
• Valid Driver's License from state of residence

_Preferred_

• 2 years of high volume 911 system experience
• NREMT
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) and VFK training
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, NRP (can be obtained on orientation)
• S.T.A.B.L.E (can be obtained on orientation)
• PHTLS (required within first year of employment)
• NIMS IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, IS-800
• Fundamentals Airway Class (can be obtained on orientation)
• Position - Shift
• Four (4 ) shifts in a 6-week period plus 2 weekend shifts
• Night Shift
• Department Summary

As an EMT on our LifeFlight Critical Care Transport team you will be part of a dedicated team providing advanced care to critically ill patients. Our team is comprised of EMT / AEMT, Critical Care Paramedic, and a Critical Care RN. Our fully functional critical care ground ambulance is equipped with essential tools for advanced care, including blood products, full monitoring with invasive hemodynamic values, specialized equipment such as Hamilton T1 ventilator, ISTAT, Medtronic pacemaker, High flow Nasal Cannula, 8-channel IV pump, a vast amount of medications, and knowledge to operate VAD, Impella, IABP (Inter Aortic Balloon Pump), and ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation). The CCT (Critical Care Transport) team operates a freightliner truck that seats up to 9 providers (including the driver) and one patient.

• Our Philosophy

We believe highly skilled and specialized care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education, and research. As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered :

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and / or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
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• Sign-On Bonus Requirements

The sign-on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past twelve months. The sign-on bonus is only available for full-time positions.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be 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 in these areas that has made us 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 our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

• Core Accountabilities :
• Organizational Impact : Performs clearly defines tasks and methods described in detail to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance.
• Problem Solving / Complexity of work : Follows a well established process to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed.
• Breadth of Knowledge : Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures that are common to own job.
• Team Interaction : Individually contributes to the team.
• Core Capabilities

Delivering Excellent Services :

Serves Others with Compassion : Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.

Solves Complex Problems : Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner. Offers Meaningful Advice and Support : Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.

Ensuring High Quality : Performs Excellent Work : Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.

Ensures Continuous Improvement : Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.

Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements : Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.

Managing Resources Effectively :

Demonstrates Accountability : Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work / service. Stewards Organizational Resources : Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.Makes Data Driven Decisions : Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error. Fostering Innovation : Generates New Ideas : Willingly proposes / accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them. - Applies Technology : Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change : Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

• Position Qualifications :
• Responsibilities :
• Certifications :

LIC-Emergency Medical Technicians Basic - Licensure-Others

• Work Experience :

Relevant Work Experience

• Experience Level :

Less than 1 year

• Education :

High School Diploma or GED

_Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.

EOE / Vets / Disabled._