RN Educator - Airlife

Company: CARLE
Location: Heyworth
Posted on: May 23, 2023

Job Description:

The Critical Care Transport team educator is a member of the Carle Foundation Hospital flight and ground transport teams. Performs duties of active crew member as needed. This position assumes the additional role of clinical educator. Responsible for collaboration in the development, implementation, and oversight of all initial and recurrent continuing education for medical crew members to achieve and maintain required competencies; Coordinates activities to achieve and maintain accreditation; Coordinates research; Participates in the development and implementation of Quality Management programs; Supervises new hire crewmembers during the orientation process in collaboration with the program administration. Attention to budget components of the transport education programs as well as staffing is expected. This position will require positive interpersonal skills with the transport team, Carle Hospital employees, EMS representatives and leadership, and line staff of regional hospitals. This position will require a self-motivated, dependable and contentious individual who can function in a constantly changing environment.

• Maintains and monitors medical crew licensure, certifications, clinical requirements, OSHA training and testing, and advanced procedures
• Develops Transport Team Education Plan
• Assists in the identification and revision of all continuing education requirements to maintain compliance with all accrediting, regulating and credentialing agencies.
• Assists in CAMTS compliance for all medical education requirements.
• Participates in the interviewing of medical transport crew candidates and provides input for hiring decisions.
• Responsible for the coordination of new employee orientation. Reviews and revises orientation plan on an annual basis.
• Works collaboratively with teams for oversight of new employees' clinical preceptor ship.
• Assists with new base start-ups to include hiring and orientation of medical crew members.
• Assists MD and Operations Director assessing educational requirements (didactic, clinical competence, certifications)
• Assist with METI training.
• Coordinates initial and annual competency training, protocol testing, for new medical equipment and/or procedures.
• Maintains or modifies, as needed, monitoring systems for continuing education compliance.
• Assures implementation of corrective action plans with MD.
• Collaborates with base supervisor to complete employee evaluations
• Assists Medical Director in developing and revising medical policy. Initiates and implements development and revision of established policies.
• Participates in Quality Assurance and Improvement through systematic problem identification, and collaborates with the Medical Director to correct deficiencies and to evaluate implemented change. Assists with chart review and QA/QI data collection as assigned. Assures integration of performance and identified QA deficiencies in training/education
• Maintains all requirements and fulfills all essential functions of a flight and ground transport crewmember.
• Serves as a role model for provision of advanced level medical care.
• Maintains positive interpersonal relationships with colleagues, EMS representatives, hospitals and the public while executing strong interpersonal skills and a high degree of collaboration at all levels
• Demonstrates high critical thinking and reasoning skills and strong attention to detail while working in a fast paced environment that requires ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including 24 hour shifts, overtime, and an on-call rotation
• Collaborates to maintain mutual resources for education available to crew.
• Other duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management.
• Maintain CAMTS accreditation

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