Medical Transport Clinical Supervisor

Job Description:

The Medical Transport Clinical Supervisor assists the Clinical leadership in providing supervision and leadership of assigned medical transport caregivers. They support resource allocation, a safe working environment, and optimal patient care. In addition, they implement and/or support clinical projects, process improvement, staffing, equipment and supply acquisition, hiring, and assist in budget development and monitoring. They demonstrate advanced critical thinking capabilities in working autonomously and in collaboration with other healthcare providers in the delivery of care. Performs in standard clinical duties 25 percent or more.

Active Registered Nurse License OR Paramedic Certification is required for this position.

Essential Functions

• Leads teams of medical transport clinical caregivers and is responsible for staffing, performance, development, coaching and ensuring the teams are engaged in working to their potential.  
• Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to provide medical care and transport appropriate to pediatric and adult patients. 
• Serves as a liaison between leadership and team to invite discussion, formulate solutions, share trends, and provide input into decisions that affect patients and team members.
• Ensures appropriate standards and processes are met to ensure team members meet compliance requirements of Intermountain Healthcare and accrediting or regulatory organizations (CAMTS, CLIA, DEA, FAA, etc.).
• Partners and collaborates with Aviation, Education, Quality Assurance, Safety, Logistics and Compliance leaders and functions to support optimal administration of education, ongoing review, process improvement, and guideline development. 
• Completes supervisory assignments in a timely manner related to payroll, scheduling, data requests, communications, development and measurement of KPI’s and accounting. 
• Supports and promotes caregiver understanding and adherence to all safety practices, policies, procedures, and initiatives.
• Owns and leads various special projects related to Med Transport clinical operations. 

Skills

• Leadership  
• Clinical care
• Emergency Response  
• Documentation  
• Safety  
• Education / training  
• Regulatory compliance  
• Logistics  

Physical Requirements:

Qualifications

• Current RN license in state of practice.
• OR Current relevant state certification to practice as a Paramedic
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers  
• Certification(s) as appropriate to area(s) of practice: (i.e. Pediatric Advanced Life Support [PALS], Advanced Cardiac Life Support [ACLS], NRC, etc.)  
• Ventilation Lab, Equipment Lab, Procedure Lab, and Survival Training (must obtain within 3 months of hire and maintained annually) 
• Advanced Certification as RN as appropriate to area of practice (CFRN, CEN, CCRN, or C-NPT).
• CFRN (If RN must obtain within 2 years of hire and maintain throughout employment) 
• Advanced certification as Flight Paramedic (FP-C) or Critical Care Transport Paramedic (CCTP) (must obtain within 2 years of hire and maintain throughout employment).
• Advanced Trauma Transport Certification (must obtain within 1 year of hire and maintain throughout employment).

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Previous supervisory or leadership experience 
• Two years relevant clinical experience in air medical transport.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, healthcare-related field, or business management 
• Two years experience as a flight paramedic or three years’ experience as a 911 responder

Physical Requirements

• Must weigh less than 206 pounds fully dressed at the time of hire and must maintain that weight if working in air medical transport. 
• May be subject to certain work conditions while functioning in the full capacity of their position. These work conditions include, but are not limited to:  
• Performance of essential job responsibilities in a moving aircraft, ground ambulance, hospital as well as the potential to do so in an outdoor environment (inclement weather, extremes of temperature, accident scenes, steep terrain, back country, etc.). 
• Exposure to noise, vibration, and dehydrating environment of an aircraft or ground ambulance.  
• Unpressurized helicopter flight at altitudes which may range to 10,000 feet. 
• Unexpected depressurization of fixed wing at altitude.  
• Exposure to patients with known or unknown infectious disease in an enclosed space. 
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess p