RN AVP Clinical Operations MS Transport Job Listing at MedStar Health in Lanham, MD (Job ID 146476)

Description

About the Job

MedSTAR Transport's state-of-the-art Communications Center handles every patient need with just one call. Regardless of the situation, it expedites the referral, locates an admitting physician, and coordinates the transport to an appropriate facility.

Its facility incorporates Global Positioning System (GPS) flight tracking, a real-time video link to MedStar Washington Hospital Center's helipad, eight workstations, four radio frequencies, and nearly 30 phone lines. The communications center is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with paramedics and communications specialists.

General Summary of Position
The Assistant Vice President Clinical Operations is responsible for oversight of the professional practice of all MedSTAR Transport associates including Registered Nurses Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians. Oversees and directs the Professional Development Specialist(s) to ensure associates maintain clinical competence through ongoing education skills validation and quality assurance monitoring. Responsible for compliance and oversight of the department's clinical practice processes and workflows to ensure high quality safe patient care. Assumes overall program responsibility in the absence of the Program Director.

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 Professional Development Specialists 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 MedStar 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 MedStar 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 optimize accessibility of necessary supplies equipment and pharmaceuticals.
• Safety Promotion: Works proactively to support a strong safety culture.
• Personal Accountability: Takes responsibility for personal behaviors ensuring individual actions support teamwork and a positive work environment. Adheres to and supports program safety standards.
• Develops department goals objectives policies and procedures. Ensures compliance with business unit policies and procedures and governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Develops and recommends department operating budget and manages resources according to approved budget.
• Selects trains orients and assigns department staff. Develops standards of performance evaluates performance and conducts performance management planning. Initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions. Maintains ongoing communication with subordinates to review programs provide feedback discuss new developments and exchange information.
• Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and business unit in community outreach efforts.
• Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams and maintains effective working relationships with other departments.

Minimal Qualifications
Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. required and
• Master's degree preferred and
• Will need to complete Maryland MIEMSS required QA course within 6 months of hire. required

Experience

• 3-4 years Critical care emergency services nursing experience required and
• 5-7 years Progressive leadership experience. required and
• Prior experience working for a CAMTS accredited program preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Current Registered Nursing licensure in the District of Columbia and Maryland (or ability to obtain licensure). required and
• Certification in ACLS PALS NRP ITLS ATLS/TNATC and STABLE within 1 Year required and
• Certified Flight Registered Nurse Certified Transport Registered Nurse or Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse required within 2 years of hire. required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills (including radio telephone and written).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate others.
• Experience with continuous quality improvement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word Excel and able to quickly learn other software systems required for the position.
• Good time management and project management skills.
• Good research and writing skills.
• Knowledge of all related federal state local and transport regulatory requirements.
• Effective problem-solving skills and ability to exercise independent judgment and seek guidance when appropriate.
• Emotional stability to function effectively in unpredictable situations.