Position Summary
The Learning Specialist is responsible for leading educational and quality initiatives for the Critical Care Air Transport Team. To prepare team members to be safe and efficient
Orlando Health is home to Central Florida's only Level One Trauma Center. Our Air Care Team responds to the scene, transports calls, and serves all Orlando Health hospitals, the team also provides assistance and support to other hospitals located throughout Florida based on medical necessity.
Our Air Care Team treats each patient with efficiency and compassion. We facilitate an organized, multidisciplinary response system that helps patients return to their prior level of function and interaction within society. This continuum of care includes injury prevention, EMS and medical oversight of pre-hospital care, appropriate triage and transport, resuscitation and emergency care, surgical intervention, intensive and general acute care, rehabilitative services, behavioral health, social services, community re-integration plans, and medical care follow-up. Our Air Care Team is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to provide safe and reliable transport to our most critically ill patients.
Responsibilities:
Essential Functions
• Systematically and continuously monitor, assess, and improve the quality and appropriateness of patient care and safety of the air transport service
• Assist with the accreditation process. Responsible to coordinate or assist in training and/or implementing processes to meet JCAHO/CAMTS standards, i.e. safety of the air transport service
• Enhances clinical competence of team members by utilizing an Education Action Plan and Annual Needs Assessment
• Develops and coordinates the orientation process for assigned areas, meets with orientees, preceptors and members of the nursing leadership team as needed
• Actively participates in quality and safety initiatives to ensure team members are improving practice so quality and safety standards are met
• Collaborates with Corporate Education to assess ongoing competence of clinical team members
• Plans, develops, coordinates, and evaluates unit specific programs to maintain or increase the skill and knowledge of team members
• Ensures adult learning principles are integrated into all programs
• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities
• Maintains proficiency in assigned role by participating in direct nursing practice
• Demonstrates professional accountability by involvement in professional organizations
• Provides input for the clinical evaluation of team members
• Participates in the selection, evaluation and hiring of potential team members
• Facilitates professional development of team members through utilization of educational courses
• Assesses and provides education to maintain ongoing knowledge and compliance of organizational, regulatory policies and procedures
• Utilizes evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice standards
• Effectively expresses ideas in verbal and written communication to team members and groups
• Embraces, communicates and promotes change
• Develops test questions for Annual Clinical Review (ACR) online testing database, utilizing test construction principles and assembles unit specific ACR test
• Facilitates and participates in the skills portion of the ACR
• Participates in unit-specific, site-specific or corporate committees and/or educational initiatives that influence organizational outcomes
• Creates opportunities to develop critical thinking and critical reasoning skills for all team members
• Provides development programs for preceptor growth
• Utilizes critical thinking and knowledge assessments to plan orientation
• Demonstrates knowledge of the research process; interprets and uses evidence based practice guidelines in addressing learning needs
• Demonstrates competency in industry standards for quality and safety for critical air transports Qualifications:
Education/Training
• Bachelor in Science in Nursing Degree or higher
• State of Florida Paramedic License within 6 months of hire.
• Approved state of Florida Air Medical Crew Core Curriculum
Licensure/Certification
• Maintains current Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida
• Certified Flight Registered Nurse within 1 year of hire.
• Maintains current all of the following certifications
BLS/Healthcare Provider
Advanced Life Support
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
TNCC
Experience
• Five (5) years of acute care hospital experience in related area (emergency department, intensive care unit).