Vanderbilt flight program

All ground ambulance and event medicine services are operated by Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Vanderbilt LifeFlight will transport a patient to any medically appropriate hospital, and our crews have access to the region's only Level I Trauma Center, Burn Center and Children's Hospital, all at Vanderbilt. LifeFlight is a key part of a trauma system that includes pre-hospital care, definitive care, rehabilitation and injury prevention.

We are nationally recognized for quality and safety. All air operations are provided by Air Methods Corporation. Ashley Brown Panas, MD, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine, chief flight physician and assistant medical director of LifeFlight, said flying physicians are board certified in emergency medicine or eligible to sit for their board certification.

Since its inception in , Vanderbilt LifeFlight has completed more than 45, accident-free patient missions. The program has grown from a single helicopter to more than eight bases across Tennessee, nine helicopters, an airplane, two critical care ground ambulances and twelve advanced life support ambulances. All air operations are provided by Air Methods Corporation. Work for one of the nation's best ground and air medical programs. Search keyword LifeFlight for current positions and job descriptions.

Here are the positions we normally hire in each of our divisions, and their minimum requirements. Please note that this list is not necessarily all inclusive and does not represent open positions. Positions are listed online at the Vanderbilt Human Resources site Jobline. The LifeFlight Ground Ambulance Transport Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordination, and dispatch of all emergent and non-emergent LifeFlight Ground Ambulance transport requests as well third-party transport vendors who augment transport requests to and from VUMC facilities.

LifeFlight Ground Transport teams are an integral part of a comprehensive community-based EMS system, designed to provide both high-acuity urgent interfacility transports to a higher-level care and scheduled non-urgent transport of patients from VUMC hospitals to post-acute care facilities or home.

LifeFlight Ground EMS also responds to requests for mutual aid to support any community or hospital system during times of natural disaster, mass casualty, or other extreme circumstances. Each LifeFlight Ground transport base is specifically aligned in communities requiring direct support of VUMC hospitals or partnering facilities; however, the entire program responds to requests across a multi-state region.

The paramedic must initiate and or adapt patient care plans according to scope of practice requirements and LifeFlight approved treatment protocols and medical direction.

The paramedic is responsible for continuously reassessing and adjusting care as conditions change with the goal of always optimizing outcomes. The paramedic is expected to always deliver exceptional compassion, professionalism, patient care, and customer service.