Continuing Education Coordinator
Job ID:
R126628
Shift:
1st
Full/Part Time:
Full_time
Location:
Advocate Sherman Hospital – 1425 N Randall Rd
Elgin, IL 60123
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Day hours Mon thru Friday with evenings and weekends as needed
Major Responsibilities
- Coordinates Clinical aspects of the Paramedic Training Program in accordance with accreditation and National EMS Standards.
- Coordinates of Clinical Site locations. Manages the Clinical/Field tracking platform
- Reporting student clinical progress to students EMS System Coordinator, Program Director, and Paramedic Program Instructor. Review and validate student clinical time experience.
- Develop Preceptor education per paramedic program accreditation and EMS national standards. Collaborates with Preceptors on student progress.
- Collaborates with EMS System Coordinator, Program Director, and program Instructor on all activities related to Paramedic Program.
- Instructs Paramedic Program classes and continuing education classes as needed.
- Assists EMS System Coordinator with oversight of EMS system continuing education.
- Works with EMS System Coordinator to develop annual EMS system continuing education schedule. Oversight of scheduling EMS Educators for CE classes. Assists with developing continuing education presentations.
- Assists with oversight of AHA Training Center responsibilities under Advocate Sherman Hospital, including assisting with training center activities, interacting with AHA instructors and data activities as needed.
Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required:
- E.D. RN (1 year minimum) or EMT-P (3 years minimum).
- State of Illinois EMS Lead Instructor Preferred
Education Required:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities Required:
- Educational Teaching Experience
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to interpret and apply EMS Law.
- Ability to work independently.
- Current Illinois Registered Nurse or EMT-P Healthcare BLS Recognition
- Attends approved seminars to keep abreast of new developments and techniques in the field of EMS.
- Ability to travel around Metropolitan Chicago independently. Occasionally work weekends as well as various shifts as necessary.
- Ability to enter and exit prehospital vehicles. Ability to perform medium lifting.
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.
Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois and a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. One of the state’s largest private employers, the system serves patients across 11 hospital locations, including two children’s campuses, and more than 250 sites of care. Advocate Health Care, in addition to Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is now a part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
