Job Description:
The Ground and EMS State Clinical Operations Manager is responsible for oversight of all operational functions at the base or bases within their State of responsibility. Coordinates with the various Intermountain Medical Transport Leader groups to ensure outreach, clinical staffing, compliance and safety are managed and maintained for that operation. Functions as the face of Intermountain Medical Transport for the communities where the bases are located. Interfaces with local community leaders to include city, county, hospital and EMS stakeholders.Essential Functions
- Leads large team of clinicians servicing large geographic area to drive the culture within the operation with a focus on Intermountain Health’s Vison and Values
- Acts as the point of contact for the safety team for safety promotion, investigations and auditing.
- Manages relationships with local and state EMS and fire leaders, local hospitals and local community leaders.
- Manages Field Based Operations (FBO’s) if one exists within the operation.
- Works with the logistics team to manage clinical and operational supplies and equipment as well as the entire ambulance fleet within the operation.
- Owns full financial stewardship of the operation with a focus on expense control. To include lease management, contract management, and invoice oversight.
- Works with the outreach and events team to provide local community enhancement events and education.
- Works with the clinical team and compliance team to ensure accountability of staff and clinical records.
- Oversees the schedule for all caregivers in the operation.
- Attends local BEMS and State regulatory meetings to act as a liaison to compliance and clinical ops teams.
- Seeks out and engages new business and growth opportunities, inclusive of but not limited to community paramedicine and mobile integrated health programs.
Skills
- Organizational effectiveness
- Attention to detail
- Leadership
- Team and individual development
- Excellent communication skills
- Relationship building
- Operational judgment and discernment
- Financial and budgetary accountability
- Community focus
- Continuous Improvement
- Strategic Thinking
Minimum Qualifications
- Demonstrated operational management experience
- Demonstrated experience successfully leading and developing teams or programs
- Relative knowledge of leadership and operations in a ground transport organization
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated leadership experience in care transport or EMS industry
- Community outreach or leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience with safety and compliance related programs
- Current valid EMT or higher ambulance attendant license in state of practice.
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
- Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Location:
Elko Air BaseWork City:
ElkoWork State:
NevadaScheduled Weekly Hours:
40The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$38.55 - $59.49We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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Skills Required
- Demonstrated operational management experience
- Demonstrated experience successfully leading and developing teams or programs
- Relative knowledge of leadership and operations in a ground transport organization
- Demonstrated leadership experience in care transport or EMS industry
- Community outreach or leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience with safety and compliance related programs
- Current valid EMT or higher ambulance attendant license in state of practice
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (from an accredited institution)
Intermountain Healthcare Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Intermountain Healthcare and has not been reviewed or approved by Intermountain Healthcare.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision coverage are comprehensive with multiple plan options, in‑network advantages, and supplemental protections like life, disability, and adoption coverage. Premium assistance and access to Intermountain’s network add perceived value.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits: Feedback suggests wellness resources such as Be Well/LiVe Well and the Employee Assistance Program provide meaningful support for physical and mental health. Reward dollars, peer support, and spouse/partner participation are highlighted as useful features.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave & Time Off Breadth: Feedback suggests paid time off is broadly available and viewed as generous in some programs. Examples note substantial vacation and sick time for certain roles, supporting schedule flexibility.
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