Join the American Heart Association in making longer, healthier lives possible!
LIFELINE® is the American Heart Association's national initiative to advance the SYSTEM OF CARE for patients with acute, high-risk time-sensitive life and/or quality of life-threatening disease states, such as ST Elevate Myocardial Infarction (STEMI Heart Attack), Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI Heart Attack), Stroke and Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. The overarching goals of Mission: Lifeline are to bring stakeholders together in a collaborative manner and to reduce mortality and morbidity for these patients while improving overall quality of care and patient outcomes.
In this grant-supported position, you will have the opportunity to lead the regional-level coordination, development and implementation of Mission: Lifeline in Alaska.
This position 90% of full-time and is currently budgeted through December.
- Develop and maintain EMS leadership relationships and coordinate integration of EMS into STEMI regional systems of care.
- Promote partnerships between system stakeholders sharing STEMI emergencies population of a community- EMS, non-PCI center & PCI center staff including emergency medicine and nursing, cardiac catheterization lab staff and cardiology, administration and quality improvement staff.
- Identify, cultivate and maintain key market stakeholder relationships impacting program goals such as: local business coalitions, hospital systems or health plans.
- Facilitate all regional components of STEMI System of Care.
- Serve as the regional contact for EMS agencies and hospital relationships impacting program goals as assigned by organizational management.
- Work with QI staff and other agencies to encourage ongoing collection and evaluation of coronary reperfusion outcome data.
- Interact with appropriate regional staff and volunteers to leverage opportunities and provide seamless relationship management.
- Encourage and influence non-PCI hospitals, PCI hospitals and EMS agency program participation.
- Evaluate the current state of AMI care, systematic changes likely to improve the likelihood and speed of therapy, education and supporting materials regarding the ACC/AHA guidelines.
- Review and evaluate data monitoring and handling to determine consistency of data collected from various sources; recommend changes and modifications to systems as required to ensure timeliness, accuracy and efficiency.
- Prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress, roadblocks, and appropriate recommendations for project success and/or conclusions as requested.
- Travel to project stakeholder sites to conduct invited site visits and provide educational assistance.
- Influencing local and regional colleagues and working collaboratively with staff and volunteers to achieve positive results.
- Promoting ideas and programs to key strategic alliances, professional volunteers, and funding partners.
- Finding creative ways to use existing resources to solve problems and exercising judgment in escalating issues for the most effective care and resolution.
- Two years or more professional experience in:
- Hospital or EMS experience: clinical or quality improvement and AMI system outreach
- Project management
- Building and managing relationships with external alliances
- Ability to travel up to 80%, primarily in the defined territory.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Cardiac care knowledge/experience
- Understanding of the functions, resources and operations of non-profits