Nurse
Description
- 24 hour on call shifts
- Minimum of 4 shifts a month
- Evaluating the patients ailments and/or needs and providing them with proper medical care and treatment until the patient safely reaches the hospital
- Administering medication and/or injections to ease the patients pain & suffering
- Replacing lost blood through the use of blood transfusion devices
- Managing proper treatment while working in small and often compressed atmospheres
- Maintaining the patients overall safety while in flight
- Operating emergency and non emergency medical machinery, equipment and/or technology such as mechanical ventilation machines, oxygen tanks, blood transfusion devices and various other life support equipment.
- Acting as an intermediary and communicator between various interdisciplinary teams.
- Planning and preparing for flight missions
Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current unrestricted RN license in State of practice.
- Minimum of three (3) years of emergency/critical care experience (>1 year of adult ICU
- preferred).
- PICU, NICU and CCT experience desirable.
- Current ACLS, BCLS, PALS and NRP provider
- CEN, CCRN, and CFRN recommended for entry-level position.
- National certification in specialty area required within one (1) year of hire.
- PHTLS, TNCC or TNATC required within six (6) months.