Critical Care Transport RN

About the role

The Critical Care Transport RN provides emergency and critical care services during rotor, fixed wing, and surface transport, including mobile stroke, under direction of the nurse practitioner/physician, to referring and receiving facilities and/or agencies. During an assigned shift, the transport RN is responsible for the on-duty nurse practitioner for triage and deployment of medical management strategies and prescribed therapies.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of individuals and document responses of prescribed therapies of patients under their care during the various phases of transport.
• Demonstrate clinical proficiency in the management of critically ill and injured patients, through ongoing evaluation, case review and in-service training.
• Incorporate the understanding of flight physiology, environmental influence, and limitations of unstructured environments in the plan of care.
• Communicate with the medical control nurse practitioner/physician for patient care issues and management strategies.
• Maintain self, equipment, vehicles, and aircraft in a mission ready state immediately after each mission is completed.
• Participate in the triage of patients and the assignment of appropriate modes of transport, with nurse practitioner oversight when assigned as the clinical coordinator.
• Participate in educational advancement and courses self-directed or as requested by the leadership, including public relations activities as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (ADN or BSN program)
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications from American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification and Newborn Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 6 months of hire
• Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN), Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) or Certified Neonate Pediatric Transport (C-NPT) within two years of hire
• TNCC Trauma Nurse Critical Care (TNCC) or International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) with supplemental training course within one year of hire
• United States Passport upon hire
• Three years or 4,000 hours of RN experience in a critical care environment (e.g., Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Department).
• Critical care experience must include ventilator management and invasive hemodynamic monitoring, including, but not limited to, transvenous pacers, central venous lines and arterial lines
• Three years of full-time paramedic experience (including 50% flight experience) with an accredited critical care transport program will equal one year of RN critical care experience for the purposes of the Medic-RN bridge
• Pediatric experience required for pediatric specialty team positions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Skills

• Flight Physiology
• Environmental Influence
• Unstructured Environments
• Medical Management Strategies
• Prescribed Therapies
• Triage
• Transport Modes
• Equipment Maintenance
• Public Relations

Benefits

Take advantage of industry leading benefits, including our RN Loan Repayment program, which helps pay off student debt, and our Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career. And if you’re relocating to join us, you could be eligible for relocation assistance. For a full list of benefits, click here.

Schedule

A caregiver who excels in this role works 6:30am to 6:30pm and 6:30pm to 6:30am on 3 12-hr shifts. Day and night rotation occurs every 4 weeks as well as every other weekend and holiday.

Pay

Pay Range Minimum hourly: $35.50 Maximum hourly: $55.60