Flight Nurse

Duties & Responsibilities

• Delivers patient and family centered care in a transport environment while incorporating developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based care practices and methodologies.
• Affirms and adjusts therapies during transport in response to changes in patient status.
• Communicates and advocates patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of the implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with multidisciplinary healthcare providers to provide individualized patient/family care and education while minimizing risks to the patient during transitions of care.
• Extends hospital resources into the referring communities through clinical care, education, and outreach.
• Researches, compiles, and analyzes data and prepares case records, reports, and correspondence to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination.
• Collects, monitors, and reports on quality-of-care measures; provides input into the continuous evaluation and improvement of internal quality and safety processes, procedures, and performance measures.
• Ensures compliance with clinical policies, procedures, educational requirements, and best practice initiatives to minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers.
• Ensures compliance with all safety rules and regulations while on ground and air transports.
• Serves on department and organization-wide committees as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Four (4) years in Neonatal ICU, Pediatric ICU, Pediatric Cardiac ICU, or High Acuity Pediatric Emergency Department.
• Transport specific specialty certification (C-NPT, CFRN or CTRN) required within two (2) years of hire.

Additional Requirements

• Licenses & Certifications: Basic Life Support, Registered Nurse.
• License required after hire.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Hourly Range: $40.26 to $60.39.

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career. As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April. Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Status

Full-time, benefit eligible.

Shift

12 hour shifts, rotating days and nights.

Department

CSH Flight Team, with some travel to the Centennial location.