Flight Nurse

Join our life-saving team in Modesto, CA and take advantage of a sign-on bonus up to $15,000 and quarterly bonuses.

About Us

PHI Health is the leading air ambulance provider in the United States. With an unmatched safety record and the best aviation, medical, and communication specialists in the field, we set the standard in the air medical industry. We transport more than 22,000 patients each year from our more than 80 bases across the country, all while offering services and outreach education to local communities and leading healthcare systems. Our mission is simple: move communities to health while maintaining the highest standard of safety.

Responsibilities

• Performs a wide range of specialized functions and complex assessments, diagnoses, therapies, and emergency treatment of patients transported by rotor-wing, fixed-wing, and/or ground.
• Documents appropriate and accurate information for assessment and treatment during stabilization and transport.
• Documents accurate and complete billing information of patient transports.
• Maintains and facilitates effective and timely communication between management, internal and external customers.
• Participates in activities to support PR and marketing efforts.
• Maintains knowledge base for flight paramedic role by attending mandatory meetings, chart reviews, equipment reviews, skill labs, clinical rotations, and continuing education sessions related to the care and transport of critically ill and/or injured patients.
• Completes all annual recurrent competency requirements.
• Maintains an active paramedic certification and all other certifications required by policy.
• Clinically functions under the licensure of the program's Medical Director. Indirectly reports to the program's Manager of Clinical Services and the National Director of Clinical Standards.
• Responsible for knowledge of and performing within the regulations and scope of practice of the local Department of Health Services.

Requirements

• Active RN license to practice in the state employed.
• Minimum of three years (five years preferred) of current critical care/emergency experience.
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, and TNATC, TNCC, ITLS, or PHTLS. NRP preferred. Instructor certifications preferred.
• CFRN within twenty-four months of hire.
• Flight or transport experience preferred.
• Must successfully complete the PHI Air Medical Group education/orientation program.
• Effective human relations skills required for interfacing with all levels of personnel and external customers.
• Must meet and maintain clinical personnel weight restriction limit for flight according to policy.
• Must possess basic computer skills for email, electronic charting, etc.
• Ability to communicate verbally, effectively and clearly in person and by radio.
• Must maintain body weight below 235 lbs.
• Must be able to pass pre-placement physical exam including functional capacity exam (strength and flexibility assessment, lift up to 100 pounds) and drug screening.

Pay

Potential base annual earnings: $97,452 to $139,208 ($28.73 to $41.01 per hour).

Potential annual earnings including quarterly bonus: $106,963.32 to $167,049.60.

Quarterly Bonus: First Year: 2.44% quarterly bonus of annual regular base pay, paid after each quarter, totaling up to 9.76% annually when working the assigned schedule. After the First Year: 2.44% quarterly bonus of annual regular base pay, paid after each quarter, totaling up to 20% annually when working assigned work schedule.

California candidates are eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $7,500. Once overtime and double-time hours are calculated, additional wages can generate additional compensation, potentially making the entire bonus worth as much as $15,000 depending on total overtime and double-time hours worked.

Benefits

We offer a range of competitive pay and benefits package to keep our teams happy, healthy, and invested. This package includes competitive pay, shift bonuses, shift incentives, Annual Safety Bonus, Annual Employee Bonus, and much more.

Core Competencies

• Drive & Energy: The ability to maintain a fast pace and continue to produce during exhausting circumstances.
• Functional & Technical Expertise: Allows the individual to add organizational value through unique expertise and serve as a resource to the organization within his/her area of expertise.
• High Standards: Sets the stage for continuous improvements, the adoption of best practices, and ultimately influences organizational standards.
• Initiative: Takes a proactive approach and takes action without being prompted.
• Integrity: Acts ethically and honestly and applies those standards of behavior to daily work activities.

About PHI Health

For more than 40 years, our company has been providing critical air medical transport services across the country. As an organization, we outfit each aircraft we fly with the most advanced technology, subject our crews to the most rigorous protocols and training, and pioneer the most forward-thinking safety program in the country. Everything that we do comes back to the safety of our crew and our patients. Our accident rate is well below the national average, and we were the first to receive the Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award. This belief has guided us towards a number of industry firsts and has given us the highest safety rating in the industry.