Flight Nurse (RN) - Critical Care Transport - NIGHTS

About the role

Nemours is seeking a Registered Nurse (Critical Care Transport) for a full-time position, rotating 3 12-hour shifts per week, with potential for flexible hours. Located in Orlando, Florida, Nemours Children’s Hospital is part of the Nemours integrated healthcare system. The hospital offers a 24-hour emergency department specifically designed for children and multiple outpatient pediatric clinics.

Responsibilities

• Implement the patient care delivery model for the patient and their family.
• Utilize policies, procedures, guidelines, and reliable methods to make clinical practice decisions.
• Independently develop, implement, evaluate, and modify clinical practice matching formal knowledge with critical thinking and nursing skills.
• Collect and interpret complex patient data with clinical events to make clinical decisions to meet individual patient and family needs.
• Recognize and respond to the dynamic situation while sorting out extraneous detail and exercising clinical judgment based on an immediate grasp of the whole picture for the patient population of the assigned clinical area.
• Engage in multidisciplinary collaboration, proactively seek expert consultation, and delegate to other clinicians, as appropriate, while using evidence-based guidelines.
• Demonstrate knowledge seeking behaviors and identify clinical questions.
• Seek advice, resources, and/or education opportunities to improve patient care.
• Participate in the research process and implement changes in practice based upon the evidence.
• Create a safe, compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients, family, and Associates.
• Promote comfort and healing and prevent unnecessary suffering with vigilance, engagement, and responsiveness.
• Develop professional and trusting relationships that facilitate patient/family coping while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Advocate on behalf of patients, families, and Associates while promoting adherence to the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Work with patients, families, and Associates in a way that respectfully promotes each person’s contributions toward developing and achieving optimal patient and family goals across the continuum.
• Participate in team meetings and discussions regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
• Involvement in intra- and inter-professional work with colleagues and community.
• Participation in nursing/hospital governance, councils, committees, ad hoc teams and/or initiatives to improve clinical practice and patient care outcomes.
• Utilize appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible.
• Develop, integrate, and apply strategies across the continuum of care that are driven by the unique needs and strengths of the patient and family.
• Contribute to the development and revision of standards of care policies and procedures.
• Identify areas of educational needs and facilitate formal and informal learning for patients, families, Associates, and the community.
• Assess patients and family’s readiness to learn.
• Utilize patient teaching plans that incorporate evidence based practice and evaluate effectiveness.
• Serve as a mentor, coach, preceptor, based upon unit needs and individual preferences and/or abilities.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN) required.
• Active Florida or multi-state RN license, required.
• Minimum of three years critical care experience, i.e. ED, ICU, NICU, CICU required.
• American Heart Association BLS, must be valid for 90 days post start date.
• American Heart Association PALS.
• American Heart Association NRP.
• ACLS and Pediatric Fundamental of Critical Care Support required within 1 year of hire.
• TNCC, ENPC or higher course.
• Advance Trauma for Nurse (ATCN) preferred.
• Air Medical Crew Core Curriculum Course (AMCC) within orientation.
• STABLE within first 6 months of hire.
• NICU RN experience required - must have minimum 2000 hours.

Qualifications

Position requires a strong commitment to patient and family centered care, including cultural, spiritual, gender/gender identity, lifestyle, race, ethnicity, linguistic, socioeconomic status, age, developmental, and values.

Skills

Strong clinical judgment, ability to work independently, and excellent communication skills are essential.

Benefits

Relocation assistance, tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 annually, and access to Nemours Children’s Health’s comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Rotating 3 12-hour shifts per week, with potential for flexible hours.

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships. Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive. Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.