Flight Nurse - Yuma, AZ

PHI Health is evaluating future expansion opportunities in Yuma, Arizona. We are building a candidate pipeline for potential future Flight Nurse and Flight Paramedic positions. At this time, no active Yuma base is in operation, and no employment start date is available.

About the Role

As a Flight Clinician with PHI Health, you'll be at the forefront of critical care, providing rapid response and advanced medical assistance to those in need. Under the direction and supervision of the Base Medical Supervisor or the Manager of Business Operations, this position is responsible for providing safe, comprehensive care to critically ill and/or injured patients of all ages in the pre-hospital setting and during inter-facility transports. This role involves applying specialized principles and techniques of flight nursing or, if dual certified, flight paramedic practice, emergency procedures, and diagnostics.

Who We Are

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, 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 nursing 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 RN license and all certifications required by policy.
• Clinically functions under the direction of the program's Medical Director through medical protocols and procedures and online medical guidance.
• For clinical matters, reports directly to the program's Manager of Clinical Services and indirectly to the National Director of Clinical Standards.

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 certifications. NRP preferred. Instructor certifications preferred.
• CFRN certification 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 for interfacing with all levels of personnel and external customers.
• Must meet and maintain clinical personnel weight restriction limit for flight according to policy (body weight below 235 lbs).
• Must possess basic computer skills for email, electronic charting, etc.
• 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.

Benefits

We offer a range of competitive pay and benefits package to keep our teams happy, healthy, and invested.

• Sign-on bonus up to $15,000.

Our Core Competencies

• Safe: We are absolute in our belief in the tenets of Destination Zero and that Zero is not only achievable but the only acceptable outcome.
• Efficient: We focus on outcomes that are smart and responsible by making the best use of our resources to maximize overall productivity and achieve sustainable profitability.
• Quality: We are committed to ensuring excellent organizational performance which produces sustainable and reliable outcomes.
• Service: We are dedicated to the service of our customers, our communities, and each other.

The PHI Health Advantage

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 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. 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 toward a number of industry firsts and has given us the highest safety rating in the industry.