Flight Nurse - Yuma, AZ

PHI Health is evaluating future expansion opportunities in Yuma, Arizona and 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 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.

About the Role

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. Care is provided in the pre-hospital setting and during inter-facility transports by understanding and applying the specialized principles and techniques of flight nursing or, if dual certified, flight paramedic practice, emergency procedures, and diagnostics.

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. 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package.
• Sign-on bonus up to $15,000.

Core Competencies

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

Why PHI Health

For more than 40 years, PHI Health has been providing critical air medical transport services across the country. We outfit each aircraft with the most advanced technology, subject our crews to rigorous protocols and training, and pioneer forward-thinking safety programs. 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 industry firsts and given us the highest safety rating in the industry.