RN Flight Nurse

Job Summary

Responsible for providing high quality pre-hospital advanced life support including assessment, triage, and treatment utilizing standards and guidelines established by HCA Air Care Eagle’s Medical Medical Director(s).

Responsibilities

• Provides pre-hospital advanced life support care from the initial contact until patient care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility; maintains thorough patient care documentation.
• Regular scheduled attendance at quality and staff meetings.
• Functions as a medical flight member by attending pre-mission briefings and mission debriefings and completing necessary documentation.
• Assists in pre-mission liftoff checklist and assists pilot as requested, i.e., radio, navigational, and visual observation activities.
• Complies with safety standards to assure safety of self, medical personnel, patient, and equipment.
• Conducts aircraft safety briefings as needed.
• Practices within his/her scope of practice as defined by the states regulating each base and HCA CJW Medical Center.
• Maintains competency in knowledge and psychomotor skills by participating in ongoing laboratory and clinical experiences.
• Maintains documentation of required licensure, certifications, continuing education, aviation and safety training, OSHA and HIPAA training, clinical rotations, and advanced procedures.
• Attends continuing educational programs pertinent to his/her practice.
• Knowledgeable in use and routine maintenance of all equipment and supplies used by HCA Air Care Eagle.
• Responsible for reporting medical equipment failures and taking initial steps to insure repair of equipment as directed.
• Maintains adequate supplies onboard aircraft to deliver safe patient care.
• Keeps aircraft clean and orderly to insure rapid response to all transport requests.
• Participates in patient and referring institution follow-up and planned outreach marketing and education activities.
• Serves as a flight resource to neonatal/pediatric personnel when transporting specialty patients by helicopter.
• Performs advanced skills and procedures as approved by HCA Air Care Life Medical Director(s).

Qualifications

• Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible, Current Basic Life Support Certification (BLS), Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS), Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (PALS), Achieve and maintain a certification in Nursing (CFRN) within 2 years of hire, Achieve and maintain a certification in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 6 months of hire, Achieve and maintain the minimal of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Education: Completion of a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from an accredited program preferred.
• Experience and Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited nursing program, Minimum three (3) years’ recent critical care/emergency nursing experience within the last five (5) years in an academic or tertiary care center, ICU experience preferred, Pre-hospital experience preferred, Previous flight experience preferred, NIMS Training IS 100, 200, 700, 800 and HazMat upon hire.

Benefits

Benefits offered include comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services, Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services, Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence, Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling, Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing, Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

About the Role

At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family!

Pay

Hourly Wage Estimate: $36.61 - $54.91 / hour

Schedule

Flexible schedule including 24 hour shifts, overtime and an on-call rotation.