Registered Nurse - Pediatric Flight Transport

Flight Registered Nurse

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

• Schedule: Full time, Night Shift. One 12-hour shift and One 24-hour shift each week
• Weekend Rotation: 36-hours in a 4-week period
• All Flight RNs participate in Self Scheduling for the schedule
• Required Three years' registered nurse experience in NICU, PICU or Emergency care
• Sign On Bonus available! Note, a two-year service commitment is required and applicable for external qualified candidates only
• Location: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Job Summary:

Functions as an interdisciplinary team member for neonatal/pediatric specialty team transports. Collaborates with high-risk OB specialty RNs for maternal transport. Collaborates to provide exceptional care during ground and air transports of acute or critically ill/injured neonatal, pediatric, and maternal patients; guided by clinical assessment, critical thinking, established patient care guidelines (PCGs) and in-direct medical control. Manages customer service and experience by collaborating with team members for education and process improvement initiatives, patient care documentation, and equipment readiness.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Utilizes transport and critical care equipment in a competent manner.
• Performs or assists with Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills during patient care including, but not limited to, initiation of PIV/IO/UVC, managing IV fluids (including blood products), naso/oral/pharyngeal suctioning, insertion of NG/OG tubes, needle thoracotomy, and insertion/maintenance of an endotracheal tube or LMA.
• Assess patient and environmental situation to develop plan of nursing care based on patient status and diagnosis. Monitors patient response and adjusts accordingly and communicates necessary information through medical control.
• Assists and performs daily inventory of equipment on ambulance, aircraft, in storerooms and equipment bags. Assists with care, calibration and maintenance of all equipment.
• Maintains thorough patient care documentation according to the standard outlined by department and ministry policy.
• Achieves and maintains proficient knowledge of transport team Patient Care Guidelines (PCGs).
• Acts as a preceptor and/or participates in orientation of new employees and students as assigned.
• Participates/attends in-house education, outreach education, department process improvement projects. Undertakes and maintains projects to include research and publishing opportunities.
• Maintains awareness of current issues related to transport medicine through participation in professional activities, i.e. national, state legislative-elected or appointed.
• Maintains currency and documentation of prescribed education, certifications and licensures.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• Three years' registered nurse experience in NICU, PICU or Emergency care

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Missouri

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• And
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
• And
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) - American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• Or
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

Work Shift:

Night Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

Patient Transportation Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Benefits:

• Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.