Job Description

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Overview

Overview

Under the direction of the Program Manager and Flight Surgeon/Medical Director, the Flight Nurse is accountable for responding to all assigned calls in the most appropriate and efficient manner, providing high standards of patient care while ensuring a safe and hazard free environment. The Flight Nurse contributes to overall patient care in areas of patient assessment, treatment, packaging and transport. This position interacts throughout the facility internally, and with patients and their families externally. In addition, this position interacts with various first response agencies and health-care providers, physicians and hospital personnel externally. As a member of an academic flight program, crew members take an active role in outreach educational initiatives including but not limited to: outreach education to EMS, as well as education and resource performance improvement for Trauma Service Area agencies.

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Category: Nursing

Qualifications

• Required Education: Associate's degree; Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. New hires effective June 14, 2017, must have a BSN degree from an accredited school of nursing within three (3) years of hire or transfer into the position. New hires or transfers into in the position between August 1, 2013 and June 13, 2017 must abide with the conditions in his or her offer letter and the verbiage in the job description signed upon hire or transfer into the position. Current employees who were hired or transferred into the position prior to August 1, 2013 will be grandfathered.
• Preferred Education: BSN
• Required Licensure/Certifications: Licensed to practice nursing in the State of Florida; Florida Paramedic License; BLS, ACLS, PALS from the American Heart Association; Advanced Trauma Care Nurse (ATCN) OR Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) within six months of hire or transfer; Air Crew Core Curriculum Certificate of Completion within six months of hire or transfer; Must have one of the following professional certifications at time of hire or transfer: CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, or TCRN
• Preferred Licensure/Certifications: National Registry Paramedic certification; Transport Professional Advanced Trauma Course (TPATC) certification; CCRN or CEN; Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS); Emergency Pediatric Care certification
• Required Experience: Three (3) years Critical Care, Trauma, or ED experience
• Preferred Experience: Prehospital patient care experience
• Necessary Skills: Demonstrates teamwork and communicates in a professional manner with all members of the healthcare team; demonstrates the ability to learn and apply computer technologies and procedures that affect patient care delivery
• Age of Patients Served: All Age Groups

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

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