Critical Care Transport RN

Cleveland Clinic•Twinsburg, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country. You will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. The Critical Care Transport RN provides emergency and critical care services during rotor, fixed wing, and surface transport, including mobile stroke, under direction of the nurse practitioner/physician, to referring and receiving facilities and/or agencies. During an assigned shift, the transport RN is responsible for the on-duty nurse practitioner for triage and deployment of medical management strategies and prescribed therapies.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (ADN or BSN program)
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications from American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification and Newborn Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 6 months of hire
Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN), Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) or Certified Neonate Pediatric Transport (C-NPT) within two years of hire
TNCC Trauma Nurse Critical Care (TNCC) or International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) with supplemental training course within one year of hire
United States Passport upon hire
For Pediatric RNs: STABLE (Sugar, temperature, airway, blood pressure, lab work and emotional support) certification required within 1 year of hire
Three years or 4,000 hours of RN experience in a critical care environment (e.g., Intensive Care Unit or Emergency Department). Critical care experience must include ventilator management and invasive hemodynamic monitoring, including, but not limited to, transvenous pacers, central venous lines and arterial lines
Three years of full-time paramedic experience (including 50% flight experience) with an accredited critical care transport program will equal one year of RN critical care experience for the purposes of the Medic-RN bridge
Pediatric experience required for pediatric specialty team positions
Passport required within 1 year of hire date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of individuals and document responses of prescribed therapies of patients under their care during the various phases of transport.
Demonstrate clinical proficiency in the management of critically ill and injured patients, through ongoing evaluation, case review and in-service training.
Incorporate the understanding of flight physiology, environmental influence, and limitations of unstructured environments in the plan of care.
Communicate with the medical control nurse practitioner/physician for patient care issues and management strategies.
Maintain self, equipment, vehicles, and aircraft in a mission ready state immediately after each mission is completed.
Participate in the triage of patients and the assignment of appropriate modes of transport, with nurse practitioner oversight when assigned as the clinical coordinator.
Participate in educational advancement and courses self-directed or as requested by the leadership, including public relations activities as assigned.