Flight Nurse OR Paramedic

Regional West Health Services • Scottsbluff, NE

63d • Onsite

About The Position

Regional West Health Services is seeking an individual to join their Air Link team as a Flight Paramedic or Flight Nurse. This role involves delivering care to critically ill or injured patients during transport, primarily by aircraft. Responsibilities include performing patient assessments and evaluations, treating a range of medical and traumatic complaints, and performing interventions based on assessment findings and established protocols in cooperation with other medical crew members, medical directors, and monitoring physicians.

Requirements

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing or paramedic program with NRP required
• If RN Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) and CFRN preferred
• If Paramedic FP-C preferred
• Paramedics must be licensed in NE, WY, CO, KS and SD (WY, CO, KS, SD can be obtained after hire).
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications required
• TPATC provider (or ATLS audit) preferred
• Advanced certification (CFRN or CTRN) is required for nurses who have been employed for more than 2 years.
• Flight Paramedic Certified (FP-C) is required for nurses who have been employed for more than 2 years.
• Three years of demonstrated clinical experience as a critical care and/or emergency nurse OR three years of demonstrated clinical experience as a ground critical care paramedic.
• Flight experience preferred
• Pre-hospital transport suggested
• Successfully passing a pre-employment drug test and background checks.
• A Physical Capacity Profile may be required for some positions.

Nice To Haves

• If RN Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) and CFRN preferred
• If Paramedic FP-C preferred
• TPATC provider (or ATLS audit) preferred
• Flight experience preferred
• Pre-hospital transport suggested

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to critically ill or injured patients during transport, primarily by aircraft
• Perform patient assessment and evaluation using accepted procedures and equipment to treat life threatening, emergent, urgent, and non-urgent medical and traumatic patient complaints
• Perform interventions based on assessment findings, following patient care protocols, and Air Link protocols in cooperation with another medical crew member, the medical directors, and the monitoring physician

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree