Flight RN 24 hour shifts | ShandsCair PRN | Variable shifts (24hour)
About The Position
The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for identifying the patient's alterations in health, assessing the patient's human response to actual and potential health problems, implementing nursing interventions based on theoretical concepts from nursing and other arts and sciences to achieve outcomes for the patient that facilitate resolution of alterations in health and actual and potential health problems, determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions by evaluating anticipated patient outcomes as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.Whenever possible, the patient, the family or those significant to the patient are an integral part of the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse.The Registered Nurse is responsible to supervise/direct care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. The Registered Nurse is responsible to assign/delegate care to other qualified members of the health care team. The RN coordinates care between other professional disciplines as needed.Unit-based activities which contribute to a positive work and professional environment are performed.The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates care to achieve the organization's mission of excellent patient care and nursing's vision of setting a new standard of excellence in autonomous and accountable nursing practice committed to patient advocacy and innovative patient care in a climate of trust and collaboration.
Requirements
- Licensed to practice nursing in the state of Florida
- AMCCC and NRP required within one year of employment
- Based on aircraft weight limitations, must comply with weight restriction (maximum 240 pounds fully outfitted to perform the job)
- Maximum height restriction of 6'3"
- Current EMT-Paramedic certification in the State of Florida (for adult/pediatric positions)
- BLS, ACLS, PALS/ENPC/PEPP or equivalent (for adult/pediatric positions)
- ITLS/PHTLS or TNCC (for adult/pediatric positions)
- CFRN, CCRN or CEN required within two years of hire (for adult/pediatric positions)
- For neonatal/pediatric positions, another excepted national certification
- Possess a valid Florida Driver's License and certification of completion of a Florida approved EVOC driving course, or be eligible to attend EVOC
- American Heart Association (AHA) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification (for neonatal/pediatric positions)
- Completion of neonatal transport stabilization program within 1 year of hire (for neonatal/pediatric positions)
- CFRN, CCRN or CEN required within two years of hire; or other accepted neonatal-related national certification (for neonatal/pediatric positions)
- Graduation from an approved nursing program
- 3 years professional nursing practice experience required
- May substitute 2 years of nursing experience with critical care, flight paramedic experience
- For neonatal/pediatric positions, must have 2 years' full-time RN experience (4000 hours) of which one-year (2000 hours) must be in Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nursing in accordance with Chapter 464, F.S.
- Must complete a neonatal transport stabilization program within 1 year of hire
- Employees in this position: Will not operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred at time of hire
- 4-5 years professional nursing practice experience preferred
- Demonstrated clinical skills in pre-hospital, emergency and intensive care nursing
- Professional nursing board certification in specialty CFRN, CCRN or CEN at time of hire
- AMCCC and NRP preferred at hire
- Instructor statuses in ACLS, PALS and/or PHTLS preferred
Responsibilities
- Identifying the patient's alterations in health
- Assessing the patient's human response to actual and potential health problems
- Implementing nursing interventions based on theoretical concepts from nursing and other arts and sciences to achieve outcomes for the patient that facilitate resolution of alterations in health and actual and potential health problems
- Determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions by evaluating anticipated patient outcomes as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
- Supervising/directing care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
- Assigning/delegating care to other qualified members of the health care team
- Coordinating care between other professional disciplines as needed
- Performing unit-based activities which contribute to a positive work and professional environment
- Providing and coordinating care to achieve the organization's mission of excellent patient care and nursing's vision of setting a new standard of excellence in autonomous and accountable nursing practice committed to patient advocacy and innovative patient care in a climate of trust and collaboration
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
