Flight RN

CHI Health Good Samaritan•Kearney, NE

8d•$37 - $54•Onsite

About The Position

As our Flight Nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, you'll be a member of the Air Care Transport team, providing dynamic and immediate care to high urgency patients across Nebraska in an ambulatory helicopter. Everyday, you will perform initial and ongoing assessment of patients with complex health care and collaborate with the patient, family, rescue personnel and outlying hospital personnel to create a multidisciplinary healthcare team whose goal is to provide care that is continuous and well-coordinated. To thrive in this vital role, you will react calm, quickly and efficiently to emergent and critical situations.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in NE or nurse license compact
Current EMT or Paramedic license in NE
Three years critical care or ER experience
BLS (Basic Life Support) through American Heart Association
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) within 5 months of start date
ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course) within 12 months of start date
TNATC (Transport Nurse Advanced Trauma Course) within 12 months of start date
CFRN (Certified Flight Registered Nurse) within 24 months of start date

Responsibilities

Implements interventions and treatments consistent with Air Care protocols and/or medical on-line direction
Actively participates in evaluating and ensuring safety in and around the aircraft, directing any safety concerns appropriately while making recommendations for safe practice
Educates others in the safe practices in and around the helicopter through formal and informal presentations
When not flying and once all responsibilities associated with the daily operations of the program have been completed; provides patient care and interventions in the Emergency Department or other hospital operations