Neonatal Registered Nurse (RN) Clinical Transport MedCenter Air

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Transport Nurse provides professional nursing care through high-quality assessment, triage, and treatment to determine the nature and extent of a patient's illness or injury and prioritize needed care. The nurse delivers comprehensive nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Patients may be intubated, ventilated, or hemodynamically unstable. The role includes invasive procedures and hemodynamic management of critically ill patients, managing ventilator settings and vasopressors, and resolving complex clinical challenges. The nurse cares for patients of all ages, from neonatal to geriatric, operates specialized medical equipment, and uses advanced clinical skills.

The Clinical Transport Nurse works autonomously outside the hospital under standards and protocols approved by the Medical Director and established by the North Carolina Board of Nursing, North Carolina Offices of Emergency Services, and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The nurse performs advanced procedures to improve patient outcomes and follows the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.

The position requires operational knowledge of ambulances, helicopters, and airplanes, aviation training, and meeting FAA Part 135 requirements for flight crew members, including use of night vision goggles. Nurses transport and monitor patients requiring advanced support and devices, and must manage equipment challenges and failures without hospital resources. The role involves critical decision-making in changing conditions, including accident scenes and other hazardous environments, disasters, inclement weather, biohazards, and highly infectious patient situations. Disaster deployments may last for extended periods.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position with a 7 p.m.–7 a.m. night schedule and 40 hours per week. The listed pay range is $41.10–$61.65.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current RN license or temporary RN license in the state where the nurse works, subject to the stated National License Compact requirements.
• At least three years of clinical nursing experience in an Emergency Department and/or Intensive Care Unit.
• Experience as outlined in the Professional Nurse Clinical Advancement Program and compliance with its Clinical Nurse requirements.
• Demonstrated proficiency in advanced procedures and skills after orientation and biannually.
• EMT certification upon hire or by the end of orientation.
• Paramedic certification within one year of completing orientation; must acquire and maintain NC EMT-P, SC EMT-P, and National Registry credentials.
• Completion of an approved trauma certification within one year of hire and maintenance throughout employment.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, and S.T.A.B.L.E. certifications upon completion of orientation and maintained throughout employment.
• An advanced certification such as CFRN, CTRN, CEN, CCRN, or an equivalent approved certification, maintained according to Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems standards.
• Annual compliance with required specialty-area and/or primary-base-location education and training.
• Ability to meet FAA Part 135 flight crew requirements and complete aviation training, including operation of night vision goggles.
• Weight below 240 pounds to meet safe flight weight and scheduling limits, maintained during employment unless the department has ground-position needs.
• Ability to perform patient care while riding, driving, and working in transport vehicles, without physical, emotional, or mental impairment that prevents these duties.
• Ability to perform heavy lifting with a partner to load and unload patients and carry equipment, and maintain fitness standards under Policy 2.210 (Fit for Duty).
• Intact sight, hearing, smell, and touch; finger dexterity and good motor and eye-hand coordination.
• Good personal hygiene, appropriate conduct, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including understandable spoken English.
• Knowledge of growth and development principles and skills appropriate to the ages, cultures, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Previous transport or pre-hospital experience.

Responsibilities

• Collect data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or situation and analyze it to determine diagnoses or issues.
• Identify expected outcomes and develop individualized care plans with strategies and alternatives to achieve them.
• Implement care plans, coordinate care delivery, and promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
• Practice ethically and delegate elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers.
• Maintain current nursing knowledge and competence, integrate evidence and research findings into practice, and contribute to quality nursing practice.
• Communicate effectively across formats and areas of practice, and evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Use appropriate resources to provide safe, effective, and financially responsible nursing services.
• Participate in committees, shared governance, facility decision-making, and activities that support research and clinical outcomes.
• Model Atrium Health's mission, vision, values, standards of excellence, and goals, and support its patient-centered care philosophy.
• Operate ambulances, helicopters, and airplanes as required; meet flight crew requirements, including operation of night vision goggles.
• Independently initiate advanced procedures, including drug-assisted intubation, video laryngoscopy, needle chest decompression, chest tube insertion, central line placement, intraosseous placement, pacing, cricothyroidotomy, and initiation or titration of pharmacological agents.
• Initiate intubation, set up ventilation equipment, and operate, assess, and manage airway support, ventilator settings, and related equipment.
• Transport and monitor patients requiring ECMO, medical circulatory devices such as VAD or Impella, intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, pacing, ventriculostomy, and point-of-care services.
• Manage patients and make critical decisions autonomously in dynamic, resource-limited settings, including accident and scene calls outside traditional healthcare environments.
• Respond to accident scenes and disasters and work in hazardous environments, including inclement weather and situations involving biohazards or highly infectious patients.
• Drive vehicles, including ambulances, and transport patients in varying weather conditions; travel to multiple locations across North Carolina and South Carolina as staffing requires.
• Maintain required specialty-area and base-location education and training, including simulation, ventilator management, emergency vehicle operations, air medical resource management, night vision goggles, survival, stress management, and transport vehicle safety.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay, based on position and eligibility.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

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