RN - Transport - JDCH Transport Team - FT - Nights - $15K Sign on Bonus

Memorial Healthcare

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Transport RN provides complete care for high-acuity patients from infancy through adolescence during inter-facility transport by ambulance or fixed-wing aircraft. The role ensures continuity of care, medical management, and safe transport, providing services ranging from cardiac monitoring to ICU-level nursing care. Transport RNs work directly with physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals to support the best possible patient outcomes. The position requires critical thinking, effective communication, decisive judgment, and the ability to build positive relationships and lead others. The RN must tolerate the physical and environmental demands of flight and medical transport, including excessive motion, vibration, extreme temperatures, prolonged sitting or standing, frequent walking, bending and stooping, and providing care in confined spaces. The role may involve exposure to hazardous chemicals, blood and body fluids, and infectious diseases.

Requirements

Registered Nurse qualification from an accredited program.
Florida Registered Nurse license.
Three years of neonatal or pediatric critical care or emergency department experience.
Must have CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse) certification or C-NPT (Certified Neonatal and Pediatric Transport) certification, and PFCCS (Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support) within two years of hire.
NRP is required for pediatric and neonatal care within six months of hire.
ACLS is required within six months of hire.
Ability to safely fasten seat belts and shoulder harnesses in aircraft or ambulances without modifying the safety devices.
Ability to tolerate flight and medical-transport stressors, including excessive motion, vibration, extreme temperatures, prolonged sitting or standing, frequent walking, bending and stooping, and providing care in confined spaces.
Ability to respond to visual, verbal, and non-verbal commands and communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Ability to lift, push, or pull a minimum of 150 pounds.
Critical thinking skills, effective communication, decisive judgment, relationship-building ability, and ability to lead others and take appropriate action when required.
Required certifications listed include ACLS, BLS, CCRN, NRP, and PALS from the specified issuing organizations.

Responsibilities

Implement patient-population-specific interventions based on individual patient needs.
Evaluate the effectiveness of care and care coordination, progressing patients toward desired outcomes.
Organize, coordinate, and prioritize nursing care activities based on patient needs.
Provide a safe environment and ensure safe delivery of care.
Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions according to professional practice standards and institutional policies and procedures.
Demonstrate leadership in delivering patient care.
Provide continuity of care, medical management, and safe transport for high-acuity infant, pediatric, and adolescent patients during inter-facility transport.
Work directly with doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals.