Flight Nurse - Fixed Wing/Ground

The hiring organization is a specialized healthcare service provider focused on transport nursing, particularly for critically ill and complex patients including neonates, pediatrics, maternal, and adult congenital heart cases. This company operates within the medical transport sector, providing essential patient care during both fixed-wing and ground ambulance transports in short and long-range scenarios. Transport Flight Nurses play a pivotal role in this organization, acting as crucial members of the healthcare team who deliver high-level critical care during transport, ensuring patient stability and safety through expert clinical assessment and intervention. As a Transport Flight Nurse with this organization, you will be part of a team dedicated to exceptional clinical practice, safe transport operations, and outstanding customer service. This role requires advanced knowledge in critical care nursing, particularly in intensive care and emergency settings for pediatric and neonatal patients or pediatric emergency centers. You will provide hands-on care including patient assessment, treatment, stabilization, and preparation for transport. You must be able to manage complex clinical situations autonomously, demonstrating keen critical thinking skills to approach changing patient conditions proactively. Your responsibilities will encompass collaborating closely with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes by implementing effective interventions and treatment plans during transport. Additionally, you will serve as a patient and family advocate, maintaining clear communication and confidentiality, while supporting families through the transport process. With a focus on program development and quality improvement, you will contribute to ongoing quality initiatives, data collection, and research activities aimed at enhancing transport care and safety. Maintaining professionalism and clinical competence across a wide range of transport-related skills such as ventilator management, ECMO, trauma interventions, and advanced procedures like intraosseous access are integral to this role. You will also be expected to use various technological systems, including electronic medical records (Epic), teletracking, computer-aided dispatch, and EMS charts, to ensure accurate documentation and efficient coordination. The position requires a commitment to continuous education and participation in quality councils and training sessions. The role demands flexibility to complete missions beyond regular shifts when needed, with an emphasis on safety protocols for personnel, patients, and equipment. In essence, this is a challenging yet rewarding nursing role that combines critical care expertise with the dynamic nature of patient transport, contributing vitally to saving lives and improving patient outcomes during medical emergencies. Employment type is full-time with a strong emphasis on professional development, teamwork, and advanced clinical practice. Compensation includes competitive salary and benefits tailored to attract experienced critical care nursing professionals dedicated to transport nursing. If you meet the rigorous qualifications and are passionate about critical care transport, this opportunity offers a unique career path to grow and excel within a leading healthcare transport organization.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or associate degree in nursing with enrollment in a BSN program with signed agreement
• Registered Nurse license by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse Licensure Compact
• Certification in basic life support, pediatric advanced life support, neonatal resuscitation, advanced cardiac life support, neonatal pediatric transport, and critical care registered nurse within specified periods after hire
• US passport or international documentation for travel within 4 months of hire
• A minimum of 3 years critical care experience in pediatric/neonatal intensive care or pediatric emergency center in a Level 1 trauma center with CPEN certification
• Ability to work flexible hours including beyond normal shifts
• Commitment to safety procedures and policies
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism
• Participate in education, quality councils, and research
• Maintain clinical competence across transport nursing skills and systems
• Ability to complete mission tasks during assigned shifts including additional hours beyond normal work times