Job Description

Department: Med Flight

Shift: Night

Working Hours: 1830 - 0700

Summary:

Provides safe and quality care to critically ill or injured patients being transported. Also promotes a professional image of the Medflight program in the community. Flight nurses are required to acquire and maintain: 1) Specialty certification (CEN, CCRN, or CFRN); 2) ACLS Provider/instructor; 3) PALS Provider; 4) NRP Provider; 5) TNCC 6) Arkansas State Registry EMT; 7) BLS Provider.

Other information:

Minimum of 3 years of current registered nursing experience in critical care and/or emergency nursing (i.e. ICU, CVICU, ER, or CCU). If a RN has 2 years of critical care and/or emergency nursing experience and 3 years of EMS experience at the Paramedic level in a critical care and/or emergency setting, they may be considered eligible for flight nurse status. A Paramedic with 3 years of flight experience may be allowed to transition into the Flight Nurse role provided that they successfully complete a program specific flight nurse orientation. Must be a certified EMT.


Must be able to meet a body weight limit of less than 230 lbs due to safety protocols and equipment limitations when performing patient lifts and during flight operations.
This job will be authorized 72.00 hours bi-weekly.

Job Tags

Shift work, Night shift,

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