Flight Nurse

4 weeks ago

Austin, Texas, United States Travis County, TX Full time
Job Summary

As a Flight Registered Nurse with Travis County, TX, you will provide medical care and transport to critically injured/ill patients, perform public-safety operations, and promote education and safety throughout the STAR Flight response area.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assess, plan treatment, and administer care to critically injured/ill adult and pediatric patients.
  • Document patient assessments, treatment plans, and outcomes of patients.
  • Provide 100% quality assurance/improvement of patient care and documentation on all STAR Flight patients.
  • Perform aviation-related duties, such as assisting with navigation, radio communication, obstacle/aircraft avoidance, and coordination of landing zones and other flight-related duties.
  • Provide patient care follow-up for internal and external customers by consulting with hospital medical staff.
  • Represent STAR Flight and coordinate public relations events and educational in-services for Travis County and surrounding service area.
  • Maintain proficiency and evaluate risk/benefit of rescue operations in helicopter and ground rescue.
  • Direct/educate colleagues on medical and trauma scenes to achieve maximum effectiveness.
  • Maintain mission readiness by daily inspection of personal and helicopter medical and rescue equipment, as well as studying medical and rescue information.
  • Complete special projects as assigned, including preparing educational in-services, researching new medical equipment, rescue equipment, development of STAR Flight-specific protocols for medical and rescue environment.
Requirements
  • Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three (3) years experience as a registered nurse (RN) in a critical-care area.
  • Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas.
  • Current Certification Basic Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
  • Current Certification Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (or equivalent).
  • Letter of support from Medical Director(s) or direct supervisor.
  • Must meet physical ability/strength standards established by Travis County for the STAR Flight Program.
  • Must meet minimum physical fitness requirements established by Travis County for the STAR Flight Program.
  • Subject to the STAR Flight mandated Anti-Drug and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program.
  • Valid Texas Driver's License.
  • Drug and alcohol testing shall be conducted as part of the pre-employment process for all applicants.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Previous rotor or fixed-wing flight experience.
  • Pre-hospital experience.
  • Experience in a Level I or Level II trauma center.
  • Possess or meet Texas Department of State Health Services requirements for Emergency Care Attendant, Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic Certification or Licensure.
  • National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic.
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (or equivalent).
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support/Trauma Nurse Advanced Trauma Course.
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program.
  • Current Certified Emergency Nurse, Critical Care Registered Nurse, or Certified Flight Registered Nurse.
  • Training in and understanding of Incident Command principles.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Low to High Angle and Swift Water Rescue techniques.
  • Helicopter rescue experience.
  • Bilingual oral proficiency in English/Spanish.
Work Environment

Physical requirements include meeting physical ability/strength standards outlined above. Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 50-100 pounds, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions. Based on aircraft weight limitation pilots in these positions should maintain a maximum body weight of 220 pounds. Must be available to work in inclement weather. Subject to contact with dust, dangerous machinery, noise, fumes, potential harm, vibration, communicable diseases, and hazardous chemicals.

Benefits

Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.

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