Staff Nurse PANDA Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Transport

Job Description
- Staff Nurse PANDA Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Transport )Staff Nurse PANDA Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Transport Description

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Where it truly matters!

At Tenet Healthcare, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare C dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder C childcare, auto C home insurance

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Under the direction of Medical Directors and Patient Care Services Transport Manager, provides comprehensive, safe, and effective medical care to neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients transported by the CHM Critical Care Transport Team, PANDA One, via ground and air ambulance. Applies special techniques, precautions, and procedures in providing basic care and responding to life-threatening situations. Conducts a comprehensive initial and ongoing assessment of patient’s health status to determine patient’s physical and emotional status, initiating appropriate intervention as needed.

Utilizing the nursing process, clinical judgment, and technical skills, performs routine as well as complex therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as directed by policies, treatment guidelines and medical control directive.

Performs procedures unique to the transport function including:

• Oral Endotracheal Intubation
• Maintain Oral / Nasal Endotracheal Tubes
• LMA Insertion and Maintenance
• Emergent Cricothyrotomy
• Maintenance of Tracheostomy Tubes
• Effective Ambubag Mask ventilation
• Initiation and maintenance of mechanical ventilation - conventional and high frequency
• Evaluation and administration of oxygen, nitric oxide and heliox
• Conduct effective resuscitation as outlined by BLS, NRP, PALS, ACLS, and ABLS protocol
• Establish venous access
  - Peripheral IV insertion, External Jugular Cannulation, Umbilical Vein catheterization, Intraosseous access
• Interpret laboratory reports and radiographic studies
• Needle decompression of Pneumothorax
• Septic work-up
• Defibrillation, cardioversion, and external pacing
• Ventilator management - conventional and high frequency
• Provide whole body cooling of neonatal HIE patients

Coordinates, guides, and monitors the work of non-nursing members of the transport team. Documents all information relative to patient care during transport; maintains all records and logs relative to patient transport. Communicates with patients, physicians, staff, and referral hospital regarding the patient’s condition and progress. Maintains all nursing transport equipment and supplies according to procedures; assists in the evaluation of equipment and supplies for transport.

Reports all problems relative to transport to the Manager of Patient Care Services
- Transport Team; discusses management of patient problems with appropriate CHM Transport Team Medical…