Flight Nurse; RN

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Full Time Professional Opa Locka, FL, North Miami, FL, US

Salary Range: $47.00 To $47.00 Hourly

Flight Registered Nurse (RN)

Position Type: Part time (15-29 hours/week) or Full time (30-40+ hours/week), hourly.

Company Promise: We are committed to providing our employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients. Our culture’s 5 key elements are:
Integrity, Personability, Transparency.

Creating and cultivating this culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter client and customer.

Vighter is recruiting healthcare professionals (HCPs) to conduct basic screening assessments and provide healthcare services to individuals detained by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement teams during on-ground assessments and during deportation flight missions. HCPs work administratively under the Program Manager and Regional Deputy Program Manager while providing healthcare services under the medical direction of the National Medical Director and Physician Supervisors who collaborate with DHS and ICE.

Healthcare is delivered in accordance with approved medical protocols and in compliance with DHS directives.

Vighter’s HCPs work alongside uniformed DHS and ICE at numerous locations in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, and Louisiana. The medical staff must be capable of providing health care services for persons of all ages, including infants, children, adults, and pregnant females. Candidates must be comfortable working in detention and flight settings. Services may be provided in a field setting with minimal facilities, a soft‑sided (tent‑type) facility, or a secure detention facility such as a DHS/ICE station or outpost collocated with an international airport.

• Must have a minimum of one year of experience in indirect patient care and be licensed/certified as a Registered Nurse (RN). Qualifying experience includes detention or correctional healthcare, residential healthcare, a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided direct patient care. ER/ICU experience is preferable.
• Successful completion of a U.S.
  
  -based accredited Registered Nurse training program leading to licensure/certification as an RN. The degree issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Must have a current, active, valid, unencumbered license/registration/certification to practice healthcare in the state in which the candidate will work.
• Must possess a current valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved organization.
• Application of medical principles, clinical procedures, and techniques.
• Alertness and skill in providing care and reacting to emergency situations.
• Basic safety, infection control, quality assurance, records management, statistical information gathering, etc.
• Experience in detention/correctional and/or pediatric setting is highly preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is highly preferred but not required.

• Provide in‑flight nursing service to DHS/ICE detainees being repatriated to their countries of origin or other asylum locations in Central and South America.
• Collect and administer approved medications in accordance with doctor’s prescribed orders.
• Review patient information while ensuring compliance with established protocols for the transportation of detainees by air.
• Provide patient education on health maintenance and disease prevention; document patient care accurately and timely in compliance with Vighter and regulatory standards.
• Anticipate and acquire resources needed for…