Flight Registered Nurse Deputy Site Lead, Mesa, AZ

Registered Nurse (RN), Deputy Site Lead

Location:

Mesa, AZ

Position Type:
Full Time (30-40+ hours/week), hourly.

FLSA Status:
Non-exempt

Education:

ASN/BSN, RN License

Job Category:
Health Care

Our 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 crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. The key elements include:

• Dependability
• Integrity
• Personability
• Transparency
• Responsiveness

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.

Summary:

At Vighter, we take pride in partnering with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) teams to deliver compassionate healthcare services to ICE detainees and immigrant personnel waiting for asylum. We are seeking a Deputy Site Lead at the hub in Mesa, AZ and provide exceptional patient care and accountability.

Deputy Site Leads typically have demonstrated proficiency and availability with previous service as a full time Flight Registered Nurse and may fly from time to time. Deputy Site Leads will work in conjunction with the Site Lead to assist in managing flight schedules, training flight nurses, maintaining tracking boards and digital products, updating TBRONs and validating hours worked against TBRONs

Vighter is a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business that is accredited by both the Joint Commission and ISO-9001. With our dedication to continuous improvement, Vighter assists in the provision of the highest standards of care.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Provides routine, complex and comprehensive nursing care for adult and pediatric medical patients.
• Responsible for performing a variety of unusual and complex professional nursing and administrative tasks without the benefit of close guidance.
• Assumes responsibility as the sole medical provider of care for Federal detainees with stable, unstable, and complex medical conditions.
• Independently develops and implements a comprehensive plan to meet the actual and anticipated medical needs of detainee (client) and aircraft crew.
• Anticipates and acquires resources needed for routine and unexpected medical incidents, including medical emergencies in flight.
• Proper judgment is required to prevent delays in service provision, avoid adverse impact on the health status of individuals and the population served, and reduce waste efforts and resources.
• Judgmental failure could seriously affect the health status of one or more individuals
• Review patient information while ensuring compliance with established protocols for the transportation of detainees by air.
• Administer approved medications.
• Provide medical/nursing services during flight operations.
• Ability to navigate an electronic work environment, electronic health records, web-based training, and electronic communications.
• Functional proficiency and ability to document patient-centered health care in the required electronic health record or electronic medical record, in the required format (narrative notes), in a timely manner, and in compliance with contract policy and guidance.
• Occasional schedule availability, with willingness to pick up additional shifts as needed. The desired end state is no flights canceled due to lack of manpower, 95-100% staffing and service to the patients to whom we provide care.
• A deep sense of purpose and dedication to the United States and our U.S. Military Veterans, their Families, and other patients as assigned.
• An unshakeable adherence to quality and continuous process improvement.
• An apolitical, patient-centered focus that drives to enhanced care and patient satisfaction

• Knowledge of regulations (HIPAA/Privacy Act) regarding the confidentiality of patient medical records and information as well as Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

• Performs other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Knowledge and

Skills:

• Must have exceptional customer service skills.
• Employees shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the job requirements, including ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced changing environment with limited supervision
• Excellent organizational, scheduling and prioritization skills.

Education:

• ASN is required, BSN is preferred. Unencumbered Registered Nurse License is required.

Qualifications:

• One (1) year of current experience as a Registered Nurse preferably with ICU or ER experience plus one (1) year of full time Flight Registered Nurse (RN) under this contract or previous nursing leadership experience.
• Current BLS certification is required, ACLS is a preferred…