Flight Registered Nurse Site Lead, Milwaukee, WI

Title: Registered Nurse (RN), Site Lead

Location: Milwaukee, WI

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

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Education Level: ASN/BSN is required. Registered Nursing 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. These elements are:

• 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:

Vighter is recruiting experienced Flight Registered Nurses (RN) to join our team as Site Leads, leading teams of registered nurses at each airport hub and provide exceptional patient care and accountability. Site Leads typically have demonstrated proficiency and availability with previous service as a full time Flight Registered Nurse.

Flight Registered Nurses (RN) conduct basic screening assessments and provide healthcare services to individuals detained by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) teams during deportation flights from Milwaukee, WI. Site leads at each hub focus on scheduling, accountability, discipline, training, flight execution, treatment documentation and leadership for registered nurses. Vighter's Flight nurses work alongside uniformed DHS and ICE at numerous locations in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin and Louisiana.

Candidates must be comfortable working in detention and flight settings.

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 process improvement, Vighter assists in the provision of the highest standards of care.

Principle Accountabilities:

• 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.
• Responsible for performing a variety of complex tasks without the benefit of close guidance.
• Independently establishes criteria, formulates approaches, and evaluates efforts.
• 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.
• Review patient information while ensuring compliance with established protocols for the transportation of detainees by air.
• Provide oversight to registered nurses during flight operations.

• Provide complex and comprehensive nursing care for adult and children medical patients.
• Verbal and written proficiency in English and Spanish is highly encouraged.
• 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.
• 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.
• Flight nurses shall be proficient in the Spanish and English languages.
• Excellent organizational, scheduling and prioritization skills.

Education:

• ASN or BSN from an accredited university is required, 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 certification.

• Must have exceptional customer service skills.
• Must be verbally proficient in both English and Spanish.

Duty Hours / On-call Requirements

• Flights are scheduled a minimum of one week out.…