Registered Nurse - Manager

Position: Registered Nurse - Manager - 6501
ROLE SUMMARY The Nurse Manager (CCT) provides advanced nursing care to critically ill and injured patients during interfacility and other authorized medical transports while serving as a clinical resource and lead for the CCT team. The role supports safe, high-quality patient care; promotes clinical and operational readiness; assists with team development, education, quality initiatives, and protocol compliance; and works collaboratively with operations leadership, the Medical Director, dispatch, EMS clinicians, sending and receiving facilities, and other healthcare professionals.

This is a Exempt/Salaried position.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides safe, evidence-informed critical care nursing within the nurse’s scope of practice, applicable law, medical direction, company policy, and approved CCT protocols.

Assesses, monitors, and manages critically ill or injured patients throughout transport, including changes in condition and escalation of care as clinically indicated.

Manages and monitors advanced therapies and equipment within approved scope and protocol, which may include ventilators, infusion pumps, invasive/noninvasive monitoring, medication infusions, and other specialty equipment.

Obtains and communicates an appropriate patient history, assessment, plan of care, transport risks, and clinical handoff information.

Ensures continuity of care from transfer of responsibility at the sending facility through handoff to the receiving clinician or facility.

Completes accurate, timely, and complete patient care documentation and other required records for each response and transport.

Maintains communication with dispatch, medical control, sending/receiving facilities, and partner agencies as required.

Ensures the ambulance, CCT equipment, medications, supplies, and specialty equipment are appropriately checked, stocked, secured, clean, functional, and ready for service at the beginning of the shift and following each call.

Follows infection prevention, exposure control, medication security, patient privacy, information security, and safety requirements.

Maintains professional conduct and provides respectful, patient-centered service to patients, families, healthcare partners, coworkers, and the public.

Performs other duties as assigned consistent with the responsibilities of the position.

Lead/Clinical Leadership Responsibilities:

Serves as a clinical resource, role model, and point of support for CCT nurses and interdisciplinary transport team members.

Provides day-to-day clinical guidance and supports consistent application of CCT protocols, policies, documentation standards, and operational expectations.

Assists with orientation, precepting, competency validation, continuing education, skills development, and coaching of CCT team members as assigned.

Supports review of clinical documentation, patient care concerns, safety events, and opportunities for improvement in collaboration with clinical and operational leadership.

Participates in quality assurance/performance improvement activities, case review, protocol education, and clinical readiness initiatives.

Identifies and escalates clinical, staffing, equipment, medication, safety, or operational concerns to the appropriate leader and/or Medical Director.

Promotes teamwork and effective communication between nursing, EMS, dispatch, operations, medical direction, and healthcare facility partners.

Supports implementation of new clinical programs, equipment, procedures, and education as assigned.

Provides leadership during complex transports and assists the team in prioritizing patient safety, clinical decision-making, and appropriate use of resources.

Models Priority Ambulance standards for professionalis#IND1

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