Registered Nurse - Pediatric, Flight Transport

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital

Worker Type:
Regular

• Unit/location:
  Patient Transportation at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
• Schedule:
  
  Two 12‑hour night shifts per week (either 17:00–05:00 or 19:00–07:00) and one 24‑hour shift (07:00–07:00)

Functions as an interdisciplinary team member for neonatal/pediatric specialty team transports. Collaborates with high‑risk OB specialty RNs for maternal transport. Collaborates to provide exceptional care during ground and air transports of acute or critically ill/injured neonatal, pediatric, and maternal patients; guided by clinical assessment, critical thinking, established patient care guidelines (PCGs) and indirect medical control.

Manages customer service and experience by collaborating with team members for education and process improvement initiatives, patient care documentation, and equipment readiness.

• Utilizes transport and critical care equipment in a competent manner.
• Performs or assists with Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills during patient care including, but not limited to, initiation of PIV/IO/UVC, managing IV fluids (including blood products), naso/oral/pharyngeal suctioning, insertion of NG/OG tubes, needle thoracotomy, and insertion/maintenance of an endotracheal tube or LMA.
• Assesses patient and environmental situation to develop plan of nursing care based on patient status and diagnosis, monitors patient response and adjusts accordingly and communicates necessary information through medical control.
• Assists and performs daily inventory of equipment on ambulance, aircraft, in storerooms and equipment bags. Assists with care, calibration and maintenance of all equipment.
• Maintains thorough patient care documentation according to the standard outlined by department and ministry policy.
• Achieves and maintains proficient knowledge of transport team Patient Care Guidelines (PCGs).
• Acts as a preceptor and/or participates in orientation of new employees and students as assigned.
• Participates/attends in‑house education, outreach education, department process improvement projects. Undertakes and maintains projects to include research and publishing opportunities.
• Maintains awareness of current issues related to transport medicine through participation in professional activities, i.e. national, state legislative‑elected or appointed.
• Maintains currency and documentation of prescribed education, certifications and licensures.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.

• Three years’ registered nurse experience in NICU, PICU or Emergency care.

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration OR Registered…