Travel Flight Nurse

$30,000 Sign On Bonus, Travel Pay, Per Diem, Off Duty Housing Provided

Join us for an extraordinary career as a Travel Flight Nurse with Air Methods.

Work Schedule: 14 days on and 14 days off, with 24-hour shifts, delivering critical care wherever needed.

Required Experience: Minimum 36 months in a busy ICU, ER, Flight, or Critical Care Transport setting within the last 5 years.

Your responsibilities will encompass assessment, triage, and treatment, ensuring the safe transport of critical patients to the appropriate medical facility. From the unique viewpoint of a helicopter,

you'll enjoy breathtaking views, enhancing the experience of your daily work.

Join us in making a significant impact on the well-being of those in need, all while upholding our commitment to excellence and safety in medical transport.

Job Summary

Primary Responsibility: Provide high-quality critical care, including assessment, triage, and treatment, utilizing standards and guidelines established by Air Methods Community Base Services (CBS) Medical Director(s). You’ll assess the nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize the care needed for safe transport of the critical patient to the appropriate facility and are responsible for carrying out the mission and goals of Air Methods CBS assuring that safety remains the highest priority throughout the transport continuum.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities include the following:

• Provides nursing care within his/her scope of practice from the initial contact until patient care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility; maintains thorough patient care documentation.
• Maintain competency through ongoing laboratory and clinical experiences, and keep current documentation of licensure, certifications, continuing education, aviation and safety training, OSHA and HIPAA training, clinical rotations, and advanced procedures. Communicate educational needs to the Medical Base Supervisor and Medical Education Coordinator, and attend continuing education programs pertinent to your area of practice.
• Equipment & Aircraft Management: Maintain knowledge of equipment use and routine maintenance, report failures promptly, ensure adequate onboard supplies, and keep aircraft clean and orderly to support rapid response to all transport requests.
• Flight Operations & Safety: Attend pre-mission and post-mission briefings, complete necessary documentation, assist with pre-liftoff checklists, support pilot with radio and navigation tasks, comply with all safety standards, and conduct aircraft safety briefings as needed.
• Serves as a flight resource to neonatal/pediatric personnel when transporting specialty patients by helicopter and performs advanced skills and procedures as approved by Air Methods CBS Medical Director(s).
• Participates in patient and referring institution follow-up and in planned outreach marketing and education activities
• Acts as a preceptor and/or participates in orientation of new employees and students as assigned and communicates program goals and objectives.
• Participates regularly in Air Methods CBS meetings, activities, projects and committees (to include research and publishing opportunities).
• Other Duties as assigned.

Additional Job Requirements

• Must reside greater than 4 hours from the assigned location and provide scheduling flexibility to allow up to 14-day assignments. Maintain flexibility of assigned base location which will be determined based on need and subject to change.
• Travel Requirement: Position requires travel greater than 50% of the time.

Subject to applicable laws and Air Method’s policies, regular attendance is an essential function of the position. All employees must follow Air Methods’ employment practices…