What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strike Team Flight Nurse position at Air Evac Lifeteam?
Job Description:
WORKING CONDITIONS AND MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Working Conditions:
Physical Demands:
Mental Requirements:
GUIDING VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
Employee must consistently exhibit our guiding principles:
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
A. Reports to: Director of Operational Support Services, COO AEL
B. Interrelationships: Directors, Managers, Supervisors and Employees, Medical Director, public, hospitals and EMS agencies
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JOB SUMMARY
Provides direct patient care in accordance with GMR’s protocols and/or online medical direction. Assists with coverage of open shifts as needed in assigned area. Helps with the start-up of new bases and assists with PR and marketing at new and established bases when needed. One year of full-time flight experience with AEL required. Must be a preceptor approved by AEL Medical Director and Clinical Care Services
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES
Administrative duties
- Responsible for completion and submission of Flight Records if needed
- Responsible for Narcotic Count
- Maintains documentation of required licensure, certifications, continuing education, safety, and advanced procedures
- Attends and participates in meetings according to established base guidelines
- Maintains positive interpersonal relationships with colleagues, EMS representatives, hospitals, and the public
- Maintains awareness of current issues related to pre-hospital care through participation in professional activities, i.e. national, state legislative-elected or appointed
Strike Team Flight Nurse Duties
- Provides pre-hospital and intra-hospital advanced life support care from initial contact until patient care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility maintaining thorough patient care documentation
- Knowledgeable in use and routine and supplies used by emergency programs
- Functions as a medical flight member
- Attends pre-flight briefings and mission debriefing and completes necessary documentation
• Assists in pre-flight liftoff checklist and Pilot assistance when needed, i.e. radio, navigational, and visual observation activities • Complies with safety standards to ensure safety of self, medical personnel, patient, and equipment prior to liftoff
- Acts as a preceptor and/or participates in orientation of new employees
- Conducts aircraft safety briefings as needed
- Responsible for filling open or vacant shifts as assigned
- Assists with new base start up
QUALIFICATIONS Education:
- Current RN licensed in the sates of assigned region
- Current in BLS, ACLS, PALS, BTLS/PHTLS and NRP – Prior to flight status
- CEN or CCRN prior to hire
- Ability to read, analyze, interpret health and flight related journals, hospital reports, and job specific legal documents
- Ability to discuss with management concerning inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
- Ability to perform mathematical functions to include algebra and geometry
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables Experience
WORKING CONDITIONS AND MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Working Conditions:
- Must be able to sit in assigned aircraft seat in an upright position and restrained by a four point system while wearing a helmet
- Frequently required to work near moving mechanical part
- Required to work in outside weather conditions
- Frequently exposed to blood-borne pathogens or airborne particles
- Frequently exposed to vibrations/turbulence
- Exposed to loud noise levels requiring headphones while in-flight and at a moderate level when in a hospital environment
Physical Demands:
- Regularly required to reach with hands and arms; speak and hear
- Frequently required to sit for long periods of time
- Occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and smell
- Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 150 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Mental Requirements:
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to actively listen to others and reach logical conclusions based on feedback
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to maintain composure in a stressful situations
GUIDING VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
Employee must consistently exhibit our guiding principles:
- Patient Care - We continually earn the privilege to care for our patients. It is at the forefront of everything we do.
- One Team - We respect each other and achieve together what no individual can alone.
- Innovation - We are driven to develop solutions that inspire progress.
- Vigilance - We will never waver in our commitment to safety and preparedness in the fulfillment of our duties.
- Ownership - We are accountable for what we do and take pride in how we do it.
- Citizenship - We are dedicated to being good stewards in the communities we serve.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
A. Reports to: Director of Operational Support Services, COO AEL
B. Interrelationships: Directors, Managers, Supervisors and Employees, Medical Director, public, hospitals and EMS agencies
