OSF HealthCare
Location
Rock Island, Illinois
Salary
$34 - $51 / HOUR
The Life Flight Nurse provides high quality nursing care including assessment, triage, and treatment for critical patients. They are responsible for ensuring safety during transport and maintaining flight status requirements.
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited School of Nursing with 5 years of critical care nursing experience or 2 years of pre-hospital critical care transport plus 3 years of critical care nursing. Required certifications include BLS/CPR, ACLS, PALS, and CFRN within specified timeframes.
The Life Flight Nurse provides high quality nursing care including assessment, triage, and treatment utilizing standards and guidelines established by Life Flight Medical Director. Provides quality patient care to achieve optimal outcomes along with thorough and high quality documentation of patient care. Self-motivated to actively increase knowledge base and ability to convert that knowledge into quality practice, improving patient outcomes and team dynamics. Utilizes critical thinking skills to assess the nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize care needed for safe transport of the critical patient to the appropriate facility. Must maintain all requirements for flight status to ensure ability to provide care for patients across the life span. Responsible for carrying out and supporting the mission and goals of OSF Life Flight and assuring that safety remains the highest priority throughout the transport continuum.
Education: BSN or Bachelor degree in health-related field Experience: Pre-hospital Critical Care Transport experience Rotor Flight Nurse experience OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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