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The Critical Care Transport RN provides emergency and critical care services during rotor, fixed wing, and surface transport, including mobile stroke, under direction of the nurse practitioner/physician, to referring and receiving facilities and/or agencies. During an assigned shift, the transport RN is responsible for the on-duty nurse practitioner for triage and deployment of medical management strategies and prescribed therapies.
How You’ll Benefit
A caregiver in this position works 6:30am to 6:30pm and 6:30pm to 6:30am on 3 12-hr shifts. Day and night rotation occurs every 4 weeks as well as every other weekend and holiday.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the care of individuals and documents responses of prescribed therapies of patients under their care during the various phases of transport
Demonstrates clinical proficiency in the management of critically ill and injured patients, through ongoing evaluation, case review and in-service training
Incorporates the understanding of flight physiology, environmental influences, and limitations of unstructured environments in the plan of care
Communicates with medical control nurse practitioner/physician for patient care issues and management strategies.
Maintains self, equipment, vehicles and aircraft in a mission ready state at all times, immediately after the completion of each mission.
Participates in the triage of patients and the assignment of appropriate modes of transport, with nurse practitioner oversight when assigned as the clinical coordinator
Participates in educational advancement and courses that are self-directed or as requested by the leadership, including public relations activities as assigned
Conducts point-of-care laboratory testing as part of patient care and participates in requisite point-of-care testing maintenance procedures
Other duties as assigned .
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Ohio
American Heart Association (AHA) basic life support (BLS) upon hire
AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) upon hire
AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) upon hire
United States Passport upon hire
National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS100, IS 200 within 6 months of hire
AHA Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 6 months of hire
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) provider, and ITLS advanced within 6 months of hire
Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN), Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) within 24 months of hire or Certified Neonatal Pediatric Transport (C-NPT)
National Certification Corporation (NCC) Certified Neonatal Pediatric Transport (C-NPT) within 24 months of hire for primary pediatric RN’s
Minimum of three years of RN experience in a critical care unit. Examples of critical care units include emergency departments, intensive care units, and critical care transport units
Experience with airway management devices, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, central venous access devices, and arterial monitoring devices required
Three years full-time paramedic experience with an accredited critical care transport program will equal one year of RN critical care experience for the purposes of the Medic-RN bridge
Why You'll Love Working with Us:
Want more information? Check out what our Critical Care Teams are all about and how it can inspire you: https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/anytime-anywhere-critical-care-on-the-go
See our air crews in action here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KjG-w4Sfm6k
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The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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