USD $31.25/Hr. to USD $54.40/Hr.Welcome to CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region:CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.Overview:Depending on your location, you may be eligible for up to $8,000 in relocation assistance!Our helicopters and aircrafts serve our Colorado communities and the surrounding Rocky Mountain Region. Flight for Life® Colorado’s rigorous training and decades of proven service have made us the air medical program of choice for hospitals, helicopter and aircraft EMS agencies, search and rescue teams, and ski patrols across the regions we serve. When you join our nursing team as a Transport Nurse, you will help advance modern nursing by providing your skills, experience, and commitment to compassionate care. You will also demonstrate your deep commitment to inclusion and a healthier future for all communities. The impact you will make in our faith-based, mission-driven culture presents us the opportunity to cultivate excellence and achieve professional fulfillment united in humankindness.As a Flight Registered Nurse (RN), you will apply the nursing process to alleviate human suffering and enhance quality of life by combining excellent medical care with appropriate and safe transportation. RN Flight staff are self-managing individuals who extend hospital resources into the community, are committed to professional growth, and participate in regional education. Other job responsibilities include:
Performing a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including but not limited to IV’s, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, specimen collections orthopedic and minor surgical procedures.
Planning and implementing resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of critically ill and injured patients.
Providing airway management, optimizes perfusion, and relieves pain and/or stress within air or ground transport setting.
Promoting a safe environment essential to the health and well-being of all individuals with the air medical transport environment, including aircraft and ambulance safety and universal precautions and protocols.
Adapting to rapidly changing technology as evidenced by competency in technology and equipment used in the patient care setting.
You may be required to drive Flight for Life Colorado vehicles including ambulances and the Flight for Life Colorado Suburban, in support of our ground ambulance operations, relocating vehicles to cover for maintenance and other program needs.
Qualifications:In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified flight nurse candidates will need the following:Experience Requirements
5 years of recent critical care experience required
Previous ICU experience preferred
Education Requirements
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required for new graduates, preferred for experienced RN's required
BSN Preferred
License/Certification Requirements
Current state RN license for applicable state of employment or current RN license from a participating state in National Compact Licensure required
Current Basic Life Support through American Heart Association required
Current ACLS required
Current PALS upon hire or within six months of hire/transfer required
NRP upon hire or within 12 months of hire/transfer required
Certified Flight Registered Nurse upon hire or within 2 years of hire/transfer required
Valid driver’s license and ability to pass the annual review of driving record for safe vehicle operations required
Must maintain current on all certifications required by Commission for Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems required
Transport Provider Advanced Trauma Course or Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) upon hire or within 12months of hire/transfer required
Physical Requirements
Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)
Your Connected Community:At CommonSpirit Mountain Region, we believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.In continuous service since 1972, St. Anthony Flight For Life was the first civilian, hospital-based emergency medical helicopter in the United States. Over 300 flight programs around the country and around the world have since been modeled on this concept. Over 90,000 flights later, we have served as a community service to the people of Colorado and the surrounding Rocky Mountain Region. Our rigorous training, comprehensive coverage and decades of proven service have made us the air medical program of choice for hospitals, EMS agencies, search and rescue teams, and ski patrols across the state. Our helicopters operate within a 150 mile radius of Denver Metro, Summit County, and the regions surrounding Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Durango, northern New Mexico and southeastern Utah. We provide critical care transport with five helicopters, three ambulances, and three airplanes with industry leading technology and a highly experienced team. Unique capabilities in addition general transport capabilities include:
Whole blood to transfuse for patients with traumatic hemorrhage.
Cardiac life-sustaining technology including Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA), intra-aortic balloon pumps, Impella ventricular assist device and ECMO heart and lung assist.
High risk obstetrical care
Pediatric critical care
Mountain rescue with high-altitude landing and back country capabilities
Our fixed wing airplanes are operated by Mayo Aviation, Inc, and our helicopters are operated by Air Methods, Corp.Our Total Reward Offerings:Be sure to consider our generous benefits as part of your overall compensation! Designed with your well-being in mind, our benefits include:
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K with generous match
Daycare FSA that can include a company contribution
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Forgiveness and more!
View more on our benefits HERE (https://centura.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=447276&hashed=-1090637925) .Pay Range:$31.25 - $54.40 / hourEveryone Thrives HereYou’re different, and we love it. Your perspectives, your ways, what you are on a mission to go and do – we’re all different, but we’re also all equally connected and supported. We are here to cultivate you in an environment which not only lifts you up but propels you forward.We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment and we will not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, religion, creed, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For further information about this policy contact our Office of the General Counsel at 1-303-673-8166 (TTY: 711). Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment health and drug screen and background check.
