Registered Nurse Critical Care Transport CCT-RN

Job Summary\n\nThe position of the CCT RN is to operate in a high-quality critical care transport team, responding to emergency and non-emergency calls and delivering high quality patient care and customer service within the prescribed scope of practice, established protocols and company policies.\n\nBenefits\n

• Medical Insurance\n
• Dental Insurance\n
• Vision Insurance\n
• 401K\n
• Vacation Pay\n
• Sick Pay\n
• Training\n\nEssential Duties & Responsibilities : \n
• Responds to and assists with emergency and non-emergency transports requiring a nurse\n
• Administers nursing skills under stressful and non-stressful situations in accordance with established protocols and within scope of practice\n
• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements\n
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional and psychological support to patients, friends, and families\n
• Independently assesses all patient populations, including (but not limited to) pediatric, obstetric, cardiac, trauma, neurological, geriatric, GI / GU, and is able to create and execute an appropriate care plan within specified protocols\n
• Promotes patient awareness by establishing patient care goals, teaching the patient and family regarding the illness or disease process, and provides treatment while in the care of the transport team\n
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments by collaborating with team members and multidisciplinary members; staying current with SCT guidelines and attending required in-services, training and staff meetings\n
• Ensures continuity of services while adhering to all laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures as they pertain to the SCT and EMS Program\n
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications and by benchmarking state-of-the-art practices.\n
• Maintains a positive, professional and cooperative working relationship with other PRN providers, our partner hospitals as well as other specialty transport teams.\n
• Communicates and collaborates with the Director of Clinical Programs, SCT Supervisor and / or the Medical Director on pertinent issues\n
• Maintains thorough familiarity with treatment protocols, response requirements and quality assurance procedures in accordance with local EMS agency policy\n
• Maintains awareness of any and all changes in the system components and company policies\n
• Maintains the level and type of certification consistent with performing RN job responsibilities\n
• Ensures that the unit remains in a state of readiness, including medical supplies, narcotics, and equipment\n
• Assists with keeping the ambulance clean inside and out\n
• Completes all appropriate medical documentation\n
• Attends SCT team meetings\n
• Maintains a cooperative working relationship with allied health and public safety personnel\n
• Maintains a professional appearance by adhering to personal grooming and dress code standards\n
• Reports all problems and unusual occurrences immediately to the Director of Clinical Programs, as well as complete the appropriate written report\n
• Monitors performance of EMT partners, corrects errors as necessary, provides training and feedback\n
• Demonstrates ability to solve unusual problems and give articulate direction under minimal supervision\n
• Performs other duties as assigned\n\nMinimum Qualifications : \n
• Must be currently licensed by the California Board of Registered Nurses with no violations or restrictions to practice\n
• Two years of experience (within the last 18 months) providing care to a wide variety of patient populations in a critical care environment (ER or ICU) in a facility that treats high acuity patients with a wide range of diagnoses. Documentation and proof of work experience required\n\nMust be currently certificated in : \n
• BLS through American Heart Association\n
• ACLS through American Heart Association\n
• PALS through American Heart Association\n\nPreferred Qualifications : \n
• BSN\n
• CCRN, CEN, CTRN\n
• NIHSS\n\nPhysical Requirements : \n
• Lift 35 pounds in each hand to transport equipment from ambulance to location of patient\n
• Ascend and descend stairways carrying 35 pounds in each hand to get to patient location to provide treatment\n
• Lift (with assistance) a 75 to 150-pound oxygen cylinder into the ambulance\n
• Conduct patient care tasks while stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling\n
• Communicate verbally to patients, dispatchers, physicians, and coworkers in transmitting and gathering information\n
• Hear information transmitted verbally by phone or radio\n
• Adequate vision required to be able to read information from printed sources and computer screens, as well as color vision and fields of vision to perform job functions\n
• Ability to administer patient care duties, as well as heavy computer usage\n\nJob Types : Full-time, Part-time, Permanent\n\nPay : $63.00 - $68.50 per hour for nurses who work a minimum of three shifts per week.\n\nMedical Specialty : \n
• Critical & Intensive Care\n
• Emergency Medicine\n\nPhysical Setting : \n
• ER\n
• Hospital\n
• ICU\n
• Medical transportation\n\nExperience : \n
• ICU / ER : 2 years (Required)\n\nWork Location : In person