Flight RN

CHI; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, TX seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide compassionate, high‑quality care in a fast‑paced environment. This role covers flight and transport nursing, acute critical care, and interdisciplinary collaboration to support patient recovery.

Required experience and certifications include 3+ years in critical care, TX RN license on hire, EMT TX, BLS, ACLS, PALS, and PHTLS. You'll work at a Level III Trauma Center with strong cardiovascular services.

Qualifications

• Three years of current critical care or emergency experience.
• TX Registered Nurse license upon hire.
• TX Emergency Medical Technician certification upon hire.
• BLS CPR within 14 days.
• ACLS within 6 months.
• PALS within 6 months.
• Prehospital Trauma Life Support within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Performs specialized functions and complex assessments, therapies, and emergency treatment for patients transported by rotor-wing, fixed wing, or ground.
• Maintains knowledge base for flight nursing via meetings, chart reviews, equipment reviews, labs, rotations, and CE sessions.
• Maintains effective communication between management and internal/external customers.
• Documents accurate information for assessment and treatment during stabilization and transport.
• Documents accurate billing information of patient transport.

Skills

Flight/transport nursing

Critical care experience

Patient assessment

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Associate Of Nursing

TX RN license

BLS CPR

ACLS

PALS

Prehospital Trauma Life Support

EMT TX

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Performs a wide range of specialized functions and complex assessments, diagnoses, therapies and emergency treatment of patients transported by rotor-wing and/or fixed wing and/or ground.
• Maintains knowledge base for flight nursing role by attending mandatory meetings, chart reviews, equipment reviews, skill labs, clinical rotations, and continuing education sessions related to the care and transport of critically ill and/or injured patients.
• Maintains and facilitates effective and timely communication between management, internal and external customers.
• Documents appropriate and accurate information for assessment and treatment during stabilization and transport.
• Documents accurate and complete billing information of patient transport.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate Of Nursing
• Minimum of three (3) years of current critical care/emergency experience Flight or transport
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire
• Emergency Medical Technician: TX, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 - months
• Prehospital Trauma Life Support, within 6 - months

Where You'll Work

St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley since 1936 (Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville (TX)). St. Joseph has a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley.

St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring Primary Care, Express Clinics and Imaging and Diagnostic Services.

Pay Range

$35.53 - $52.85 /hour