Registered Nurse - Pediatric Flight Transport

SSM Health; Missouri; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Payment Options

Upfront Tuition Coverage

Job summary

SSM Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for Patient Transportation at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. This role involves collaborating in high-risk patient transports, managing customer service, and maintaining thorough documentation.

The ideal candidate will have at least three years of RN experience in NICU, PICU, or emergency care, along with required certifications. The position offers a dynamic work schedule with a commitment to exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

• Three years’ registered nurse experience in NICU, PICU or Emergency care.
• BLS, ALS, NRP, and PALS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional care during ground and air transports.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for neonatal/pediatric transports.
• Maintain patient care documentation according to standards.

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient assessment

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Education

Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Job description

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights

• Unit/location: Patient Transportation at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
• Schedule: Two 12‑hour night shifts per week (either 17:00–05:00 or 19:00–07:00) and one 24‑hour shift (07:00–07:00)

Job Summary

Functions as an interdisciplinary team member for neonatal/pediatric specialty team transports. Collaborates with high‑risk OB specialty RNs for maternal transport. Collaborates to provide exceptional care during ground and air transports of acute or critically ill/injured neonatal, pediatric, and maternal patients; guided by clinical assessment, critical thinking, established patient care guidelines (PCGs) and indirect medical control.

Manages customer service and experience by collaborating with team members for education and process improvement initiatives, patient care documentation, and equipment readiness.

Primary Responsibilities

• Utilizes transport and critical care equipment in a competent manner.
• Performs or assists with Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills during patient care including, but not limited to, initiation of PIV/IO/UVC, managing IV fluids (including blood products), naso/oral/pharyngeal suctioning, insertion of NG/OG tubes, needle thoracotomy, and insertion/maintenance of an endotracheal tube or LMA.
• Assesses patient and environmental situation to develop plan of nursing care based on patient status and diagnosis, monitors patient response and adjusts accordingly and communicates necessary information through medical control.
• Assists and performs daily inventory of equipment on ambulance, aircraft, in storerooms and equipment bags. Assists with care, calibration and maintenance of all equipment.
• Maintains thorough patient care documentation according to the standard outlined by department and ministry policy.
• Achieves and maintains proficient knowledge of transport team Patient Care Guidelines (PCGs).
• Acts as a preceptor and/or participates in orientation of new employees and students as assigned.
• Participates/attends in‑house education, outreach education, department process improvement projects. Undertakes and maintains projects to include research and publishing opportunities.
• Maintains awareness of current issues related to transport medicine through participation in professional activities, i.e. national, state legislative‑elected or appointed.
• Maintains currency and documentation of prescribed education, certifications and licensures.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.

Experience

• Three years’ registered nurse experience in NICU, PICU or Emergency care.

Physical Requirements

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Required Professional License and/or Certifications

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration OR Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) – American College of Surgeons (ACS) OR Transport Professional Advanced Trauma Course (TPATC) – Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) OR Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

Work Shift

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

8074000010 Patient Transportation

Scheduled Weekly Hours

36

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay to provide instant access to earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.