RN - Children's Critical Care Transport - Part Time

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center seeks an experienced RN for Pediatric Critical Care Transport. This part-time role involves delivering optimum critical care to sick or injured infants and children transported by air or ground to UMMC or other facilities.

The position requires an RN license, an associate degree or nursing diploma, and at least three years in neonatal, PICU, or pediatric emergency care.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or diploma in Nursing and three years NICU/PICU or pediatric ED experience.
• Valid RN license.
• Excellent communication and teamwork in high-pressure transport settings.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, plans, administers, and documents nursing care during transport.
• Provides physical and psychological comfort to patients.
• Monitors patient condition during transport and reactions to medications.
• Guides assisting personnel in patient care during transport.
• Ensures equipment and supplies are available and functional; reports failures.
• Promotes a positive image of UMMC through community outreach.

Skills

Critical care nursing

Pediatric transport

Communication skills

Education

Associate's degree or diploma in Nursing

3 years NICU/PICU or pediatric ED experience

Job description

Job Title:

RN - Children's Critical Care Transport - Part Time

Job Category:

Nursing

Organization:

Children's Transport

Location:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Summary:

To provide optimum critical/emergency care to sick or injured infants/children transported by aircraft or ground ambulance to UMMC or other designated facilities.

Education & Experience:

• Associate's degree or diploma in Nursing and three (3) years neonatal, pediatric intensive care or peds emergency experience.

Certification, Licenses or Registration Required:

• Valid RN license.

Other Requirements:

• Weight may not exceed 225 pounds when fully clothed.
• Must be able to lift a patient weighing 250 pounds onto a stretcher or infant in incubator, carry a minimum of fifty (50) feet and load into an aircraft or ground ambulance (with the help of another provider).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to assess and treat injuries and disease for pediatric and neonatal patients. Knowledge of agents, equipment, procedures, and techniques for the provision of emergency and critical care nursing for interfacility and scene transports. Verbal and written communication skills. Ability to remain calm in emergency conditions. Ability to provide physical and psychological treatment and comfort to patients. Ability to withstand exposure to noise, external weather conditions, and work in high altitudes. Ability to maintain and comply with weight and lifting restrictions and requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates, plans, administers, and documents nursing care for patients during transport.
• Provides physical and psychological comfort to patients.
• Monitors patient condition during transport and adverse reactions to drugs of treatment.
• Guides assisting personnel in the provision of patient care.
• Ensures equipment and supplies are available and functional and reports any equipment failures.
• Promotes a positive image of UMMC by participating in community outreach programs.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of patient care provided during flight transport.
• Prepares and maintains applicable reports and documentation.
• Participate in disaster preparedness and operational support to include EMS unit operations as well as supporting UMMC’s role in the State Medical Response System.

Physical and Environmental Demands:

Requires constant exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, constant travelling to offsite locations, constant activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, frequent lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

0

Job Closing Date:

(open until filled if no date specified)

Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination:

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, discovering new cures and treatments and providing the highest quality health care. We foster environments that support respect, compassion and belonging for all faculty, staff and students as well as patients and visitors. Our employment, academic, research and clinical care practices reflect these commitments.

UMM is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), disability, age, sex (as that term is defined in applicable laws such as 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2) and binding court decisions), religion, genetic information, veteran’s status and any other status protected by applicable law. UMMC also prohibits retaliation against those who report discrimination or harassment and against those who participate in the Medical Center’s investigation and handling of such reports. Further, UMMC complies with all applicable statutes, regulations and executive orders regarding sex discrimination, sexual harassment, domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, including but not limited to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity UMMC operates including in admission and employment, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistic Act ("Clery Act") and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act ("SaVE Act"). UMMC’s commitment to nondiscrimination applies to all of its programs, services, opportunities and activities, including but not limited to all employment, academic, research and clinical care practices and extends to all students, applicants for admission, employees, applicants for employment, affiliates, subcontractors, on-site contractual staff, third party or community members, visitors to any of our campuses and others participating in UMMC programs or receiving UMMC services. With respect to employment in particular, this commitment applies to all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, employment, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions and termination. UMMC maintains an affirmative action program in accordance with applicable laws. Consistent with these laws, UMMC takes affirmative action to recruit, employ, advance and prevent discrimination against qualified individuals.

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