RN - Flight/ Transport - AirCare - Full-Time/ Part-Time

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

RN - Flight/ Transport - AirCare - Full-Time/ Part-Time at University of Mississippi Medical Center provides critical care to patients transported by air or ground to UMMC or designated facilities. The role requires strong emergency nursing skills and the ability to lift heavy patients and operate in high-altitude transports.

You will evaluate and document nursing care during transport, precept students, ensure equipment readiness, and uphold regulatory standards while representing UMMC

Qualifications

• Must be licensed as RN for three years.
• Must meet weight/lifting requirements (250 lbs).
• Able to lift 250 lbs onto a stretcher and carry 50 ft.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS or equivalent required.
• TNCC/BTLS/PHTLS/ITLS or neonatal resuscitation within 6 months.
• Specialty certs such as CEN, CCCRN, CFRN or CTRN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, plans, administers, and documents nursing care during transport.
• Provides physical and psychological comfort to patients; monitor condition.
• Precepts medical students and paramedics.
• Ensures equipment and supplies are available and functional.
• Promotes UMMC image by participating in community outreach programs.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of patient care during flight transport.
• Evaluates care for disaster/transport/hospital environments.
• Duties may be added or changed by management.

Skills

Emergency nursing

Calm under pressure

Inter-facility transport

Communication skills

Education

RN license

BSN

Job description

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Job Requisition ID

R00054505

Job Category

Nursing

Organization

AirCare

Job Title

RN - Flight/ Transport - AirCare - Full-Time/ Part-Time

Job Summary

To provide optimum critical/emergency care to sick or injured patients transported by aircraft or other vehicle to UMMC or other designated facilities.

Education & Experience

Must be licensed as RN for three (3) years. Maximum weight of 250 pounds when fully clothed. Individual must be able to lift a patient weighing 250 pounds onto a stretcher and to carry said patient and stretcher for a minimum of fifty (50) feet and load patient and stretcher into a helicopter with the help of another provider.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration required:

Valid RN license. Alabama and Louisiana RN license preferred. Basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, NIMS (ICS 100 and 700) and either TNCC or BTLS or PHTLS or ITLS required. Certification in neonatal resuscitation required within six (6) months of hire. ABLS and ASLS certification preferred. Specialty certification such as CEN, CCCRN, CFRN or CTRN required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries and disease for adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients. Knowledge of agents, equipment, procedures, and techniques for the provision of emergency and critical care nursing for inter-facility 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. Ability to fill shifts at Jackson UMMC campus or remote site as required.

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.
• Precepts medical students, residents, and paramedic students.
• 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.
• Evaluates, plans, provides, and documents care for patients in a disaster, transport (air/ground), and/or hospital environment.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

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, frequent climbing, frequent crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, constant 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

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No

Pay Class

FTE %: 0

Job Posting Date

10/6/2026