# Flight Nurse – Pediatric Focus (PICU/Pediatric ED Experience Preferred)

**Company**: Intermountain Health
**Location**: Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $41.20 - $62.17 per hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Join Intermountain Health's life-saving medical transport team as a Flight Nurse with a pediatric focus. You'll provide expert care to neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients in dynamic environments.

**Responsibilities:**

- Assess patients comprehensively, including physical, psychological, and developmental evaluations.

- Plan and implement individualized care plans with critical thinking and input from patients, families, and the care team.

- Deliver and coordinate care, administer medications, and manage resources in fast-paced, mobile settings.

- Evaluate patient outcomes and adjust care plans as needed.

- Uphold the highest standards of nursing practice, safety, and ethics in accordance with CAMTS, CLIA, and Life Flight protocols.

**Work Environment:**

- Operate in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, including unpressurized flights up to 10,000 feet.

- Work in ground ambulances and outdoor environments, including extreme weather and rugged terrain.

- Handle enclosed spaces with potential exposure to infectious diseases, noise, vibration, and dehydration risks.

**Requirements:**

- State-certified Nurse with no restrictions, valid in area of operation.

- Advanced Life Support (ALS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and trauma care.

- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 120 days of hire.

- Demonstrated emergency room or critical care experience.

- Obtain CFRN certification within two years of hire.

- Advanced certification in trauma care (e.g., TNATC, ATLS, PHTLS, TNCC) within one year of hire.

- Strong critical thinking and autonomous decision-making abilities.

- Expertise in patient care delivery, safety practices, and compassionate handling of critically ill patients.

- Effective communication and teamwork with diverse healthcare professionals and patient families.

- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Five or more years of diverse critical care experience across various ICU specialties.

- Compact nursing license.

- Advanced certification in trauma care.

- Experience in mentoring or training healthcare team members.

- Familiarity with advanced medical technologies and ICU-level care during transport.

**Physical Requirements:**

- Meet a pre-hire weight of less than 216 lbs.

- Ability to perform strenuous physical tasks, including lifting, bending, and transferring patients and equipment.

- Manual dexterity for operating complex medical equipment and performing life-saving procedures.

- Capability to work in confined spaces, high-stress environments, and extreme conditions.

- Ability to pass annual physical health assessments and maintain stamina for long shifts.

**Benefits:** Intermountain Health provides a generous benefits package covering programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness.

**Salary:** $41.20 - $62.17 per hour

## Skills

### Required
- ALS
- BLS
- PALS
- trauma care
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program
- CFRN
- BSN

### Nice to have
- TNATC
- ATLS
- PHTLS
- TNCC
- compact nursing license

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