Flight Nurse
HCA Healthcare
**Description**
**Introduction**
Mission Health is committed to investing in the latest technology enabling nurses to work more efficiently. **Are you passionate about delivering patient-centered care?** Submit your application for Flight Nurse position and spend more time at the bedside with the patient.
**Benefits**
Mission Health, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
+ Colleague recognition program
+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
**_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._**
You contribute to our success let us contribute to yours! Whether you choose to focus on bedside care, a leadership or C-suite role, shape business and operational outcomes, or work to deliver clinical excellence behind the scenes in data science, case management or transfer centers. Unlock your potential at Mission Health!
**Job Summary and Qualifications**
Provides leadership, which facilitates the delivery of air medical and ground transport care for the comfort and well being of patients. Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, and document care and teaching of patients. Performs time critical advanced life support patient care and management.
**What qualifications you will need:**
+ Required Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing or enroll in a BSN or advanced degree program and obtain a BSN within 5 years of hire date into RN position. Grandfathering will be accepted between departments and Mission Health entities. Exemptions or extensions may be approved by the facility CNO and reported out to the CNO Council members. Each facility will ensure tracking of exemptions should this information be needed. RNs with 10 years or more of experience are exempt.
+ Preferred Education: Master’s in Nursing
+ ·Required License/Certifications: Must have and maintain current licensure as registered nurse with the North Carolina Board of Nursing. eNLC (Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact) license may apply, licensee should confirm with NCBON.National Nursing Certification in area of specialty
+ Certificate: BLS Healthcare Provider; ACLS; PALS or PEPP or ENPC; ITLS or PHTLS or TNCC
+ Must have a valid NC driver’s license or procure one within 30 days of employment (if out-of-state commuter must have valid driver’s license in the documented state of residence) Must have at least two years of satisfactory driving experience and possess ability to meet the established insurance guidelines for Mission Health System.
+ Preferred License/Certifications: CFRN, CCRN, CEN, CPRN, North Carolina Paramedic, South Carolina Paramedic, Nationally Registry Paramedic, CCEMT-P, PNCCT.
+ Certificate: NRP
+ Required Experience: Minimum FIVE years full time Emergency Room and/or Critical Care.
+ Preferred Experience: Five years full time Emergency Room AND Critical Care. Previous supervisory, public speaking and teaching experience.
+ ·Working Conditions: The air medical setting provides for a variety of working conditions; from transport of the ill and injured from referral hospital ICU or emergency departments, O.R. suite or other clinical areas, to scene response to the accident site. Often, patient care must be performed outdoors which subjects the flight nurse to various environmental extremes. The flight nurse must be able to perform his/her duties in low light or near dark conditions. The flight nurse must be able to provide care in the unique air medical environment: vibration, changes in G-force, loud noise and changes in altitude. In addition, the flight nurse may be required to walk great distances over uneven terrain to access patients in remote areas, and be able to provide care as a team while carrying a 250 lb. patient back to the aircraft.
Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is based in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the state's sixth largest health system. Mission Health is consistently named one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems by IBM Watson Health and is the only health system in North Carolina to achieve this recognition. Mission Health operates seven hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers, post-acute care provider CarePartners, long-term acute care provider Asheville Specialty Hospital and the region's only dedicated Level II trauma center. Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Flight Nurse opening. **Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.**
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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