RN Transport Specialist - Neonatal/ Pediatric Transport

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Provides professional nursing care for patients in the clinical setting. Provides leadership to nursing staff members, and collaborates with other members of the health care team to assure quality care for the Patients. Promotes, plans, directs, and implements medical management and safe transportation for critically ill/injured infant or child, in consultation with the attending physician. Maintains standards of professional nursing practice.

Provides lead supervision to professional and nonprofessional staff. Frequent direct contact and communication within and outside the Carilion Clinic with patients, families, physicians, nurses, EMS personnel, aviation personnel, administrators, and the general public. Some communication and coordination with community agencies. Transport work is performed under high tension and sometimes-adverse conditions due to the critical nature and location of the patients. Moderate physical effort is required for frequent moving and lifting of transport equipment. Requires substantial walking and standing. Frequently uses mechanical devices. High risk of danger involved in working in and around an aircraft and on an ambulance.  Physical requirements include weight restrictions, good general health, and high tolerance to stress.

Productive utilization of downtime within Carilion Children’s is required. This may be in the form of attending patient emergent events, trauma alerts in the Peds ED, assistance with neonatal and pediatric procedures, and attendance at unit huddles and interdisciplinary rounds.

Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates delivery of nursing care in accordance with the medical plan of care, nursing practice standards, nursing care standards, and policy and procedures in order to achieve optimum patient outcomes for patients of all ages.  Collaborates with other transport team members to ensure the safety of all transport operations.  Provides rapid assessment, emergency measures and transportation for the critically ill/injured infant or child, utilizing the latest technique and state of the art equipment.  Acquires and maintains advanced neonatal skills such as intubation, Ventilation, insertion of UAC/UVC’s, and chest needle aspirations or chest tube insertion. Maintains all required certifications, licenses, and continuing education.  Organizes, prioritizes, directs, supervises and evaluates nursing care delivered by various levels of staff both in hospital and on transport. Participates in providing outreach education.

What We Require:

Education: Graduate of professional school of nursing required. BSN preferred.

Experience: Minimum of 3 years of critical care (NICU or Pediatric ICU) experience. Critical care experience is defined as no less than 4000 hours of experience in a NICU/Pediatric ICU.

Licensure/Certification:  Currently licensed as Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  BLS required.   As of 01/01/19 C-NPT (Certified Neonatal Pediatric Transport) is required within 2 years of hire.

Other: Must have understanding of human growth and development. Successful completion of Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Programs and  Advanced Cardiac Life Support  prior to coming off orientation and Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course and STABLE within 1 year. Must successfully complete orientation and competency validation yearly for position.  Must possess exceptional interpersonal skills and high tolerance to stress. Must be able to fulfill physical requirements of the position. Must be self-motivated.  Max weight limit of 210 pounds.

About Carilion

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An organization where innovation happens, collaboration is expected and ideas are valued. A not-for-profit, mission-driven health system built on progress and partnerships. A courageous team that is always learning, never discouraged and forever curious.

Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., you will find a robust system of award winning hospitals, Level 1 and 3 trauma centers, Level 3 NICU, Institute of Orthopedics and Neurosciences, multi-specialty physician practices, and The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

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