Overview

**$30,000 SIGN-ON BONUS FOR INTERNAL/EXTERNAL**

In the Pac West, you’ll deliver lifesaving care for the community you love and live in, soaring above California, Arizona, and Nevada's landscapes. With 3+ years of recent critical care, and one previous year of flight nursing experience, you’ll fly in state-of-the-art helicopters—an ICU in the sky—providing advanced care while continuing your education with our support. Ready for a new adventure?

Responsibilities

Job Summary

Responsible for providing high quality care including assessment, triage, and treatment utilizing standards and guidelines established by Air Methods Community Base Services (CBS) Medical Director(s). You’ll assess the nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize the care needed for safe transport of the critical patient to the appropriate facility and are responsible for carrying out the mission and goals of Air Methods CBS assuring that safety remains the highest priority throughout the transport continuum. This position supports multiple Clinical Flight Teams at bases in all regions where currently licensed

Essential Functions and Responsibilities include the following:

- Provides nursing care within his/her scope of practice from the initial contact until patient care is relinquished to the accepting medical facility; maintains thorough patient care documentation.
- Maintain and demonstrate competency in clinical knowledge and psychomotor skills through ongoing laboratory and clinical experiences. Communicate educational needs to the Clinical Education Team and maintain current documentation of licensure, certifications, continuing education, aviation and safety training, OSHA and HIPAA compliance, clinical rotations,



and advanced procedures.
- Equipment and Aircraft Management: Demonstrate proficiency with all Air Methods CBS equipment and supplies. Report medical equipment failures promptly and coordinate repairs. Maintain adequate patient care supplies onboard aircraft and keep the aircraft clean and organized to ensure rapid response capability.
- Flight Operations and Safety: Attend all pre-mission briefings, debriefings, and complete required documentation. Participate in pre-mission checklists and assist the pilot with radio, navigational, and visual observation activities as requested. Strictly comply with all safety standards to protect yourself, medical personnel, patients, and equipment, and conduct aircraft safety briefings when needed.
- Serves as a flight resource to neonatal/pediatric personnel when transporting specialty patients by helicopter and performs advanced skills and procedures as approved by Air Methods CBS Medical Director(s).
- Community Engagement: Participate in patient follow-up, referring institution coordination, and planned outreach marketing and education activities.
- Training and Development: Serve as a preceptor and/or participate in the orientation of new employees and students as assigned. Communicate program goals and objectives to recent team members.
- Participates regularly in Air Methods CBS meetings, activities,



projects and committees (to include research and publishing opportunities).
- Other Duties as assigned

Additional Job Requirements

- Maintains a high level of flexibility and availability to be scheduled for a minimum of two 24 hour shifts per week at any CBS base where currently licensed. Schedules are provided by the Centralized Scheduling team 4 – 8 weeks in advance. Self-scheduling is not permitted. Inability to be scheduled for two shifts per week as a result of providing limited availability (less than 5 consecutive days per week), in the absence of requested benefit time, will result in a written warning for the first occurrence. A second occurrence will result in a final written warning. A third occurrence will result in removal from the float position. If failure to meet the expectation for shift coverage is due to removal from a shift by Centralized Scheduling as a result of other coverage found, no disciplinary action will occur.
- Indicate the percentage of time spent traveling - 85%

Subject to applicable laws and Air Method’s policies, regular attendance is an essential function of the position. All employees must follow Air Methods’ employment practices and policies.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In accordance with applicable laws, Air Methods will provide reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden

📌 Flight Nurse Float-Pac West Region (Canada)
🏢 Air Methods
📍 Canada