Flight Registered Nurse (F-RN)

About SkyCare:

Take your nursing career beyond hospital walls with SkyCare Air Ambulance.

As a privately owned Canadian aviation company, SkyCare delivers essential air medical transport services across Ontario and private patient repatriation throughout North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Our air ambulance teams operate from Kitchener, Ontario, using Metro aircraft and Westwind jets to transport patients ranging from routine interfacility transfers to complex critical care cases. Our capabilities include bariatric, neonatal, and specialized transports such as ECMO.

At SkyCare, every flight brings a new challenge, a new environment, and an opportunity to make a difference.

Why Fly with SkyCare?

Trade hospital walls for a career that takes you further. As part of our flight medical team, you will:

- Practise beyond the bedside: Deliver advanced patient care in a dynamic aeromedical environment.
- Expand your clinical skills: Manage diverse adult and pediatric cases, including complex critical care transfers.
- Embrace variety and adventure: Work with patients and healthcare teams across Ontario, including remote northern communities.
- Build meaningful connections: Collaborate with paramedics, physicians, pilots, and healthcare professionals across the province.
- Grow professionally: Gain specialized experience in transport medicine while learning from experienced colleagues.

If you are ready to bring your nursing expertise beyond the traditional hospital setting, thrive in a dynamic workplace, and make every patient transfer count, SkyCare offers an opportunity to take your career to new heights.

Position Summary





The Flight Registered Nurse (F-RN) provides advanced clinical care to critically ill adult and pediatric patients during air medical transport. Working autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary crew, the F-RN applies strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and critical care expertise to ensure safe, high-quality patient care in a challenging out-of-hospital environment.

This role is ideal for a skilled nurse seeking to apply their clinical expertise in a unique setting where no two days are the same.

Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver advanced patient care: Provide high-quality critical care to adult and pediatric patients during air medical transport.
- Apply clinical expertise: Perform advanced nursing interventions within your scope of practice and applicable Base Hospital directives.
- Ensure safe transport: Maintain patient safety and clinical stability throughout all phases of the flight.
- Work as a team: Collaborate with flight paramedics, pilots, physicians, and dispatch personnel to deliver seamless patient care.
- Meet professional standards: Follow SkyCare policies, ORNGE Base Hospital directives, Ontario Ministry of Health guidelines, and CNO standards.
- Stay sharp and flight-ready: Participate in ongoing training, simulation,



and competency assessments to maintain clinical excellence.
- Embrace a dynamic environment: Maintain operational readiness and flexibility to meet on‑call and 24/7 service requirements.

Qualifications & Requirements:

- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
- Minimum 3 years of recent critical care (ICU/ED) experience
- Current BLS and ACLS certification (required)
- PALS, TNCC/ITLS/PHTLS, and Coronary Care Course (strong assets)
- Certification with ORNGE Base Hospital Aeromedical Program or eligibility to obtain
- Strong clinical judgment, assessment, and emergency intervention skills
- Ability to function effectively in high‑acuity, time‑sensitive environments
- Previous transport or flight nursing experience considered a strong asset

Training Requirements:

Successful candidates must complete mandatory SkyCare and ORNGE Flight Nurse Training and certifications including:

- Flight physiology and aeromedical theory
- Aircraft safety and emergency procedures
- Clinical simulation and scenario-based training
- Operational readiness and crew resource management (CRM)
- Approximately 13 weeks of blended online and in‑person training

Schedule:

- Full-time, Permanent
- Week on/week off - 12-hour shifts,
- Based out of Kitchener or Thunder Bay
- Work performed in aircraft, remote locations, and high‑acuity transport environments

Required Documentation/Certification:

- Resume and Cover Letter
- BScN certificate and transcripts
- Valid CNO registration confirmation
- ICU/ED employment verificati

📌 Flight Registered Nurse (Kitchener)
🏢 SKYCARE AIR AMBULANCE
📍 Kitchener