JeffSTAT Registered Nurse Critical Care Transport

Job Details

Full time 36 hours/week days

Job Description

The Critical Care Transport Nurse is primarily responsible for providing nursing care to patients during inter-facility and emergency transports in accordance with JeffSTAT’s predetermined treatment protocols. The Critical Care Transport Nurse  acts as an ambassador of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH), as he or she is often the first member of the Jefferson healthcare delivery team with whom the patient and their family will have contact.

Join the mission of Improving Lives as a Nurse at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we’re the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done. 

Nurses are responsible for the following: 

·         Performs patient procedures within the nursing scope of practice. 

·         Practices safe medication administration and assesses patient responses to medication. 

·         Participates in reviewing and/or implementing clinical pathways and care coordination. 

The Staff Nurse will provide professional nursing care to a group of patients within a specified time period and complete all required documentation. 

Qualifications for this position include: 

·         BSN Degree preferred

·         Pennsylvania  RN license (RN license for DE, NJ and MD required within 6 months of start date)

·         Pre-Hospital Registered Nurse (PHRN) certification  PA

·         Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association  and ACLS

·         3 years Emergency Department or ICU experience 

·         Certified Flight Nurse (CFRN) Certified Transport Nurse (CTRN) within two years of employment

·         Mobile Intensive Care Nurse NJ – MICN within nine months of employment

·         PALS, NRP, BTLS or PHTLS, ABLS, ASLS and ATLS or ATCN or TPATC required within 9 months of start date

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Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location Address

441 N 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate pr