RN - Flight (Registered Nurse)|MCK Helicopter

**Location:**Avera McKennan Hospital **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America) **Pay Range:** *The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.* $34.50 - $51.50 **Position Highlights** **For Flight RN:** **Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing - An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire · Registered Nurse (Single) - Minnesota Board of Nursing within 180 Days · EMS - North Dakota Health and Human Services North Dakota EMS within 90 Days · Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) - Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) within 2 Years · Driver’s License - Licensing Board Upon Hire · 1-3 years Critical Care experience **\*\*\*\*This is a float Flight RN position. You will be working in our 3 bases located in Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, and Pierre, SD.** **\*\*\*May be eligible for a $6000 or $15,000 Sign on Bonus** **\*\*Schedule: 12 hour shifts: 7:00am-7:30pm and 7:00pm-7:30am & some 24 hour; rotate every 3rd weekend/holiday. You will know your schedule 6 weeks in advance.** \*\***Your preferences will be taken in consideration for scheduling.** **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives. **What you will do** - Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians. - Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables. - Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources. - Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan. - Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns. - Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records. - Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs. - Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items. - Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership. - All Careflight personnel are responsible for maintaining physical health and proper weight, not to exceed 240 pounds. **Essential Qualifications** The in…