{"id":5332,"date":"2024-03-26T14:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5332"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:48:58","slug":"flight-nurse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/classified-staff\/flight-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

18908 (E S SEIU 1199NW ALNW)
\n17883 (NE S SEIU 1199NW ALNW)
\n22874 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW ALNW)<\/p>\n

CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide professional nursing care in an air transport environment.<\/p>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use professional nursing principles, treatment techniques and established industry and organizational procedures to provide comprehensive and advanced life support care in a transport environment such as ground ambulance and fixed or rotor wing aircraft.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under general direction, provide and coordinate in-flight nursing care, primarily from initial patient contact through the acceptance of the patient at a receiving medical facility. Ensure patient safety throughout the transportation process; evaluate, create and implement patient care plans; maintaining medical records; and assist with transfer planning.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stabilize and manage patients involved in air transport in accordance with written standards of care; responsible for delivery of total patient care by continually monitoring patient status independently, or in coordination with another Flight Nurse, and intervening as necessary; this includes field emergency stabilization, ICU inter-hospital intervention, as well as management of specific aeromedical problems in flight;<\/p>\n

Maintain written records of patient condition and care provided according to established standards and guidelines; compile necessary documents\/data to be transported with patient;<\/p>\n

Complete flight records, computer charting, airway documentation tracking or other data gathering tools as required;<\/p>\n

Provide additional patient care as required on arrival to the receiving hospital; ensure that all records and reports are transferred to receiving personnel;<\/p>\n

Select and prepare special equipment for transport according to patient needs and aircraft used; responsible for checking bags, equipment and aircraft prior to departure; prepare aircraft environment for anticipated patient needs on the outbound trip: including but not limited to oxygen therapy, equipment for airway management, IV fluids, and specific medications;<\/p>\n

Know and keep up with any changes to applicable sections of the Federal Aviation Administration regulations;<\/p>\n

Actively and positively participate in shift briefings, cabin checklists, and debriefing procedures;<\/p>\n

Exercise responsibility for restocking flight bags and aircraft; clean and maintain equipment to ensure it is ready and available for further flights; report any problems with equipment and\/or patient management immediately to the Airlift Administrator on call;<\/p>\n

Participate in the training and onboarding of new employees and\/or other personnel, as appropriate;<\/p>\n

May participate in public education programs and public relations functions.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five (5) years professional critical care nursing experience, or equivalent, and relevant state license to practice as a registered nurse; and national nursing certification and flight nursing certification within 24 months of employment.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

01\/03\/1973: New Class
\n10\/22\/1990: Revise Class\/Title
\n05\/09\/2001: Revise Minimum Qualifications
\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion
\n03\/22\/2017: Revise Class\/Title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18908 (E S SEIU 1199NW ALNW) 17883 (NE S SEIU 1199NW ALNW) 22874 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW ALNW) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Provide professional nursing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5332","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5332"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8997,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5332\/revisions\/8997"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}