Non-Emergency Patient Transport (Ground) - Registered NursesThe RFDSSE are seeking NEPTS (Ground) Registered Nurses to transfer patients from aircraft to facility. based in Orange in a casual capacity.Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Nurse / Midwife
- Casual
- Casual Opportunity
- Based in Orange
- Iconic Organisation
The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDSSE) Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service Ground Registered Nurse (NEPTS Ground RN) is an experienced Registered Nurse employed by the RFDSSE to care for patients accessing the NEPTS for transfer from aircraft to facility. They will operate only on the road transport environment, employed in a casual capacity.Responsibilities include:
- Ensuring patients remain clinically stable during their occasion of care.
- Identify clinical deterioration and escalate clinical concerns in an appropriate and timely fashion.
- Providing ongoing communication with the patient and their medical escort, as well as various external stakeholders
- Escalating clinical concerns in an appropriate and timely fashion.
- Relevant registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA); and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia;
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) qualifications (or an ability to obtain same);
- Minimum 3 years acute post graduate nursing experience, or demonstrated skill level;
- 2 year ICU/ ED experience;
- Any other relevant acute care or emergency skills;
- DETECT and DETECT junior;
- Previous triage experience; or
- Post registration qualifications in a relevant acute area or First Line Emergency Care Course (FLECC) qualifications.