Air Transport Nurse

Company Description

CareFlite is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ambulance service sponsored by Baylor Scott & White Health, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Parkland, and Texas Health Resources. CareFlite provides medical transport by helicopter, airplane, and ground ambulance, and non-medical transport via wheelchair van.

Job Description

Location: North Central Texas, Burnet

Position Type: Float, Full-time, non-exempt

Position Summary

The Air Transport Nurse provides advanced critical care to critically ill or injured patients during air, ground, and ECMO transport operations. This role includes assessing patient conditions, performing advanced medical interventions within CareFlite’s scope of practice, and ensuring safe, efficient, and timely transport. The Air Transport Nurse works collaboratively with paramedics, pilots, dispatch, and healthcare professionals to deliver compassionate, patient-focused care while maintaining accurate documentation and adhering to safety protocols, regulatory requirements, and organizational standards.

Core Competencies

• Clinical Excellence: Applies advanced nursing knowledge and critical thinking to deliver safe, evidence-based care in air, ground, and ECMO transport environments.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Works cohesively with transport partners, paramedics, pilots, dispatchers, and hospital staff to ensure coordinated, efficient, and high-quality patient care.
• Communication: Conveys information clearly and effectively with team members, patients, families, and partner agencies while maintaining professionalism under stress.
• Safety and Situational Awareness: Consistently follows aviation, ground, and medical safety protocols and maintains awareness of environmental and operational factors.
• Integrity and Accountability: Adheres to policies, procedures, and ethical standards. Accepts responsibility for actions, decisions, and patient outcomes, ensuring accurate documentation.
• Patient Advocacy and Compassion: Provides patient-centered care that reflects empathy, respect, and dignity, balancing clinical urgency with sensitivity.
• Professional Development: Demonstrates commitment to continuous learning, maintaining all required credentials, and participating in education and quality improvement initiatives.
  
  

Qualifications

Working Conditions

• Hours: Full-time, crews are assigned a 24 on 72 off work schedule to include holidays and weekends to encompass staffing 365 days per year.
• Overtime: May be required based on mission demand or emergencies. All overtime must be pre-approved unless related to emergent patient transport.
• Work Environment: Aircraft, ground ambulances, ECMO vehicles, hospitals, and outdoor settings. Exposure to extreme temperatures, noise, vibration, confined spaces, and operational hazards. PPE required.
• Travel: Frequent travel within the assigned service area; occasional overnight stays for patient transports, training, or inter-facility transfers.
• Special Requirements: Compliance with state/federal licensure and certification, annual clinical competencies, mandatory training, and flight/critical care credential maintenance.
  
  

Physical And Mental Requirements

• Ability to perform prolonged standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting/carrying patients/equipment up to 100 lbs. with assistance.
• Must successfully pass background check, drug screen, physical assessment, and audiology test.
• Maximum allowable weight: 230 lbs in full flight gear.
• Exposure to loud noise, vibration, exhaust, rotating blades, and bodily fluids.
• Must demonstrate emotional resilience, multitasking ability, situational awareness, and professional composure under high-stress conditions.
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 years of age
• High school diploma or equivalent (associate/bachelor’s in nursing preferred)
• Current Texas RN licensure
• Certifications: BCLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP (preferred upon hire; all required prior to air orientation completion)
• TPATC or ATLS audit preferred upon hire; required prior to air orientation completion
• Minimum 3 years of experience in critical care, emergency, or high-acuity nursing environment
• ECMO experience preferred
  
  

Additional Information

How to Apply : Interested applicants should submit their resume, application, and credentials via our Careers page or application portal (https://careflite.org/job-openings). Only those selected will be contacted for virtual interviews.

Interview Process

• Virtual Interview
• In-Person Interview: This is a 3–4-hour process, including:
• Clinical panel interview
• Hands-on simulation lab scenarios
• Multiple choice exam
• Physical assessment to include weigh-in
  

Additional Information

CareFlite is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

All information provided will be kept confidential in accordance with EEO guidelines. The statements contained in this position reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and should not be considered a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.