Flight Registered Nurse

As a Flight Nurse at Life Link III, you’ll join an elite team of flight paramedics and pilots, delivering advanced, life-saving care with top-of-the-line equipment in air medical transport. Experience a high level of autonomy as you assess and stabilize critically ill or injured patients, performing advanced procedures and ensuring their safe journey to specialized medical facilities. In this fast-paced, rewarding role, you’ll rely on your advanced critical care nursing expertise, mastery of complex interventions, and exceptional communication—where every mission makes a difference.

Your impact:

• Provide advanced critical care to patients with life-threatening conditions during air medical transport
• Assess, stabilize, and manage trauma, cardiac, respiratory, and pediatric emergencies in flight
• Perform advanced procedures within scope of practice and manage complex patient conditions in alignment with medical protocols
• Administer medications, IV fluids, and blood products per guidelines and established protocols
• Constantly reassess patient conditions, modify care plans, and adapt interventions to the evolving clinical status during flight
• Ensure safety throughout all phases of transport in collaboration with pilot and flight nurse
• Collaborate closely with flight nurses, pilots, and other professionals to ensure optimal patient outcomes during transport
• Maintains clear and continuous communication with receiving hospitals, pre-hospital care providers, and family members as necessary
• Participate in pre-flight safety checks, post flight debriefings and maintain equipment readiness
• Document patient care accurately and support quality improvement initiatives
• Maintain critical care skills through ongoing training

Your Qualifications:

• Current Minnesota and Wisconsin RN Licenses (both required at time of hire)
• MN based RNs must have ND license - Wisconsin based RNs must have MI RN and MI EMT licensure (EMT may be completed when offered after hire)
• BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications required
• Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) required within 18 months of hire date
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification will be required after hire date
• FEMA certification for ICS 100, 200
• Minimum of 3 years recent (within the previous 5 years) critical care or emergency nursing experience with a focus on high-acuity, critical patient care, including expertise in managing severe trauma, acute cardiac conditions, respiratory failure, and complex neonatal/pediatric cases
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Prior critical care experience that involved a comprehensive understanding of advanced life support techniques, pharmacological therapies, invasive procedures, and emergency interventions
• Prior exposure to high-acuity, multi-system trauma, including shock, severe head injuries, and complex cardiac emergencies, is essential
• Must maintain a flight crew weight of 230 lbs or less, fully dressed in flight required gear
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to maintain airport security access credentials (where applicable)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field
• Pre-hospital or air medical flight experience
• Trauma certifications (TPATC, TNCC)
• 5 years of ICU, critical care experience
• Experience with adult and pediatric patient populations, including neonates, is highly preferred

What We Offer:

• Base Pay Rate: $43.10 - $53.11 per hour, based on experience
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage starting the first of the month following date of hire
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
• 401k with employer match fully vested
• Generous paid leave and paid time off to foster work/life balance
• Life, disability, critical illness, and accident insurance
• Tuition/Training reimbursement program