Children's Critical Care Transport RN- Full Time
Company: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Location: Jackson
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
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application once it is submitted. Job Requisition ID: R00045475 Job
Category: Nursing Organization: Children's Transport Location/s:
Main Campus Jackson Job Title: Children's Critical Care Transport
RN- Full Time Job Summary: To provide optimum critical/emergency
care to sick or injured infants/children transported by aircraft or
ground ambulance to UMMC or other designated facilities. Education
& Experience Education and Experience Required: Associate's degree
or diploma in Nursing and three (3) years neonatal, pediatric
intensive care or peds emergency experience. Certification,
Licenses or Registration Required: Valid RN license, Basic Life
Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal
Resuscitation Program (NRP). Other Requirements: Weight may not
exceed 225 pounds when fully clothed. Must be able to lift a
patient weighing 250 pounds onto a stretcher or infant in
incubator, carry a minimum of fifty (50) feet and load into an
aircraft or ground ambulance (with the help of another provider).
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to assess and
treat injuries and disease for pediatric and neonatal patients.
Knowledge of agents, equipment, procedures, and techniques for the
provision of emergency and critical care nursing for interfacility
and scene transports. Verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to remain calm in emergency conditions. Ability to provide
physical and psychological treatment and comfort to patients.
Ability to withstand exposure to noise, external weather
conditions, and work in high altitudes. Ability to maintain and
comply with weight and lifting restrictions and requirements.
Responsibilities Evaluates, plans, administers, and documents
nursing care for patients during transport. Provides physical and
psychological comfort to patients. Monitors patient condition
during transport and adverse reactions to drugs of treatment.
Guides assisting personnel in the provision of patient care.
Ensures equipment and supplies are available and functional and
reports any equipment failures. Promotes a positive image of UMMC
by participating in community outreach programs. Ensures regulatory
compliance of patient care provided during flight transport.
Prepares and maintains applicable reports and documentation.
Participate in disaster preparedness and operational support to
include EMS unit operations as well as supporting UMMC’s role in
the State Medical Response System. The duties listed are general in
nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities
performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or
all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties
at any time. Physical and Environmental Demands: Requires constant
exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as
high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant handling
or working with potentially dangerous equipment, constant exposure
to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure,
blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or
caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations,
frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled
hours, constant travelling to offsite locations, constant
activities subject to significant volume changes of a
seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise
measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, frequent
lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing,
frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling,
frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting,
frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking.
(occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or
more). Time Type: Full time FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No Pay
Class: Hourly FTE %: 100 Work Shift: Benefits Eligibility: Grant
Funded: Job Posting Date: 09/3/2025 Job Closing Date (open until
filled if no date specified):
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