On Call Critical Care Transport Nurse

Job purpose:

Transfers and transports patient’s requiring Specialty Care as defined by COMAR and MIEMSS Protocol. Prepares comprehensive documentation reporting all aspects of the transport in preparation for billing purposes, clinical review, and general archiving. Performs procedural or pharmacological intervention within their scope of practice (Defined by MIEMSS Protocol) and prepares documentation related. Position requires periods of strenuous physical exertion with periods of sitting for potentially extended duration.

Nurses who work in critical care transport will often work as part of a team along with a Paramedic and Emergency Medical Technician. Nurses will assess patients and provide emergency care to stabilize the patient while they are being transported. Stabilization will involve monitoring vital signs, administering medication and providing other emergency care as needed. Critical care transport nurses work under the direction of a physician, which means they have standard orders and protocols they can perform without the doctor being present.