JOB DETAILS

/ Position: Critical Care Flight Nurse / Clinical Coordinator
/ Location: Bournemouth

/ Working Hours: Rostered Basis of 20 hours per week

• Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits!
• Endless opportunities for Impact and Career Development!
• Investment in Training, sponsored by the Company!
• For more details, read on!

Gama Aviation is currently recruiting for a Nurse with extensive experience in Intensive Care to join us in a part-time position (20 hours) at Bournemouth Airport. You will join a dedicated and close-knit team with a passion for patient centred care, providing the Channel Islands of an Emergency Retrieval Service. There will be an element of on call working, in the event a mission needs to be organised and flown out of hours. Proximity to base (<60min) is therefore a must.
Due to the nature of the role, proven experience of organisation and management within a clinical setting is essential. The successful candidate would be able to demonstrate at least five years of Critical Care nursing in an acute hospital setting, consolidated with a post graduate qualification as evidence of this. Experience in the complexities of transportation of critically unwell patients by air or road would be an advantage.
/ About us:
Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage.
With operations in the UK, Jersey, Europe and the Middle East, a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.
/ About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity that will involve coordinating the logistics of aeromedical transfer between the Channel Islands and mainland Tertiary Centres, as well actively working as a Critical Care nurse on the missions between the hospitals providing high quality care on a 1-1 basis with patients. We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated, and experienced Critical Care nurse that would be capable for autonomously organising all aspects of the logistics of an aeromedical transfer, then executing the transfer alongside a Doctor / Nurse / Paramedic. All necessary ‘On the Job’ Training will be provided for this position.
/ Responsibilities:

Flight Medical Crew Coordination and Management

• Assist the Clinical Services Manager with management and coordination of the team of nurses, paramedics and doctors employed by the company/and or subcontracted as a bank of in-flight medical crew

MEDICAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

Assistance with case handling as requested by the Clinical Services Manager and/or Medical Director:

• Liaising with clients and providers on active cases
• Arranging the logistic and clinical details of aeromedical repatriations to the appropriate specifications of our clients, the Medical Director and Clinical Service Manager.
• Act as the initial point of contact for Flight Medical Crew on assignment, dealing with enquiries/problems and, when required, seeking advice and guidance from the Clinical Services Manager, Medical Director and/or other relevant managers
• Audit completed (closed) case files
• To organise a daily ‘ward round’ of all the current cases, to review progress and deal with or refer problems in order to safely expedite the mission
• Operate a priority ‘tagging’ system, so that urgent actions are not overlooked
• To be responsible, or to nominate a person to be responsible, during each duty period for checking the logistics/arrangements of newly organised repatriations
• Act as referral point for critical/high risk cases in terms of case management. These will be referred to as ‘Serious Cases’ and may be subdivided in to three types of risk category: Clinical, Logistic (Operational) and Financial
• To record and notify all Clinical Serious Cases to the Medical Director and Clinical Service Manager

CLINICAL DUTIES

To operate as a Flight Nurse (up to ICU/Level 3):

• To maintain ICU/Level 3 skills and competencies and ensuring currency within an ICU
• To be active in the implementation and review of various procedures within the company
• To work as a Flight Nurse on the flights between the Channel Islands and the UK

To share the following responsibilities under the direction of the Clinical Services Manager:

• Take responsibility/accountability for the safety and operation readiness of all medical equipment and medical materials and consumables, including oxygen cylinders
• Ensure all electrical equipment has been maintained, serviced and charged as per manufacturer’s instructions
• Ensure all equipment has been checked for function prior to undertaking a transfer and that spare working batteries and mains power cables are carried
• Ensure all time-limited equipment and drugs are within date
• Ensure all single use items are discarded after use, and that all single patient items are discarded after patient hand-over or left with the patient at the receiving facility
• Ensure the safe disposal of all clinical waste
• Arrange laundry, decontamination and/or sterilisation of all items that are reusable
• Ensure all items of equipment are safely returned and refurbished after each missio