Nurse (Flight Operations)

What you'd do

• DUTIES: Duty 1: Performs nursing care in the aeromedical environment.
• Functions as senior medical member of AE crew in performance of aeromedical evacuation missions.
• Duty 2: Oversees AE training programs to ensure assigned personnel are adequately trained in specialty and mission requirements.
• Duty 3: Plans, develops, and administers specialized aircrew training program for aeromedical aircrew members.
• Duty 4: Represents the nursing and aircrew functions to external agencies such as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Veterans Affairs (VA), state and local emergency management officials along with wing and HQ functional representatives; establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships to further organizational goals.
• Duty 5: Provides oversight for AES clinical and administrative programs.
• Other Significant Facts: 1\.
• This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) Officer position.
• The incumbent is required to meet and maintain Air Force Reserve requirements.
• The incumbent's regular assignments are ART duties; however, the incumbent may be assigned some non-ART duties, generally not to exceed 30 percent of total responsibilities.
• Work schedule will be aligned to allow incumbent to fully participate in unit training assemblies (UTA). 2\.
• Must maintain mission-ready, aircrew (flying status) at flight instructor (FI) and flight examiner (FE) qualification level.
• Periodically, as prescribed by regulations, must take and pass aircrew standardization/evaluation examinations consisting of both written tests and actual flight performance to demonstrate flight knowledge and ability. 3\.
• Aircrew and management duties include stress (both mental and physical), including but not limited to, exposures to extremes of all stress of flight (temperature, vibration, barometric pressure, partial pressure of oxygen, noise, humidity, fatigue). 4\.
• Aircrew duties may include exposure to other hazards associated with aircraft flight, including but not limited to, combat aircrew training sorties, low level flight, formation flight or aerial refueling.
• During engine running on-load and off-load, may be exposed to dangers posed by the engines and high velocity exhaust.
• As a healthcare provider, member may be exposed to clinical/pathological dangers associated with patient care of sick or injured in an operational/aerial healthcare environment. 5\.
• The incumbent may be required to work an uncommon tour of duty with brief advance notice as necessary to meet special or essential unscheduled activities. 6\.
• The incumbent may be required to fly in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments (TDY). 7\.
• This position is designated as a mobility position.
• The incumbent must be willing to move/transfer to another unit/location on a lateral or promotion basis as directed by HQ AFRC. 8\.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.
• An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. 9\.
• This position requires current, unrestricted registered nurse (RN) licensure and requisite skills training/qualification to maintain nursing licensure.
• Completion of USAF Flight Nurse Course and aeromedical evacuation crewmember (AECM) qualification/currency is required. 10\.
• The position requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain various ADPE skills and accounts such as TRAC2ES, GDSS2, SMS, MRDSS, AFTR, and others.
• Incumbent will also be required to analyze data and collect, evaluate and extrapolate data for other systems/programs such as operational reports, training summaries, flying/participation and other similar programs. 11\.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Air Force, DoD, and civilian sector operational health care systems to include, ancillary/support services, managed and contract care, medical operations and in-route medical support, and adjunct health care systems.
• Ability to manage/coordinate nursing programs to encompassing: logistics, operations/support, human resources, patient administration, patient safety, medication management, aircrew training, staff development, and advanced clinical certification programs. 12\.
• The position requires the incumbent to research, present and evaluate clinical competency training/qualification and advanced clinical/nursing skills to assigned organizational nursing and non-healthcare provider personnel to ensure licensure, certifications and competencies meet program requirements and applicable nursing/medical standards of care prescribed for the aeromedical evacuation operational environment.

What they want

• IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application.
• Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified pr