Critical Care RN

Looking for an alternative to bedside?

If you're ready for a change from the hospital, there's a place to use your nursing skills where the focus is one patient at a time.

As a Critical Care Transport RN with Northwest Ambulance, you'll practice at the top of your license and manage complex critical care patients. Same acuity. Same critical thinking. Completely different environment.

If you're an ICU or ER nurse who's tired of the hospital but still wants real clinical work and real patient acuity, we'd love to talk with you.

Why nurses make the move to transport

• One patient at a time. No four-patient assignment, no competing call lights. Your full attention goes where it belongs.
• Predictable schedules. You'll know when you're working.
• No mandatory hospital floating. You were hired for critical care; you'll practice critical care.
• Real autonomy. Mobile ICU-level care with the critical thinking to back it up.
• Variety. Different patients, different sending and receiving facilities, different clinical pictures - every shift.
• Paid training and continuing education. We invest in keeping your skills and certifications current.
• Dedicated clinical support for nurses. A Clinical Manager and a Nurse Educator are here specifically to support our nursing staff - onboarding, skills development, protocol questions, and case review. You won't be figuring it out alone.

What you'll do

As a member of the Critical Care Transport Team, you'll work with an Emergency Medical Technician and Dispatch to respond to assigned calls, assess patients, and deliver skilled critical care nursing during interfacility transport. You'll be responsible for supervising the care, ongoing assessment, and treatment of the patient en route to the receiving facility.

• Provide patient care at a critical care / advanced life support level during interfacility transport
• Deliver care using critical care nursing skills, ACLS protocols, company protocols, transport orders, and pharmacological knowledge
• Coordinate directly with physicians, nurses, allied health staff, patients, and family members to maintain a safe transport environment
• Safely lift, transfer, and maneuver patients in and out of ambulances, facilities, and residences
• Operate the emergency vehicle safely at all times and respond to dispatch instructions
• Complete accurate, timely documentation in accordance with company policy
• Maintain vehicles, stations, communications equipment, medical equipment, and supplies to Northwest Ambulance standards
• Follow Northwest Ambulance policies and procedures, including Washington State and County EMS protocols
• Attend and participate in continuing education
• Maintain strict confidentiality of patient information and company operations
• Perform other duties as assigned