How to become a flight nurse?

How to become flight a nurses is interesting question, why because many field nurses job is familiar Hospital, Clinic, or other Health Services, but in -flight nurse it,s look like new challenges which air plane as a places for work area , so who nurses want to become flight a nurse must be have different skill and requirements.

What are the minimum requirements must be done?
The requirement that have to be completing as a following below:

• Full NMC Registration - RGN/RMN/RSCN/RM
• Full RCN membership of equivalent Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Minimum of 3 years
• Post Basic course (acute area)i.e Care of the Adult in A and E, ITU,etc Formerly ENB 199/1001/124
• Experience in one of the critical care areas such as,ITU, A and E or mental Health preferred
• Evidence of mandatory updates if a registered Midwife as per Midfery Rules

In addition most assistance companies require:

• RCN in Flight Nursing Award
• And/or previous in flight experience with the intention of undertaking theRCN in flight Nursing Award Course

In few companies prefer:

• BLS (essential)
• ILS
• ALS/ATLS/ATNTC/TNCC only required in ITU type transfers.

Other useful qualifications

• Diploma/certificate in Travel Health

Other Key documents

• NMC Statement of Entry ( card not evidence of entry )
• Criminal report bureau (CRB) enhanced disclosure.
• Vaccination reports (plus evidence of Hepatitis B immunity)
• BLS or ALS (if ITU type transfers) certificate
• Manual Handling Update
• Curriculum vitae
• Evidence of Professional development

Personal abilities/attributes

• Availability at short notice
• Cool headed under unexpected stressful circumtancies
• Working knowledge of couple of language (especially useful are Spanish and or french)
• Personal fitness with weight in proportion to height
• Possession of a full passport
• Full clean UK/EU driving licence
• Ability to improve
• Ability to recognize your limitations
• Sense of humour
• Last most not least and probably most important a love of flying

There are two avenues of work in the United Kingdom to work as a in-flight nurse

1. Commercial in flight in-nursing
2. Military (Armed services) in-flight Nursing
   

Do you nurses who have capability for the requirement that they require, if you are nurses eligible, love and enjoy of challenge to flight and interest to become flight a nurses, try to apply and submit your application right now. Many job as Flight a Nurses available in UK or America, so searching in this site and find out one of them