Professional CCG Nurse (Part-Time) - Ambulance and Chair

The Center for Emergency Medicine - Ambulance and Chair is looking to a Full-Time Prehospital Registered Nurse.

If you're a Prehospital Registered Nurse who values professionalism, growth, and being part of a forward-thinking EMS organization, Ambulance and Chair offers the opportunity to make a real impact - both on patients and on the future of our service.

Schedule & Work Environment

• Full-Time
• All shift modalities: 24-hour, 16-hour, 12-hour, and 8-hour shifts available
• Schedule posted 30 days in advance
• Call Volume split between primarily 911 emergency response dominant and non-emergency transports
• Coverage area ranges from urban to rural environments

Why Work with Us?

Our service is entering an exciting new chapter, with leadership dedicated to supporting and developing our people. As we grow in 2026, we're looking for team members who communicate well, build trust, and inspire those around them. If you're ready to influence positive change and help move our service forward, we'd love to meet you.

Ambulance and Chair is a long-standing EMS provider with deep roots in the communities that we serve. Covering a diverse urban-to-rural response area, our team answers an average of 40,000 calls annually across 45 communities in Washington and Greene Counties, providing both 911 emergency response and non-emergency medical transport.

Come work for a service that values your time and your growth. We offer 24-for-24 pay, a retirement plan with employer match, tuition assistance, and a modern fleet equipped with mechanical ventilators, IV pumps, and a progressive blood protocol. Our teams also participate in cutting-edge research, including nitrous oxide administration by BLS providers - and much more.

Position Summary

The Prehospital Registered Nurse provides advanced life support care in the prehospital setting in accordance with Pennsylvania Department of Health regulations, regional protocols, and Ambulance and Chair policies. RNs serve as clinical leaders on scene, delivering high-acuity patient care, coordinating resources, and supporting team members to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centered outcomes.

Compensation & Benefits

• 24-for-24 pay structure
• Accrual-based Paid Time Off
• Tuition assistance
• Retirement plan
• Short-Term Disability (STD), Long-Term Disability (LTD), and Paid Family Leave
• New uniforms provided (coat, shirts, pants)
• Annual fleet upgrades with new ambulances every year
• Power stretchers and power load systems
• Service resources and protocols including:
  • Blood Protocol participation
  • Zoll Z Vent ® portable ventilators
  • Sapphire IV pumps
  • LUCAS devices
  • iPads for on-the-go charting
  • Video laryngoscopes (early 2026)
• Opportunities to participate in research initiatives (PAIN Study Program, Nitrous use by BLS providers)

Purpose:

The Professional Critical Care Ground (CCG) Nurse will work as part of the critical care ground team. The Professional CCG Nurse will follow PA DOH BLS, ALS and CCG guidelines; and is responsible for the care of critically ill and injured patients. Responsibilities include patient care incorporating assessment, stabilization and intervention techniques consistent with standards and protocols approved by the Medical Director. The Professional CCG Nurse is expected to execute independent judgment, to deliver appropriate care that is consistent with the clinical protocols, when contact with a medical command physician is not possible. The Professional CCG Nurse fulfills education and experiential requirements as established by the Medical Director, and performs other duties as assigned. Supports and upholds the mission, goals, and objectives, of the UPMC system at all times.

Responsibilities:

• Adheres to the current uniform policy.
• Maintains fitness for duty by adhering to all employee health requirements and required medical screenings. Reports injuries and completes the appropriate documentation, no matter how minor, to a supervisor in a timely manner.
• Documents appropriate assessment, interventions, and other pertinent patient information in a timely manner.
• Collects and promptly processes demographic, medical necessity, and other necessary billing information.
• Selects and uses personal protective equipment appropriate to the level of the anticipated hazard.
• Demonstrates the ability to establish a rapport with customers; including the ability to create and sustain a positive relationship; regardless of circumstances, environment, or patient presentation.
• Demonstrates competency related to pharmacological interventions.
• Completes all official documentation in a timely manner such as payroll, expense reports, orientation forms, etc. Adheres to rules for scheduling, including schedule requests, minimum time, and availability.
• Reflects a positive attitude to the customer in a high stress environment at all times, with a clear understanding of who the customer is.
• Provide advanced life support to critically ill or injured patients in adherence with established protocols and standards of care; assessing online medical command or other resources when appropriate. Participates in developing and completing research projects.
• Ensures the safety of patients and all others. Utilizes appropriate safety channels to report safety concerns, and uses tools available to enhance a safe work environment.
• Reports for work well rested, and fit for duty. Adhering to the drug and alcohol policy at all times. including prescription and/or over the counter medicine use.
• Performs all assigned duties, including daily, weekly, monthly, or other duties assigned by the base site manager, including (but not limited to): Performs daily equipment check (vehicle, medications) Ensures crew is logged onto computer duty roster Participates in shift report from off going crew Equipment checks Transport log Medication log
• Ensures safe operation of patient laden stretcher employing appropriate stretcher discipline at all times. Maintains safe loading, unloading, adjustment of head of stretcher, and stretcher movement.
• Demonstrates skills, competencies, and judgment necessary to provide patient care in any environment; using educational resources that are required or made available.
• Actively participates in the development and training of new staff.
• Maintains clean patient environment as well as crew quarters
• Ensures patient and family confidentiality and dignity at all times.
• Participates constructively in the peer-review driven quality improvement program.
• Responds promptly and efficiently to all requests for service.
• Participates in scheduled and unscheduled outreach activities, representing the UPMC system.

• Three years clinical experience with a busy advanced life support or critical care ambulance service or critical care experience in a hospital setting.
• RN applicants who have two years of experience and functioned previously as a Flight/Critical Care Transport Paramedic may be considered based on assessment of his/her role as a paramedic, years in the role and approval of a transition plan by the Medical Director (in accordance to CAMTS requirements).

Must be eligible to receive medical command authorization by the Medical Director, have reliable transportation, and be willing to travel to any base site as assigned. Must be able to successfully complete the prescribed orientation program, including classroom, clinical rotations, educational competencies, and on the job training. Must work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities, and specialized equipment.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status. Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families. Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment. Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care. Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process. Mobility and visual manual dexterity. Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.

Driver's License. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Pediatric Adv Life Support. Neonatal Resuscitation Program (within 90 days of hire). NIMS 100 (within 90 days of hire). NIMS 200 (within 90 days of hire). NIMS 700 (within 90 days of hire). NIH Stroke Scale Certification (within 90 days of hire). CFRN (within 2 years of hire). PHRN. RN. Emergency Service Vehicle Operator (within 90 days of hire). Trauma Nursing Core Course OR Intl Trauma Life Support OR Adv Trauma Life Support OR Prehospital Trauma Life Support. Act 34.

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support OR International Trauma Life Support OR Prehospital Trauma Life Support OR Trauma Nursing Core Course
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Driver's License
• Emergency Vehicle Operator
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIH)
• National Incident Management System Incident Command
• National Incident Management System Introduction Course
• National Incident Management System Single Resources
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Pre Hospital Registered Nurse (PHRN)
• Registered Nurse (RN)

*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

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