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Life Flight Helicopter Pilot – Texas

Position Pilot-Rotary Wing / Life Flight Helicopter Pilot
Permanent  
Company: Memorial Hermann
Fax Number: (713) 704-6192
Address: 6400 Fannin Suite 2550
Houston
Texas
77030
USA
Email: Tina.Boson@MemorialHermann.org
Web Address: www.memorialhermann.org
Company Info: Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and TIRR Memorial Hermann have earned distinction as two of the nation‘s top hospitals in U.S. News & World Report‘s “America‘s Best Hospitals” issue. Just 152 hospitals of more than 5,100 U.S. hospitals meet the rigorous criteria required to be recognized as a “Top 50 hospital” in key medical/surgical specialties. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center was newly recognized in the areas of Heart and Heart Surgery and Gynecology. The hospital continues to place in the areas of Urology and Kidney Disease, moving up in both specialty areas. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center ranked 46 in Heart and Heart Surgery, 38 in Gynecology, 30 in Kidney Disorders and 48 in Urology.
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Job Title: Life Flight Helicopter Pilot
Location: HOUSTON Texas USA
Salary Range: Neg-Neg
Contact: Tina Boson
Email: Tina.Boson@MemorialHermann.org
To Apply: click here
Job Desc:
Position is responsible for safely and efficiently delivering a rapid response aero-medical team via Life Flight helicopters and for transporting patients to appropriate facilities for further treatment.
  • Maintains a standby readiness while on duty to ensure rapid response times in accordance with department policy
  • Operates emergency air ambulance transport service in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), hospital, and department policies, regulations, and standards
  • Performs all flight procedures, techniques, and skills necessary to effect the safe, efficient delivery of medical personnel to hospital or accident sites, and the transportation of acutely ill and/or critically traumatized patients to tertiary care facilities
  • Performs non-medical refueling, test, public relations, and crew orientation flights as requested
  • Maintains constant communications with Flight Operations Communication Center during flight mission; communicates as necessary with Emergency Services personnel, receiving hospital communications center, and air traffic controllers
  • Inspects all major mechanical, operational, and control systems, as well as all components, and reviews aircraft records to determine pre-flight condition and certify airworthiness. Checks weather reports, fuel requirements, and log books prior to mission
  • Completes all forms, records, charts, load manifest signatures, and Minimum Equipment Lists as required
  • Maintains current information on federal regulations, advisories, and procedures. Prepares for semi-annual Federal Aviation tests and pilot training program as necessary
  • Travels to satellite bases for flight relief duty as assigned
  • Maintains clean aircraft and workplace
  • Attends department and pilot meetings on a regular basis
  • Adheres to all Memorial Hermann policies, procedures, and standards, within budgetary specifications, including time management, supply management, productivity, and accuracy of practice
  • Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education, skills competency, supports department-based goals which contribute to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff
 
Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Airline Transport Pilot license/Helicopter
  • 3,000 hours Pilot in Command
  • 300 hours night
  • Multi-engine helicopter experience preferred
  • Minimum of Class II FAA flight physical
  • Eurocopter helicopter experience preferred
  • Air Ambulance experience preferred
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Commercial, Instrument, Helicopter License; second class FAA medical certificate
  • 3,000 hours Pilot-in-Command of a turbine helicopter; 300 hours of night helicopter PIC experience
  • Demonstrates commitment to the Partners-in-Caring process by integrating both Behaviors and Operating Principles in all internal and external customer interactions. Performs duties with accountability, competency, innovation, collaboration, compassion and respect to create the best possible outcomes with exceptional customer experiences
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Benefits: At Memorial Hermann, it means not being satisfied with the current state of medicine. It means doing all we can to save more lives and improve clinical outcomes. For Memorial Hermann‘s affiliated physicians, it means tirelessly searching for better ways to diagnose and treat patients while harnessing the latest technologies. For our nearly 20,000 employees, it means exercising uncompromising commitment to deliver the best care possible using the safest methods. For our patients, it means having the best tools to prevent health problems as well as the best chance to regain their health and reclaim their lives following an illness or injury. Memorial Hermann is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and serves the greater Houston community through 11 hospitals, a vast network of affiliated physicians and numerous specialty programs and services. Our life-saving facilities include: Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, the teaching hospital for The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and home of the nation‘s busiest Level I trauma center; eight suburban hospitals; three premier Heart & Vascular Institutes; TIRR Memorial Hermann, one of the nation‘s top rehabilitation and research hospitals; Children‘s Memorial Hermann Hospital; the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute; the Mischer Neuroscience Institute; eight comprehensive Cancer Centers; 21 Imaging Centers; eight Breast Care Centers; 10 surgery centers; 25 sports medicine and rehabilitation centers; 19 diagnostic laboratories; and PaRC, a substance abuse treatment center. Memorial Hermann also operates the Life Flight® air ambulance program as well as the city‘s only burn treatment center. Our new subsidiary MHealth offers administration of self-funded healthcare benefits plus occupational medicine and wellness services in addition to new cost-effective health insurance plans underwritten by UniCare Life & Health Insurance Company, providing employers and individuals a way to cut healthcare costs without cutting quality. As the number of Memorial Hermann facilities has grown over the years, we have remained true to our founding mission of improving healthcare for the people of southeast Texas. Our employees embrace a culture of individual accountability and innovation. This has led to a relentless focus on improving quality and patient safety and has brought us numerous awards, including the prestigious National Quality Healthcare Award from the National Quality Forum in 2009. Memorial Hermann uses its resources to make a real difference in the health of the community, contributing in excess of $300 million annually in uncompensated care and community benefit programs, including an award-winning network of public school-based health centers. Memorial Hermann performs more brain and neurosurgeries than anyone else in Houston and some 50,000 heart procedures each year. By establishing the nation‘s first complete, citywide Chest Pain Center network and the region‘s largest Stroke Network, we offer the community quicker access to life-saving care -- and more breakthroughs every day.

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