Neonatal Flight Nurse

Colorado Springs, Colorado

You'll provide direct specialized care to NICU patients during neonatal transport and make critical medical decisions for them.

Eligibility: Neonatology

Posted Sep 11

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour3 shifts · 36 hours a week
Unit and setting: Hospital combining excellent medical care with appropriate and safe transportation for NICU patients in flight settingsNICU patients
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

Experience: critical care nursing skills specializing in neonatology
Experience: expertise in flight transport
Also asks: works independently in high-stress environments

What it pays

Against similar roles: Top of Colorado Springs staff RN payColorado Springs staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $41/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $39/hr, across 117 postings.
Tuition assistance: Offered

Benefits

BenefitsPrescription drugprescription drug
BenefitsVision plansvision plans
BenefitsLife insurancelife insurance
BenefitsPaid time offpaid time off
BenefitsTuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
BenefitsRetirement planretirement plan benefit(s)

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retirement plan benefit(s)

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Day to day: neonatal transport care Every day you will provide direct specialized patient care during neonatal transport
Day to day: critical medical decisions for NICU patients make critical medical decisions tailored to NICU patients
Day to day: community outreach You will also extend hospital resources into the community
Hours stated: Full Time, 3 12 hour shifts per week, 72 hours/pay period

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As our RN Flights - Neonate, you will apply the nursing process to alleviate human suffering and enhance quality of life by combining excellent medical care with appropriate and safe transportation for NICU patients in flight settings. Every day you will provide direct specialized patient care during neonatal transport, make critical medical decisions tailored to NICU patients, and collaborate with your team to ensure safe and effective patient outcomes. You will also extend hospital resources into the community and actively participate in professional growth and regional education.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with strong critical care nursing skills specializing in neonatology, expertise in flight transport, and the ability to work independently in high-stress environments.

What's around it?

In Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, COFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,648/mo
Household income: $84,818/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Colorado Springs, CO

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals are steered toward Briargate on the north end, East Colorado Springs closer to downtown nightlife, Northeast with Garden of the Gods and UCCS access, Powers for parks plus airport and base access, and lower-cost Southeast near Fort Carson. Facebook locals recommend staying north—Monument (pricey, great views) and Falcon/Peyton (small-town vibes). Reddit points to Downtown, the West Side, Old Colorado City, and Manitou Springs for breweries and weekend entertainment. Western neighborhoods buy mountain proximity and premium views; eastern and northeastern master-planned areas such as Briargate, Pine Creek, Cordera, and Flying Horse are the growth corridor, with most new development north of downtown.

Young professionals are steered toward Briargate on the north end, East Colorado Springs closer to downtown nightlife, Northeast with Garden of the Gods and UCCS access, Powers for parks plus airport and base access, and lower-cost Southeast near Fort Carson. Facebook locals recommend staying north—Monument (pricey, great views) and Falcon/Peyton (small-town vibes).

Reddit points to Downtown, the West Side, Old Colorado City, and Manitou Springs for breweries and weekend entertainment. Western neighborhoods buy mountain proximity and premium views; eastern and northeastern master-planned areas such as Briargate, Pine Creek, Cordera, and Flying Horse are the growth corridor, with most new development north of downtown.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: johnsonteamworks.com Source 5: greatcoloradohomes.com

Getting aroundTypical commute is about 20.01 minutes in U.S. News figures and 22.9 minutes in Visit COS 2022 data. North-south travel runs on Interstate 25, Academy Boulevard, and Powers Boulevard; east-west connectors include Woodmen Road, Austin Bluffs Parkway, and Platte Avenue. Fort Carson loads southern routes; the Air Force Academy, Peterson Space Force Base, and Schriever Space Force Base each shape different corridors. Locals say traffic is milder than bigger metros but roads are constantly under construction and drivers draw complaints. Sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines to those campuses, or parking conditions.

Typical commute is about 20.01 minutes in U.S. News figures and 22.9 minutes in Visit COS 2022 data. North-south travel runs on Interstate 25, Academy Boulevard, and Powers Boulevard; east-west connectors include Woodmen Road, Austin Bluffs Parkway, and Platte Avenue.

Fort Carson loads southern routes; the Air Force Academy, Peterson Space Force Base, and Schriever Space Force Base each shape different corridors. Locals say traffic is milder than bigger metros but roads are constantly under construction and drivers draw complaints.

Sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines to those campuses, or parking conditions.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: johnsonteamworks.com Source 3: greatcoloradohomes.com Source 4: visitcos.com Source 5: facebook.com

OutdoorsGarden of the Gods is the signature park—towering red rocks, paved walkways, hiking trails, and viewpoint pull-offs, often cited as TripAdvisor’s #1 park. Pikes Peak (14,115 feet) can be driven, hiked, or biked. Other named staples are Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Red Rock Canyon, Helen Hunt Falls, the Manitou Incline, Arkansas River whitewater rafting, and the Royal Gorge zip line and railroad. Visit COS lists more than 55 things to do in the Pikes Peak Region, with parks and trails used as everyday recreation rather than once-a-year tourism.

Garden of the Gods is the signature park—towering red rocks, paved walkways, hiking trails, and viewpoint pull-offs, often cited as TripAdvisor’s #1 park. Pikes Peak (14,115 feet) can be driven, hiked, or biked.

Other named staples are Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Red Rock Canyon, Helen Hunt Falls, the Manitou Incline, Arkansas River whitewater rafting, and the Royal Gorge zip line and railroad. Visit COS lists more than 55 things to do in the Pikes Peak Region, with parks and trails used as everyday recreation rather than once-a-year tourism.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitcos.com Source 2: colorado.com Source 3: us.trip.com Source 4: youtube.com

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Colorado Springs sits at the eastern base of Pikes Peak as Olympic City USA, with Garden of the Gods, the Manitou Incline, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and 14,115-foot summit access in the same metro as Fort Carson and the Air Force Academy. For a nurse, the draw is outdoor life on 300-plus sunny, dry days, a roughly 20–23 minute commute on I-25, Academy, and Powers, and neighborhoods that split by budget: Southeast and East Colorado Springs for lower medians, Briargate and the north end (Monument, Falcon/Peyton) for safety and Academy District 20 schools, Downtown/Old Colorado City/Manitou for breweries, Broadmoor and Flying Horse for luxury. Tradeoffs are constant construction, dry air and wind, a restaurant scene locals still call behind bigger cities, tourism and military traffic, and growth pushing El Paso County toward a million people. It rewards people who want mountains more than nightlife density.

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As of 2026Source 1: visitcos.com Source 2: visitcos.com Source 3: realestate.usnews.com Source 4: extraspace.com Source 5: johnsonteamworks.com Source 6: greatcoloradohomes.com Source 7: colorado.com Source 8: youtube.com

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Colorado Springs, COFrom Census ACS 2024.