Clinical Assistant Float Pool

In Care Coordination at Main Campus McWane Building

Work schedule will be Full-time on the Day Evening shift, Three 12-hour shifts per week with variable weekend requirements.

Works under the supervision of RNs and LPNs to provide assistive care and communication for patients, team members, professional, and technical staff, and visitors.

• Basic Life Support

• 1 Year job experience as Staff Level with specialization in the field of Patient Care Support or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
  • Certified Medical Assistant ARMA
  • Certified Patient Care Technician
  • Certified Emergency Medical Technician ADPH
  • Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing

Care Coordination consists of two different groups:
Inpatient Care Coordination Nurses/ Discharge Planners and the Float Pool. The Care Coordination Nurses are assigned to either a unit or a particular population of patients. They work collaboratively with the providers and multi-disciplinary teams to provide education for patients and families, arrange transport to other facilities or home setting if needed, and set up post-discharge services (e.g., home health, DME, follow up appointments, outpatient testing, obtaining prescriptions or medications prior to discharge, and communicate with the primary care providers post discharge).

The areas served by Care Coordinator Nurses include:
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Group Complex Care Team/Clinic CV Services NICU Rehab/Ortho/ and Epilepsy unit Pulmonary Unit Diabetic Education for new onset patients Neurology Renal Behavioral Health. Float Pool staff consist of RN’s and Clinical Assistants that are used as supplemental staffing for the inpatient units during times of vacancies or high census. There are two different tracks in the float pool.

Acute care Float Pool RN’s may float to any acute or intermediate care area. Critical Care RN’s float to any inpatient area as needed.