Registered Nurse, Float Pool 36 Hours Rotating, Cambridge

Cambridge, MA
• Mount Auburn Hospital
• Full-time
• Rotating When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Our nursing float pool is a strategic resource. Come join our team of talented nurses.

Enjoy the flexibility of being a float-pool nurse while building your career at Mount Auburn Hospital. Our nursing float pool supplements staffing throughout the hospital based on need. Nurses who work in the Mount Auburn float pool can float between multiple areas. Medical & Surgical and Telemetry Step Down, ICU, and Emergency Department (caring for med/surg boarders)
Supporting multiple units not only expands your experience, skill, and knowledge, it also expands your earning potential. It’s a win-win-win – Mount Auburn gains flexibility to satisfy patient load, you can earn more money, and our patients benefit from highly educated staff with interdisciplinary experience.

You’ll get exposure to many different disciplines while making a positive impact on the lives of a diverse patient population. At Mount Auburn, you’ll learn from dedicated healthcare professionals every single day and use state-of-the-art facilities to do something incredible – for yourself and for others.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Provides competent and compassionate nursing care by utilizing the nursing process as evidenced by assessing, reassessing the patients needs, developing, implementing and evaluating an individualized plan of care.
2. Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs. Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe. Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members. Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers. Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
3. Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team. Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
4. Delegates appropriately, and provides nursing guidance in the provision of care to patients by other members of the care team. Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
5. Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input. Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care. Goals for patient are realistic, measurable and developed in conjunction with the patient/family. Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient in the plan of are.

Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team. Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
6. Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record. Documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy. Documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions and patient’s response to treatment. Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
7. Provides evidence-based care and may participate in research activities within clinical practice. Participates in unit or facility shared leadership. Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors. Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.

Qualifications:

1. Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice
2. 1-year minimum RN staff experience in medical/surgical or telemetry environment preferred. Experience in…