Registered Nurse; RN), Med​/Surg Float Pool

Float Pool Registered Nurse

Provides advanced, comprehensive patient care across multiple Medical–Surgical inpatient units by applying evidence-based nursing practice, rapid clinical assessment skills, and independent decision making. The Float Pool RN functions as a highly skilled generalist who adapts to varying patient populations, acuity levels, workflows, and unit specific protocols while ensuring continuity of safe, compliant, and high-quality care.

Core Responsibilities:

• Deliver comprehensive, evidence based nursing care across multiple Med/Surg units, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care for diverse diagnoses, acuity levels, and age groups. Requires rapid synthesis of clinical data to initiate appropriate interventions without unit specific orientation support.
• Perform advanced clinical assessments and independent clinical judgment to identify changes in patient condition, prioritize care needs, and escalate concerns appropriately in unfamiliar unit environments.
• Adapt practice to unit specific workflows, technologies, and protocols (e.g., specialty equipment, documentation standards, order sets), often with limited preparation time, while maintaining compliance with regulatory and quality standards.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary care and patient throughput by collaborating with physicians, advanced practice providers, case management, pharmacy, and ancillary services across multiple units to support timely admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Administer complex medication regimens and treatments using clinical decision making skills to ensure safety across varying formularies, equipment, and patient populations encountered during float assignments.
• Provide patient and family education tailored to diverse diagnoses, literacy levels, and discharge plans while conserving continuity of education across units.

Knowledge/

Skills:

• Advanced clinical assessment and critical thinking skills
• Strong adaptability and ability to function independently in varied care settings
• Proficiency with electronic health records and clinical documentation systems
• Knowledge of evidence based Med/Surg nursing standards and regulatory requirements
• Effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills
• Ability to prioritize care in high acuity and high volume environments

Job Details and Requirements

Up to a $20,000 sign on bonus or $30,000 in student loan repayment!*

Time Type:
Full time (72 hours per 2 week pay period), with benefits

Typical

Hours:

Variable Shift, 7am to 7pm or 7pm to 7am, every other weekend and holiday rotation.

Education:

- Bachelors of Science in Nursing- required

License/Certification:

- Active nursing license in the state of Missouri- required

- BLS- required

- ACLS- preferred

Experience:

-Three (3) years Acute Care Medical Surgical Nursing (RN) Experience- required

* Sign-on bonus subject to eligibility

Additional Information

Why Work at Saint Francis?

Saint Francis Healthcare System began in 1875 when three courageous Franciscan Sisters answered a call to care for those in need. What started as a 12‑bed hospital has grown into the region's leading healthcare system—recognized nationally for exceptional quality, safety, and patient experience.

Today, Saint Francis serves more than 715,000 people across five states. With a 306‑bed Medical Center, nearly 3,000 team members, and over 300 providers, Saint Francis is not only the largest healthcare system between St. Louis and Memphis—it's a powerful economic anchor for the communities it serves.

You'll find more than 50 specialties, the region's only Level III Emergency and Trauma Center, and southeast Missouri's first Level III NICU. The system's employed physician group, Saint Francis Medical Partners, supports more than 40 outreach clinics and 70% of the area's primary care providers.

A Mission That Matters

At Saint Francis, you're not just doing a job - you're part of a Catholic healing ministry rooted in compassion, dignity, and service. Every action is inspired by a commitment to honor human life and care for every person who walks through the doors.

Mission

To provide a ministry of healing, wellness, quality, and…