Resource Registered Nurse Inpatient - Emergency Department

Job Overview

Resource Registered Nurse position for Navicent’s Resource Team requires floating to the following facilities:
Navicent, Baldwin, Peach, and Rehab. Full‑time position, 36 hours per week. Pay range: $38.20 - $57.30 per hour. Schedule details and additional information are included in the description.

• Engages in unit councils, professional governance, and quality initiatives to improve care processes and apply evidence‑based practices.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, diagnose, implement, and evaluate nursing care, engaging patients and families through the continuum of care.
• Monitors patient conditions, adjusts care plans, mobilizes resources, and collaborates with the care team to influence care outcomes.
• Upholds and promotes a culture of safety.
• Continuously evaluates patient, team, and unit outcomes, taking action as needed.
• May administer medications, treatments, and therapies safely and according to clinical protocols and procedures.
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution, fostering team collaboration and appropriate delegation.
• Pursues professional development, completes required education, and maintains certifications.
• Adheres to the ANA Code of Ethics and practices ethical decision‑making, respects interdisciplinary roles, and contributes to integrated, unbiased patient care.
• Appropriate delegation to other Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel (e.g., nurse aides, credentialed medical assistants).
• Maintains accurate, timely EHR documentation.
• May be required to float to other units, departments, care areas, or facilities within the designated service area to meet patient care needs.
• Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served, including principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess age‑specific needs.

• Education: Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program.
• Certification / Registration / License: Basic Life Support (BLS). Active registered nurse (RN) multi‑state compact and/or single‑state license with privileges to practice in the state(s) where services are provided.
• Experience: Typically requires 1 year of clinical nursing experience; 2 years in service line specific RN experience preferred.
• Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: Strong clinical judgment and critical thinking; time management, prioritization and problem‑solving skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment; proficiency in operating computer functions (e‑mail, electronic records, digital platforms, etc.).
• Strong clinical judgment and critical thinking.
• Time management, prioritization and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Proficiency in operating computer functions (e.g., e‑mail, electronic records, digital platforms, etc.).

• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Must be able to push/pull with 30 lbs. of force and perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present.
• Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions.
• Maneuver foot pedals on carts or machines.
• Perform physical safety interventions such as patient restraint and verbal de‑escalation, if needed.
• May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease; protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions.
• Physical Abilities Testing may be required.
• Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the nurse leader.