Registered Nurse Floater- Women Services

Registered Nurse Floater
- Women Services

Job Description:

Registered Nurse Floaters are responsible for providing continuous quality patient care in a variety of settings. The Float Pool RN is part of a resource team that is assigned to varying units during their shift to ensure that patient care needs are met.

Job Summary:

These RNs possess the skills, competency, and qualifications, as well as a requirement to work in several different clinical areas. This group shall be known as the Float Pool. These employees are a part of Patient Care Services. There are three RN teams in the float Pool, RN Team 1, Specialty Track/ CCU, RN Team 2, Inpatient Acute, and RN Team 3, Women's Services.

Patient Care:

• Acts with patient advocacy when implementing the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Collaborates with healthcare team to educate patient and their support system.
• Analyzes, modifies, and implements strategies to progress the patient through their plan of care.
• Ensures completion of nursing interventions, medical orders, and other related therapies.
• Prioritizes job duties according to patients' needs and changing acuity levels.

Communication:

• Consistently utilizes appropriate communication tools when communicating within the interdisciplinary team and when handing off patient care.
• Communicates individualized plan of care to the patient and his/her chosen support system.
• Uses communication tools such as Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation, and Question (SBARQ) to communicate more effectively.
• Documents appropriate information in a timely manner.

Teamwork:

• Develops and maintains positive relationships with team members/internal customers to provide efficient treatment of patients.
• Develops team members through mentoring, precepting, orientation, and providing feedback.
• Resolves conflicts independently, as appropriate.
• Accepts responsibility for actions and responds positively upon feedback from others.

Medical Knowledge:

• Demonstrates medical skills to provide required patient care.
• Operates various equipment including portable cardiac monitors, bedside commodes, etc.
• Provides routine nursing care such as starting IVs, performing dressing changes, etc. for multiple patients in a timely manner.
• Assists in critical situations including administering CPR.
• Administers and evaluates medication therapies, performs patient transfers, and transports patients via wheelchair, hospital bed, or stretcher to other departments.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. 4 Year/Bachelor’s Degree preferred - BSN preferred.
• Team 1 (Specialty/CCU):
  Minimum of 2 years in critical care or ED setting required. Team 2 (Inpatient Acute):
  Minimum of1 year general medical surgical/telemetry experience required. Team 3 (Women's Services):
  Minimum of 2 years in Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, or NICU required.
• Current compact RN licensure in applicable state required.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, NVCI.

Physical Demands:

Medium to Heavy Physical Demand. The job requires constant standing, frequently walking, and bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills. Attention to detail and ability to write legibly. Ability to lift/push/pull 100 lbs.