Registered Nurse - Float Pool

Position: Registered Nurse - Float Pool (2025-1208)

Registered Nurse - Float Pool )

Location: VMC Main Campus, Renton, WA

Position: Registered Nurse – Float Pool

Shift: Days

Type: Full Time (FTE 0.9)

Salary: $46.94 - $85.76 per hour, DOE

Hours: Assigned tour of duty hours (full time)

Department: Nurse Float

Approval Code: Req:

Job Description: The staff RN is a licensed professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. This individual provides safe, quality care to these patients utilizing the nursing process as the basis for clinical practice.

Prerequisites and Certifications

• BSN preferred; current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington.
• Successful completion of a graduate nurse residency program orientation or six months experience as an RN.
• AHA BLS for healthcare providers required.
• Unit‑specific prerequisites – see addendum.
• For Emergency Department RN: ACLS & PALS within 3 months of hire, NIHSS certification within 3 months, TNCC within 12 months, ENPC within 12 months.
• For other units: various specific certifications and experience as outlined in the addendum.

General Qualifications

• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability to lead and manage a team; uses clinical judgment, inquiry, innovation, and systems thinking.
• Effective oral and written communication; adheres to Professional Appearance Policy.
• Compassionate interpersonal skills; serves diverse and vulnerable populations.
• Excellent customer service skills and teamwork.
• Operates within ANA Standards and Nurse Practice Act.
• Proficient in electronic documentation and communication.
• Self‑directed in continuing education and research.

Essential Responsibilities and Competencies

• Assesses, guides, directs, and facilitates workflow on the unit; recognizes when charge nurse assignment is required.
• Makes staff assignments reflecting patient acuity, continuity, and competency.
• Mentors staff, float, and agency personnel; integrates new staff into unit culture.
• Functions as a leader and role model; acts as a clinical resource.
• Monitors and evaluates nursing care; conducts direct observation and patient rounds.
• Assesses unit/environmental safety; reports and corrects deficiencies.
• Makes decisions regarding staffing during shifts; maintains fiscal responsibility.
• Communicates with bed placement and clinical resources; responds to patient/family concerns.
• Documents performance appraisal data for staff; reports significant events per policy.
• Maintains competencies for direct patient care and team leadership.

Physical/Mental Demands & Working Conditions

Muscle‑strength lifting tasks up to 40 lbs; operating patient lifting equipment; stooping, bending, reaching, crouching, squatting; standing/walking for long periods; full body range of motion; corrected vision, hearing; color distinction.

Requires safe patient handling as per VMC guidelines; adequate equipment use; support the all‑day dressing, precautions, exposures, etc.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Health Care Provider

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

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