RN - Rapid Response - Nights

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN), Rapid Response Float Pool provides comprehensive nursing care in Medical Surgical units, ensuring patient safety, care coordination, and quality standards throughout hospitalization.

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessment, post‑op assessments, and educational needs assessment.
• Document findings accurately and maintain care plans based on assessment data, diagnosis, and physician orders.
• Formulate and implement evidence‑based nursing interventions.
• Collaborate with the health team for daily care plans and communicate via hand‑off reports (SBAR, bedside shift report).
• Administer medications and manage IVs, blood products, and nutrition per policies.
• Conduct restraint care, pain management, abuse assessment, and maintain infection control procedures.
• Provide patient/family education, discharge planning, and safety interventions, including fall and skin injury prevention.
• Document and communicate changes in patient condition, enforce physician orders, and utilize chain of command when necessary.
• Participate in quality improvement, performance improvement, and unit governance activities.
• Mentor new staff and supervise students, ensuring educational objectives and competency completion.
• Adopt and maintain corporate policies, including infection control, safety, and professional practice standards.

• Licensed RN in Missouri (or other applicable states as listed).
• BLS HCP certification (or equivalent). State‑specific RN licensure:
  Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
• Demonstrated ability to work in emergency and crisis situations, flexible scheduling, and ability to stand, walk, and lift patients.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills with a focus on patient safety and quality care.
• Commitment to evidence‑based practice and continuous professional development.

• Minimum Education:
  
  Licensed RN in Missouri (HSC).
• Working Conditions:
  
  Exposure to blood‑borne diseases, high‑pressure clinical environment, irregular hours.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Prolonged standing/walking; lifting, positioning, and transferring patients; occasional reaching and stooping.
• Benefits:
  Competitive health insurance, wellness programs, retirement savings, PTO, professional development, and employee assistance programs.