Clinical Nurse - Acute Care Float Pool

Posting Note: Acute Care Float Pool Registered Nurses utilize a patient and family-centered approach to provide compassionate and high-quality care for children of all ages. Acute Care Float Pool Nurses are assigned on a shift-by-shift basis to care for patients in one of the acute care units, including: Care Areas 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, and med/surg overflow. Patient populations cared for include acute and chronic medical, surgical, hem/onc, rehab, and behavioral health patients. Nurses collaboratively work with a multi-disciplinary team to care for patients. Clinical leadership is available on both days and nights to provide ongoing support. The Acute Care Float Pool environment requires those with flexibility, strong critical-thinking and decision-making skills, excellent communication and teamwork abilities, and the desire to work in a fast-paced and dynamic setting. Night shift opportunities are currently available. New Graduates are not currently being considered. This position works in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient and family to promote patient health through delivery of professional nursing care appropriate to patients age and condition as documented in the nursing and medical plans of care in accordance with evidence-based nursing and patient care practice standards and hospital goals, values and regulatory standards. Position Duties include completing nursing assessment of patient conditions consistent with age and condition, performing ongoing patient and family assessments, documenting patient progress, contributing to team effort by accomplishing required activities within established parameters, providing orientation to the unit, hospital systems, and processes to patients and family members, supervising patient care activities of assigned team members and delegates activities appropriate to knowledge, skill, and competency, working collaboratively with patient care team and family members to establish and implement plan of care, participating in patient care rounds and patient care conferences as appropriate, and performing miscellaneous job related duties as requested.