Clinical Nurse II: Float Pool, 36 hrs/week, Days
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse II in the Float Pool provides nursing care across medicine, post-surgical, and emergency departments. The nurse assesses, coordinates, plans, directs, implements, and manages assigned patients’ needs throughout their episodes of care, focusing on progress toward discharge and transitions within the acute care stay. The role is responsible for delivering and coordinating patient care with the caregiving team and ensuring competent, compassionate care for patients and other customers in inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings. The position also provides primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses, and supports departmental and patient-care quality improvement. This role may involve access to sensitive information, including HIPAA Protected Health Information, and requires using and disclosing only the minimum necessary information while protecting it from unauthorized access or modification.
Requirements
- Graduate of a professional academic nursing program conferring a Diploma, Associate Degree, or Baccalaureate Degree.
- Current New York State Registered Nurse license.
- Obtain and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.
- Minimum of 1–3 years of clinical RN experience.
- Minimum of 1 year of Telemetry or ICU experience.
- Ability to improve job performance through continuing education.
- Knowledge of quality concepts, principles, and problem-solving tools and techniques, and ability to apply them in support of departmental and patient-care quality improvement.
Responsibilities
- Implement physician orders; administer medications; start IVs; perform treatments, procedures, and special tests; and document treatment as required by policy and applicable regulations.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ conditions.
- Assess and evaluate patient needs and responses to care.
- Apply sound nursing judgment in patient-care management decisions.
- Provide primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses.
- Administer over-the-counter and prescription medications as ordered.
- Collaborate with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients.
- Direct and guide ancillary personnel and maintain standards of professional nursing.
- Coordinate and deliver patient care with the caregiving team, including during transitions within the acute care stay.
- Protect sensitive information by limiting access and disclosure to the minimum necessary and preventing unauthorized access or modification.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
