Clinical Nurse (RN) - Resource Team/ Float Pool
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) uses the nursing process to coordinate interdisciplinary patient care and provide safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic manner. The RN integrates knowledge, skills, and experience to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care, collaborating with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members. The RN promotes improvement in practice through lifelong learning, provides direction and guidance to others, and serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. The role requires leadership in decision-making and problem-solving, sensitivity to patients' psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and age-specific needs, and practice within the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards, and organizational and departmental policies and procedures. The position is with the Resource Team/Float Pool at Olathe Medical Pavilion C. Duties and competencies may vary by assigned department or unit, and additional duties may be assigned as required.
Requirements
- High school graduate.
- Associate Degree in Nursing.
- Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN), single-state Kansas license or compact license.
- CPR/AED/BLS; obtain other BLS within 14 days.
- Some units require additional unit-specific affirmations, certifications, or work experience.
- Nurses hired after September 1, 2026, who do not have a BSN must sign an ADN-to-BSN agreement at hire and complete a BSN degree by their fifth anniversary in the role.
Responsibilities
- Follow hospital medication-safety policies, including order-writing format, safe administration considerations, double checks, and other established practices.
- Respond to patient and significant-other calls, evaluate needs, and triage patient care.
- Anticipate and address concerns related to patient and staff safety in a timely manner.
- Consistently meet the work schedule.
- Model individualized therapeutic communication that reflects patients' and families' psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural needs.
- Coordinate health care services with the hospital, vendors, physician offices, and other institutions.
- Delegate appropriately based on the task, situation, and level of expertise; contribute as an independent and supportive team member and help maintain an environment where team members thrive.
- Apply critical thinking through all aspects of the nursing process.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care; recognize changes in patient condition and adapt care plans as needed.
- Identify areas for professional growth.
- Independently conduct comprehensive assessments to provide effective care for the relevant patient population.
- Maintain a safe environment for patients.
- Assess patients and triage care needs for new and ongoing patients.
- Provide direct nursing care, including supportive care and administration of prescribed chemotherapy, blood components, fluid and electrolyte replacements, and other oncology treatments.
- Educate patients and families using available resources.
- Seek additional learning experiences, including unit-specific certifications, consultation with experts, in-services or rounds, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
- Use technology correctly for patient care delivery, required programs and competencies, and policies and procedures.
- Perform the professional, clinical, and technical competencies required by the assigned unit or department.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
