Float RN
About The Position
The Float RN is a Registered Nurse on the Float/Flex Team at Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed community hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The RN delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care and contributes to patients’ well-being and recovery while maintaining a positive attitude and reliability. The role involves assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, implementing care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The Registered Nurse evaluates, plans, directs, and administers patient care in collaboration with patients and their families. Care is based on established standards, policies, and procedures and accounts for cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related needs. The RN also completes hospital and system competencies, maintains accurate documentation, administers medications safely, and delegates and supervises appropriate technical functions.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited or approved school of nursing.
- At least two years of RN experience in an acute care facility upon hire.
- For Critical Care areas, two years of Critical Care experience.
- For Telemetry areas, one year of Telemetry experience.
- Registered Nurse license for Kentucky upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) upon hire.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support within six months.
- Trauma Nurse Core Course within 12 months.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- For Telemetry areas, two years of Telemetry experience upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Conduct care assessments and interpret assessment data to determine care needs and constraints.
- Complete system-based and hospital-specific competencies.
- Accurately document observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care provided, and patient responses, and integrate this information into the plan of care.
- Evaluate, plan, direct, and administer patient care in collaboration with patients and families.
- Implement plans of care according to established standards of care and practice, policies, and procedures, incorporating cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related considerations.
- Administer medications safely and accurately.
- Delegate and supervise routine technical functions performed by licensed and non-licensed personnel.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.
Benefits
- Up to a $25,000 sign-on bonus.
- Up to $24,000 in student loan assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
