Registered Nurse (RN) - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Maplewood, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota is expanding its Float Pool and is seeking Registered Nurses to provide care across multiple hospital units. The Float Pool RN takes full care assignments and supports patient care throughout the hospital, primarily on the Cardiac Telemetry unit, and also in General Medical/Surgical, Orthopedics, Oncology, and other units. The role offers experience with a varied patient population and clinical environments. Nurses may have the option to train in specialty areas such as the Emergency Room, ICU, and MCC after six months. The position is eligible for an additional $2 per hour augmentation. Orientation is based in the Medical Surgical units. Nurses float to each unit with a preceptor, and the overall and unit-specific orientation periods are determined by experience. The role includes tele monitoring, IV therapies, care for postoperative and medical-surgical patients, and accessing port-a-caths, PICCs, and feeding tubes. There are opportunities to obtain Med/Surg, Ortho, and Chemo certifications. Fairview offers a nurse residency program for eligible new graduate RNs. The RN is the key leader of an interdependent care team and coordinates care for a group of patients to achieve patient and unit outcomes. This includes assessing patient and family needs, identifying outcomes, establishing and monitoring plans of care, and modifying those plans as needed. The nurse applies the nursing process and patient-care standards, communicates with patients, families, physicians, and other care team members, and contributes to quality, safety, patient experience, and department goals. The position is 0.75 FTE (60 hours every two weeks), with 12-hour night shifts on a variable schedule, an every-third-weekend rotation, and a holiday rotation.

Requirements

Basic Life Support certification through Health Care Providers.
Degree in Nursing.
RN license.
Must be able to work 12-hour night shifts on a variable schedule, including an every-third-weekend rotation and holiday rotation.

Nice To Haves

Telemetry experience.
BSN degree.
New graduates will be considered.
Eligible new graduate RNs may participate in Fairview’s nurse residency program.
Option to train in specialty areas such as ER, ICU, and MCC after six months.
Opportunities to obtain Med/Surg, Ortho, and Chemo certifications.

Responsibilities

Take full patient-care assignments and float to Cardiac Telemetry, General Medical/Surgical, Orthopedics, Oncology, and other units as needed.
Coordinate care for a group of patients and help the interdependent team achieve patient and unit outcomes.
Comprehensively assess patient and family needs, identify outcomes, establish plans of care, monitor progress, and modify plans as needed.
Apply the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to coordinate outcome-focused patient care.
Communicate the plan of care effectively with patients and families, physicians, the care team, and other fields.
Assess and document patient and family learning needs and develop individualized education plans.
Provide tele monitoring, IV therapies, and care for postoperative and medical-surgical patients; access port-a-caths, PICCs, and feeding tubes.
Participate in creating and implementing point-of-care improvements in clinical quality, customer experience, nursing engagement, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Follow applicable regulatory, accreditation, nursing-board, patient-safety, infection-control, legal, policy, and practice requirements.
Promote collaborative teamwork and cooperation, and contribute to department goals involving safety, cost, quality, patient experience, and employee engagement.