Registered Nurse (RN) | Rapid Response Team | VFT/Nights | Winnie Palmer Hospital

Orlando Health•Orlando, FL

23d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) on the Rapid Response Team at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies provides nursing care in a hospital or inpatient/observation setting for acute-care patients receiving active treatment. The role requires critical assessment, rapid response to changing patient conditions, high-intensity interventions, and continuous nursing vigilance. The position is variable full time on the night shift and requires two years of ICU experience. Winnie Palmer Hospital, located on Orlando Health’s downtown Orlando campus, provides programs and services focused on women and newborns, including gynecological services, obstetrics, and high-risk pregnancies and births. The hospital is Magnet recognized for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care and is certified in perinatal care by The Joint Commission. Its 350 beds include 142 neonatal intensive care beds. The hospital’s Women’s GYN Unit provides skilled nursing care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for women with gynecological and oncological surgical or medical needs, high-risk obstetrical admissions, antepartum admissions up to 21 weeks and 6 days gestation, postpartum readmissions, and low-risk postpartum overflow.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
Two years of ICU experience.
Current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license.
Current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
Meet Orlando Health and unit/department mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements.
ACLS, NRP, PALS, and TNCC are required for certain areas; NRP is required for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Responsibilities

Provide care to patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high-intensity interventions, and continuous nursing vigilance.
Use information and assessment data to anticipate and respond to rapidly changing patient conditions.
Identify and prioritize information to take immediate, decisive, evidence-based, patient-focused action.
Monitor and adjust specialized patient equipment and interpret and record electronic displays, including pressures and cardiac rhythms.
Respond to life-saving situations in accordance with nursing standards and protocol.
Observe, monitor, and assess patients; recognize serious situations and contact a physician or take preplanned emergency measures when a physician is not immediately available.
Assess patient needs, develop or revise individualized plans of care, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Build respectful relationships with team members and customers, respect diversity, and advocate for patients and families.
Provide age-appropriate care and apply knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan.
Serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician.
Communicate and collaborate with medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to plan and manage the unit or department.
Model professional practice and support hospital and nursing department goals and strategies.
Coordinate care and delegate appropriately for a defined group of patients.
Document patient care, including assessments, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety, in accordance with required and regulatory standards.
Demonstrate competency in nursing skills and use of patient-care and unit equipment.
Prioritize care in accordance with evidence-based standards of care and identify and resolve problems effectively.
Delegate tasks according to patient needs and team members’ capabilities and qualifications.
Communicate relevant patient-condition and unit-concern information to healthcare team members.
Provide compassionate care in a therapeutic environment for patients and families.
Maintain awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
Collaborate with education and nursing leadership teams to transition and support new team members and students.
Maintain regular, punctual attendance and comply with Orlando Health policies and procedures.