Registered Nurse - Float Pool

Prime Healthcare • Kankakee, IL

9h • Onsite

About The Position

The Staff RN Float delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse provides direct patient care across multiple units within credentialed competency levels, covering units when demand exceeds core staffing. The role requires accountability in variable patient care settings, quick orientation, deliberate information-seeking, and consistent standards of care regardless of unit. The Registered Nurse directs and guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining professional nursing care standards. They communicate changes in a patient's clinical condition, diagnostic results, and symptoms to physicians, and respond promptly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. The nurse is knowledgeable about EMTALA regulations and reporting child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker, and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

• Current and valid state RN license.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
• Current ALS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
• One year of acute care experience.
• Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 60 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
• Demonstrated ability to practice independently within 24 hours of arrival on the unit.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care across multiple units within credentialed competency levels and support coverage where demand exceeds core staffing.
• Orient quickly, seek information deliberately, and maintain consistent care standards across units.
• Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
• Communicate changes in patient clinical condition, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
• Follow applicable EMTALA regulations and report child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus up to $10,000 for qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Voluntary benefit options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed