Registered Nurse (Float Pool) - $47.50/hr - University Hospital Float Pool

USA Health•Mobile, AL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the University Hospital Float Pool provides family-centered, holistic, interdisciplinary nursing care to patients across pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations. The RN applies the nursing process to assess patients, plan individualized care, identify expected outcomes, implement interventions, and evaluate results. The position includes direct patient care, patient and family education, medication administration, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, documentation, and coordination with the healthcare team. The nurse may serve as Charge Nurse, preceptor, or staff nurse and may supervise and coordinate the work of licensed and non-licensed staff. Float Pool duties include caring for patients with advanced cardiac and critical-care needs, including patients with intra-aortic balloon pumps, ventricular assist devices, mechanical ventilation, temporary or permanent pacing, and hemodynamic monitoring. The RN may initiate and titrate medications and blood products, pull arterial sheaths, interpret EKGs, and use specialized monitoring and temperature-management devices. Employees must meet attendance and scheduling expectations, including overtime as required. Employees of USA Health within the last 90 days are not eligible.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing meeting the minimum standards set by the state of Alabama.
Two years of professional nursing experience.
Basic Life Support certification upon hire.
Advanced Life Support certification upon hire.
A comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the stated education and experience requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide family-centered healthcare using a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.
Practice family-centered nursing in accordance with policies and the Nurse Practice Act.
Serve as Charge Nurse when assigned; supervise, plan, evaluate, and coordinate patient care delivered by licensed and non-licensed staff.
Demonstrate CPR according to American Heart Association standards and follow patient safety goals, performance standards, compliance requirements, hospital policies, and confidentiality requirements.
Serve as a preceptor for new employees and nursing students.
Use the nursing process to assess patients, plan individualized care, identify expected outcomes, and implement and evaluate nursing interventions for patients and families.
Provide direct patient care according to unit-specific competencies and perform therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as needed.
Administer medications, including controlled substances, by all routes; administer blood and blood products; respond appropriately to emergencies; and start IVs.
Perform activities of daily living and basic life support, including management of arrest situations.
Provide patient and family education, coordinate and delegate education as appropriate, and ensure education is documented.
Use a personal computer or terminal to access the Hospital Information System.
Communicate effectively with physicians, families, and the healthcare team in person and by telephone; respond to unit pages.
Maintain accurate and complete medical records, including assessments, discharge processes, pain assessments, medication reconciliation, MAR, physician orders, and other required documentation.
Complete duties positively, cooperate with others, contribute to unit performance, fulfill mandatory requirements, use cost-effective practices, follow infection-control and safety standards, and maintain an orderly unit.
Provide competent care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Care for patients with intra-aortic balloon pumps and ventricular assist devices; pull arterial sheaths; interpret EKGs; and set up, maintain, monitor, and use hemodynamic monitoring equipment, including arterial lines, flow-directed catheters, and ICP lines.
Manage patients receiving temporary or permanent cardiac pacing and patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
Initiate and titrate medications, including emergency, vasoactive, anti-arrhythmic, insulin, and sedation infusions, as well as blood and blood components.
Use SVO2, SJ02, Camion monitors, and temperature-management devices; follow unit documentation standards for alarms, turning, suctioning, tubing, infusions, and dressing changes; and maintain cumulative intake and output totals.
Assist with shift duty assignments or serve as staff nurse as needed; verify emergency equipment is functioning.
Identify, organize, and direct activities and resources to meet patient and nursing staff needs; communicate unit status, patient, staffing, and quality issues to the Nurse Manager and Nurse Administrator.
Act as a first-line resource for resolving issues with other departments and patient complaints.
Participate in assigned committees and Performance Improvement activities, including quality measurement or PDSA activities.
Maintain regular and prompt attendance, work the defined schedule and overtime as required, and perform related duties as assigned.