RN-Float

Nemours Children's Health • Orlando, FL

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Nemours is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Staffing Resource Float Pool at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Full-time opportunities are available for 36 hours per week on either a day shift (7 a.m.–7 p.m.) or a night shift (7 p.m.–7 a.m.). The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care and implements the patient care delivery model for patients and their families. This includes assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care; health teaching and counseling; promoting wellness and preventing illness; and administering prescribed medications and treatments. The role also includes supervising and teaching personnel.

The nurse uses clinical judgment and evidence-based practice to make care decisions, interprets complex patient data, adapts care to changing clinical situations, and collaborates with multidisciplinary clinicians. The position emphasizes clinical inquiry, compassionate and culturally responsive care, patient and family advocacy, collaboration, systems thinking, and facilitating learning for patients, families, colleagues, and the community.

Nemours Children’s Hospital is a 100-bed pediatric hospital in Orlando with a 24-hour pediatric Emergency Department and outpatient specialty clinics. It is part of Nemours Children’s Health, a nonprofit pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually across six states.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) required.
• Active Florida or multistate RN license required.
• Minimum of one year of critical care RN experience required.
• Obtain valid American Heart Association BLS certification within 30 days of hire; certification must be valid for 90 days after the start date.
• Obtain valid American Heart Association PALS certification within 30 days of hire.
• Obtain valid American Heart Association ACLS certification within 30 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• National certification in the area of clinical specialty preferred.
• Multiple years of pediatric critical care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, intervene, and evaluate nursing care for patients and families.
• Provide health teaching and counseling, promote wellness, maintain health, and help prevent illness.
• Administer medications and treatments prescribed or authorized by a licensed practitioner.
• Supervise and teach other personnel in nursing theory and practice.
• Implement the patient care delivery model for patients and their families.
• Use clinical judgment, policies, procedures, guidelines, critical thinking, and evidence-based practice to make and adapt clinical decisions.
• Collect and interpret complex patient data and respond to changing clinical situations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary clinicians, seek expert consultation, and delegate appropriately.
• Identify clinical questions, seek resources and education, participate in research, and implement evidence-based practice changes.
• Create a safe, compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment and promote patient comfort and healing.
• Develop professional relationships with patients and families while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Provide patient- and family-centered care that recognizes cultural, spiritual, gender, linguistic, socioeconomic, age, developmental, and other differences.
• Communicate to meet patient and family health literacy needs and protect their confidentiality, autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Advocate for patients, families, and associates; help resolve ethical concerns and initiate ethics consultations when appropriate.
• Participate in team discussions, governance, councils, committees, and initiatives to improve practice and patient outcomes.
• Use resources to provide safe, effective, and financially responsible nursing services across the continuum of care.
• Identify learning needs, assess readiness to learn, provide and evaluate patient and family education, and support learning for associates and the community.
• Seek mentorship for professional growth and serve as a mentor, coach, or preceptor based on unit needs and individual preferences or abilities.

Benefits

• Six paid holidays annually.
• One day of paid volunteer time off.
• Six weeks of paid parental leave at 100% pay.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 for approved courses.
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with immediate participation and matching contributions.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance equal to one times annual salary, up to $500,000.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage at 60% of salary for non-work-related disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree