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 seeking Registered Nurses to provide care across multiple hospital units. Float Pool RNs take full patient-care assignments and support units including Cardiac Telemetry, General Medical/Surgical, Orthopedics, and Oncology. The role primarily floats to Cardiac Telemetry, caring for a range of cardiac patients, including patients recovering from procedures such as open-heart transplant, coronary bypass surgery, and stent placement. 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. After six months, there is an option to train in specialty areas such as the Emergency Room, ICU, and MCC. The position includes tele monitoring, IV therapies, care for postoperative and medical-surgical patients, and accessing port-a-caths, PICCs, and feeding tubes. Opportunities are available to obtain Med/Surg, Ortho, and Chemo certifications. The RN coordinates care for a group of patients and leads the interdependent care team in achieving patient and unit outcomes. The role applies the nursing process and patient-care principles, communicates with patients, families, physicians, and care-team members, and contributes to quality, safety, patient-experience, and department goals. The position is 0.7 FTE (56 hours every two weeks), with 8-hour night shifts on a variable schedule, an every-other-weekend rotation, and a holiday rotation. It is eligible for an additional $2 per hour.

Requirements

Basic Life Support through Health Care Providers.
Degree in Nursing.
Registered Nurse license.
Must be flexible, willing to learn, able to problem-solve, and dedicated to putting patients first.
New graduates will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Telemetry experience.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.

Responsibilities

Take full patient-care assignments and float to a variety of units, including Cardiac Telemetry, Medical/Surgical, Orthopedics, and Oncology.
Coordinate care for a group of patients and lead the interdependent team in achieving patient and unit outcomes.
Assess patient and family needs, identify desired outcomes, establish and monitor plans of care, and modify plans as needed.
Apply the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to coordinate outcome-focused patient care.
Incorporate comprehensive nursing theory based on Watson’s Theory of Caring and align with American Holistic Nurses’ Association practice standards when comprehensive therapy is offered.
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.
Perform duties including tele monitoring, IV therapies, care for postoperative and medical-surgical patients, and accessing port-a-caths, PICCs, and feeding tubes.
Participate in creating and implementing point-of-care improvements to support clinical quality, customer experience, nursing engagement, and efficiency.
Follow regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, board of nursing requirements, patient-safety requirements, infection-control practices, and applicable policies, guidelines, procedures, and standards.
Promote collaborative teamwork and cooperation while coordinating the interdependent team.
Participate in developing and achieving department goals related to safety, cost, quality, patient experience, and employee engagement.
Maintain knowledge of and comply with relevant laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards.