RN – Float Pool – Critical Care

UW Health•Madison, WI

39d•$41 - $60•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Critical Care Float Pool floats across multiple departments and specialties, caring for highly complex, critically ill patients in a variety of intensive care units, including the Trauma and Life Support Center, Burn ICU, Neurosciences ICU, and Cardiovascular ICU, and in intermediate care units as needed. The RN provides high-quality, evidence-based, patient- and family-centered care, using critical thinking to assess and evaluate patients, recognize and escalate complications, and safely administer nursing interventions and advanced life support therapies. The RN works with multidisciplinary teams and may mentor and orient nurses new to the Critical Care Float Pool and work with nursing students. Opportunities may also include participation in strategic planning, quality improvement, and Shared Governance. The position is at University Hospital in Madison and is scheduled at 90% FTE on evening/night shifts, with two scheduled weekends in each six-week period and holiday rotation as operationally needed.

Requirements

Six months of nursing experience in inpatient units or central float, or current participation in UW Health’s Nurse Residency Program with successful completion of the Nurse Residency Orientation on the unit or a similar unit.
Registered Nurse license in Wisconsin or a license issued by a jurisdiction that has adopted the Nurse Licensure Compact, required upon hire.
Current CPR/BLS certification, required upon hire.
ACLS certification within six months.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Relevant RN experience preferred.
Relevant certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Float across critical care departments and specialties, including the Trauma and Life Support Center, Burn ICU, Neurosciences ICU, and Cardiovascular ICU, and provide coverage in intermediate care units as needed.
Assess and evaluate patients, recognize and escalate complications, and provide evidence-based nursing interventions and advanced life support therapies.
Provide patient- and family-centered care to highly complex, critically ill patients.
Collaborate and communicate with multidisciplinary teams, including nurses, nursing assistants, coordinated care roles, therapists, advanced practice providers, and medical teams.
Delegate tasks as appropriate.
Mentor and role-model for colleagues, orient nurses new to the Critical Care Float Pool, and work with nursing students.
Participate in strategic planning, quality improvement, and Shared Governance opportunities.