RN Float Pool/Registry (Weekend Program), West Penn Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Enhanced Float Pool will require candidates to be able to function in one of the specified areas below and meet the requirements in order to be considered for this role. This position has a $3.50/hour additional allowance on top of weekend rate per West Penn CBA. WEST PENN HOSPITAL: West Penn Hospital has Magnet® recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking and a generous benefit package (for full-time and part-time status employees). ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK: At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees. RN Float Pool Critical Care (ICU), West Penn Hospital West Penn Hospital’s Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who cover all areas of their specialty and clinical expertise. There is a variety of types of patients we receive and the level of acuity in the departments. This grouping includes the critical care/burn unit is a 16-bed unit caring for both adult and pediatric patients. RN Float Pool Progressive Care, West Penn Hospital West Penn Hospital’s Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who cover all areas of their specialty and clinical expertise. There is a variety of types of patients we receive and the level of acuity in the departments. This grouping includes E8, E7 and T9 and other variable acuity units. Patients on these units could include heart failure, digestive disorders, severe sepsis, oncology and pulmonary edema. RN Float Pool Medical Surgical, West Penn Hospital West Penn Hospital’s Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who cover all areas of their specialty and clinical expertise. There is a variety of types of patients we receive and the level of acuity in the departments. This grouping includes Oncology, Medical Surgical Units with Telemetry, Medical Short Stay and Acute Rehab. RN Float Pool Women and Infant’s, West Penn Hospital West Penn Hospital’s Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who cover all areas of their specialty and clinical expertise. There is a variety of types of patients we receive and the level of acuity in the departments. This grouping includes: a 63 bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Postpartum and Newborn Nursery Unit, also known as Mother/Baby, consisting of 33 beds, the Obstetrics Department consists of 15 Labor & Delivery beds, 6 Triage Rooms, 3 C-Section Operating Rooms, 4 PACU beds, and a 20-bed antepartum unit, with nurse’s cross-trained to work in all areas. RN Float Pool Perioperative, West Penn Hospital West Penn Hospital’s Periop Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who will be able to function in four specialty areas: ASC, GI Lab, PACU and either OR or Cath Lab. West Penn Hospital’s OR has 17 operating rooms and one Cystoscopy suite. West Penn is the robotic hub of the health system, a dedicated burn center and a bariatric center of excellence, performing a variety of specialty procedures ranging from robotics, general, bariatrics, women’s health and oncology. GI Lab at West Penn Hospital is a dynamic procedural unit specializing in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. The unit averages 25 adult patients per day. RN’s will be expected to function in pre-procedure assessment, circulating cases, and post anesthesia recovery when in this area. ASC (Pre-op) is a 10-bay unit. PACU is an 18-bay recovery area. West Penn Hospital’s Cath Lab has a STEMI Program. It has 2 procedural rooms performing 800 procedures a year. RN’s will be expected to function in the pre and post-op areas as well as the procedural area.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years acute care nursing experience required in ICU
Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR – American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association - American Heart Association
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Minimum 2 years acute care nursing experience required.
Minimum 2 years acute care nursing experience
Minimum 2 years acute care nursing experience in Women and Infant Care
Minimum 2 years acute care Operating Room or Cath lab experience

Nice To Haves

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) American Heart Association preferred
NIH Stroke certification preferred
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association - American Heart Association preferred
NIH Certification preferred
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association - American Heart Association preferred
Neonatal Resuscitation NRP
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association - American Heart Association preferred

Responsibilities

Demonstrates clinical assessment skills and care planning skills.
Provides safe and effective care for the age population served according to regulatory requirements.
Professionally directs and manages the activities of the patient care delivery by the team members.
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team for the plan of care from admission through discharge.
Assesses learning needs of patient and family and provides education based on age, culture and willingness to learn.