RN-Nursing Float Pool

ScionHealth•Watertown, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Watertown Regional Medical Center, an acute-care hospital in southeastern Wisconsin, is seeking an RN-Nursing Float Pool. This hospital consistently earns national awards for its high-quality care from Becker's Hospital Review, Chartis, Healthgrades, The Leapfrog Group, and parent company ScionHealth. Watertown Regional's exceptional care across multiple specialty services is also reflected in its numerous accreditations and certifications. Join our team and grow your career in a hospital where everyday excellence meets or exceeds expectations. The RN-Nursing Float Pool is responsible for directing and coordinating all nursing care based on established clinical nursing practice standards. They collaborate with other professional disciplines throughout the organization to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes. This role requires obtaining and maintaining competencies in med/surg, med/tel, ICU, ED, and postpartum/newborn care. The float pool nurse accepts assignments to any area in which competencies are documented and is able to assist with nursing functions in any department or area of need.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing
Licensure in the practicing state as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN)
Proficient with computer systems
Oral and written communication skills
Must pass competencies for this position.

Nice To Haves

3-5 years hospital experience

Responsibilities

Directing and coordinating all nursing care based on established clinical nursing practice standards.
Collaborating with other professional disciplines throughout the organization to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
Obtaining and maintaining competencies in med/surg, med/tel, ICU, ED, and postpartum/newborn care.
Accepting assignments to any area in which competencies are documented and is able to assist with nursing function in any department or area of need.
Practicing nursing as described by the definition: “The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations.”
Utilizing the nursing process in the provision of nursing care including but not limited to administering treatments and medications, interpreting diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care, collaborating with other health care providers and providing education to patients and/or significant others.
Collecting patient health data, determining the priority of data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs, and collecting pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniques.
Involving the patient, significant others, and health care providers in data collection when appropriate, and ensuring the data collection process is systematic and ongoing.
Documenting relevant data in the medical record according to hospital standards.
Analyzing the assessment data in determining diagnoses/patient problems, validating diagnoses/patient problems with the patient, significant other, and health care providers, when possible, and documenting diagnoses/patient problems in a manner that facilitates the determination of expected outcomes and plan.
Identifying expected outcomes individualized to the patient, deriving outcomes from the diagnoses/patient problems, documenting outcomes as measurable goals, and formulating outcomes mutually with the patient and health care providers, when possible.
Ensuring outcomes are realistic in relation to the patient’s present and potential capabilities, attainable in relation to resources available to the patient, include a time estimate for attainment, and provide direction for continuity of care.
Anticipating potential problems situations and intervening to offset any adverse impact.
Developing a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes, individualizing the plan to the patient’s condition or need, developing the plan with the patient, significant others, and health care providers, when appropriate, and ensuring the plan reflects current nursing practice.
Documenting the plan and providing continuity of care in the plan.
Implementing the interventions identified in the plan of care, establishing interventions that are consistent with the plan of care, implementing interventions in a safe and appropriate manner, and documenting interventions.
Evaluating the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes, ensuring evaluation is systematic and ongoing, documenting patient’s responses to interventions, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes.
Utilizing ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care, as needed, and documenting revisions in diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care.
Involving the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the evaluation process, when appropriate.
Participating in quality-of-care activities as appropriate to include but not limited to Identification of aspects of care important for quality monitoring, Identification of indicators used to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care, Collection of data to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care, Analysis of quality data to identify opportunities for improving care, Formulation of recommendations to improve nursing care or patient outcomes, and Implementation of activities to enhance the quality of nursing practice.
Utilizing the results of quality-of-care activities to initiate changes in practice.
Performing other duties as assigned.