Senior Registered Nurse - Float Personnel
About The Position
The Ventura County Health Care Agency is seeking experienced nurses for the Float unit to supplement staffing in designated hospital units of the Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC). The Ideal candidates will promote excellence and safety in professional nursing practice. The Senior Registered Nurse-Hospital is distinguished from other staff nursing classifications in that incumbents demonstrate advanced competency skills reflecting specialized knowledge specific to the assigned hospital unit; participate in performance improvement processes; and provide technical direction. Incumbents are expected to work at the full scope of their licensure/specialty area with a decreasing amount of supervision commensurate with their experience. Float Pool assignments will be flexibly staffed within a specialty unit or cluster providing additional support across both VCMC and Santa Paula Hospital campuses. Candidates assigned to Float Pool will not be regularly assigned to any designated unit, but instead will work in two (2) specialty units/clusters designated as: Med Surg/Tele Float Pool: The Medical/Surgery (MS3), Telemetry Units (MS1 & ICU1) & Admitted patients holding in ED (ED holds) Critical Care Float Pool: Intensive Care Unit, DOU, PACU, IR, Admitted patients holding in ED (ED holds) Depending upon area of assignment, additional specialty experience and/or certification(s) may be required.
Requirements
- Requires two (2) years of full-time professional registered nursing experience including two (2) years of full-time experience in assigned Medical Surgical, Telemetry, or Critical Care hospital specialty areas.
- Must possess and maintain a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California
- Must possess a current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification by the first day of employment and maintain it thereafter
- Must possess a current, valid Advanced Life Support (ACLS) certification by the first day of employment and maintain it thereafter
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Master of Science in Nursing
Responsibilities
- Implements nursing processes (assessment, planning, implementation of care plan, evaluation of patient response); revises plans as needed;
- Administers basic and advanced competency nursing care in accordance with VCMC/SPH policies and procedures and Patient Bill of Rights;
- Provides direction to others regarding complex health and patient problems;
- Provides patient and staff education including the coordination of educational programs;
- Participates in hospital and/or nursing administration care committee;
- Reviews, identifies, reports, and corrects deficiencies in practices, products, or equipment as necessary;
- Develops, implements and documents performance improvement processes;
- Recognizes problem situations and takes appropriate steps leading to correction;
- Coordinates patient care conferences;
- Serves as a preceptor for new graduates, re-entry nurses, etc;
- Performs other related duties as required.
Benefits
- Educational/Bilingual Incentive: Incumbents may be eligible for an educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree that is not required for the classification. Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill. In order to qualify for this incentive, incumbents in eligible positions must take and pass the applicable bilingual fluency examination.
- Certification Pay: $0.813 per hour based on scheduled work week hours for each qualified certification up to a maximum of five (5) certifications. One of the five certifications may be paid at $2.00 per hour for a National Certification.
- Evening Shift Differential: 7.5%
- Night Shift Differential: 15%
- Weekend Shift Differential: $2.00 per hour
- Continuous County Service Incentive Pay: 1% for 7 years, 1.25% for 12 years and 1.5% for 17 years
- Preceptor Pay: $2.50 per hour
- House Supervisor Pay: $4.00 per hour
- Charge Nurse Premium Pay: $2.50 per hour
- Float Nurse Premium Pay: $3.50 per hour
- In-House Registry Pay: Non-overtime is 1.75 straight time base hourly rate Overtime is 2 times base pay straight time base hourly rate
- Standby Premium Pay: ¼ of regular hourly wage or Federal minimum wage (whichever is greater)
- Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
- Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
