Critical Care Float Pool RNII

Children's National Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 46,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC is seeking a Critical Care Float Pool registered nurse to support the Cardiac ICU, Neonatal ICU, and Pediatric ICU. You will float across units to cover staffing gaps and provide high-quality patient care.

Minimum education is ASN, with BSN preferred. A DC RN license and CPR certification are required. The role offers a pay range of $33.08–$60.18 per hour, with comprehensive benefits, PTO, and a strong commitment to patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• The licensed Registered Nurse will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at Children’s National.
• Role model organizational skills, adjust for changes and is able to complete assignment on time.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Magnet re-designation as evidenced by updating of professional profile and involvement in councils or committees.
• Demonstrate critical thinking by solving problems during patient care.
• Communicate plan of care and advocate to meet patient needs.
• Independently escalate issues and use the chain of command.
• Demonstrate proper use of hand-off processes.
• Collaborate with healthcare team and model professional behavior and teamwork.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Orientation completion

Education

ASN

BSN (Preferred)

Job description

111 Michigan Avenue NorthwestWashington, DC 20010

Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

10294 Central Nursing Resources

Pay Range

$33.08 - $60.18

Who We Are:

The Critical Care Float Pool supplements the nursing staff for the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

About the Role:

All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, Children’s National Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Professional Model of Care require registered professional nurses to be responsible and accountable for their own practice. Children’s National support the development of RN relationships within the community; specifically those relationships associated with the health and well being of the community at large.

What You’ll Bring

Minimum Education
ASN (Required)
BSN (Preferred)

Required Skills/Knowledge
The licensed Registered Nurse will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at Children’s National.
Role model organizational skills, adjust for changes and is able to complete assignment on time.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse in District of Columbia (Required)

• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (Required)

Functional Accountabilities
Transformational Leadership

• Contribute to Magnet re-designation as evidenced by independent updating of professional profile and initiation of council involvement, committees, task forces and/or community outreach.

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by problem solving appropriately during patient care.

• Communication reflects development of plan of care and ability to advocate to meet patients’ needs.

• Independently initiate escalation of issues, utilize chain of command.

• Demonstrate proper use of the currently identified hand off processes.

• Demonstrate a collegial and respectful relationship with ancillary staff.

• Participate to implement change and support management decisions.

• Role model behavior that reflects empathy, concern and a desire to help others.

Structural Empowerment

• Independently maintain regulatory requirements e.g. license, BLS.

• Plan for attendance at mandatory education and professional activities to enhance nursing practice.

• Demonstrate professional review of peers through timely participation in evaluations.

• Seek out opportunities to participate to enhance departmental goals by ensuring adherence to national safety standards and service excellence standards; support advancement of education and certification as well.

• Collaborate with members of the healthcare team and role model professional behavior and teamwork with coworkers.

• Utilize resources as needed and know when to elevate to next level.

Exemplary Professional Practice

• Utilize assessment data gathered from patient and family to ensure completion of data base and plan of care within identified timeframes.

• Demonstrate clinical skills with complex patients that reflect analysis of patient status and appropriate interventions on all critical care units.

• Role model skill in prioritization and organization for complex patient with rapidly changing needs.

• Documentation exemplify adherence to the highest standards of practice.

• Anticipate and proactively plan for educational needs verified with patient and family throughout the hospital/outpatient stay and prior to discharge.

• Independently demonstrate the ability to adjust and organize assignment when asked to float throughout scheduled shift.

• Demonstrate caring in all encounters with patient and family as evidenced by feedback from parents and an increase in patient satisfaction scores.

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Benefits That Support You:

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.

• Generous paid time off, including vacation accrual from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.

• Financial wellness support, including a 401(k) plan and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.

• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.

• Additional perks, including tuition assistance, fitness resources, employee assistance, commuter benefits, and more.

Why Join Us:

• Nationally Recognized Excellence – Consistently ranked among the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

• Leading Pediatric Care – One of the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospitals in the country, offering nationally ranked specialties and cutting-edge treatments.

• Innovation & Research – A premier academic medical center with a strong commitment to pediatric research, education, and advancing the future of child health.

• Mission-Driven Culture – Dedicated to providing family-centered care while fostering a collaborative, supportive environment for clinical teams.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children’s National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children’s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.