Flex Float RN

Guthrie; City of Binghamton (NY); On-site; USD 51,660 - 73,095; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Registered Nurse to deliver professional nursing care in acute and critical care environments. The RN will assess and manage patient care, advocate for holistic treatment, and engage in professional development. A BSN and current RN license are required, with a preference for those with specialty certifications. Competitive pay in Johnson City, NY.

Qualifications

• Must pass the NCLEX.
• Registered Nurse currently licensed in the state.
• At least one year of nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Advocate for ethical and holistic care.
• Foster a learning environment for patients and team.
• Ensure safety and integrate evidence into care.
• Engage in ongoing professional development.

Skills

Nursing Professional Practice

Patient Advocacy

Facilitating Learning

Safety and Quality Improvement

Professional Development

Leadership Skills

Education

BSN

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Specialty Certification

Job description

Overview

Location: Johnson City, NY

Pay range: $37.50-53.06 per hour

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care and critical care environment. Coverage of all acute care, ED, and ICU departments will be required for this role. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence-based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Essential functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit-specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.

Responsibilities

• Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patients' care. Develops updates and coordinates the patients' plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the continuum. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains the currency of essential competencies as required by a specific area of hire and population served


• Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs of those we serve


• Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patients/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team, including student; Facilities formal and informal learning for patients/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community


• Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient safety, self-safety, and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes


• Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices at the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence-based practice


• Leader in Practice Setting & Community: demonstrates leadership as change agents using the collaborative leadership skills of advocacy, influence and innovation. In partnering with colleagues appropriately delegates, coordinates care, and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Models professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession


• Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs


• It is understood that this description is not intended to be all-inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of the position

Qualifications

Education, License & Cert:

• Pass the NCLEX


• BSN is required


• Specialty Certification is preferred


• BLS certification


• ACLS is unit dependent

Experience:

The Registered Nurse must be a registered nurse currently licensed in the state of employment with at least one year of experience. Alternately, the Registered Nurse may have less than one year of experience if they have been transitioned to their position from the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse Residency (NLRN) Program. The Registered Nurse must meet the individual nursing unit specifications regarding educational requirements during employment. Must maintain BLS certification. ACLS is unit dependent. Specifications regarding educational requirements during employment are determined by the Nursing Department and Nursing Unit. This position also requires additional competencies and skills due to the requirements of needing to flex assignments between acute and critical care departments.