*Premium Pay $75/hr* Registered Nurse, Night Shift, Temp Force – VUH

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 124,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium Pay

Health insurance

Unit-to-unit assignments

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Staffing Collaborative offers 13-week nursing assignments within Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN, with premium pay and optional health benefits. The Staffing Collaborative provides a flexible model across units to meet staffing needs.

Assignments may require weekends and holidays. Nurses typically work 36–40 hours per week, night shifts (7p–7a) with premium pay, under the TempForce Nursing Collab framework.

Qualifications

• RN license and registration required.
• 1 year of RN experience preferred 2+ years.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care and coordinates delivery across the care continuum.
• Analyzes information to determine nursing diagnoses and guides care.
• Continuously evaluate patient progress and apply interventions to achieve outcomes.
• Promote health and safe environment; maintain evidence-based practices.

Education

Graduate of an approved discipline-specific nursing program (or equivalent experience)

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health:

With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you’ll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization:

TempForce Nursing Collab

Job Summary:

Applies the nursing process to plan and manage the care of complex patients in a comprehensive manner. Recognizes complex learning needs and prepares individual teaching plans for patients/families and consistently demonstrates effective patient education to peers. Consistently ensures a comprehensive continuum of care plan in collaboration with the health care team. Demonstrates and role models effective communication and conflict resolution skills. Ensures evidence-based care and continuously monitors patient outcomes. Furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to Board of Nursing standards. Floats across entities to fulfill requirements of the role.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Nursing Strategic Programs is dedicated to serving the VUMC Health System. The Vanderbilt Medical Center Staffing Collaborative supports nurse staffing needs as a system-wide resource. The Staffing Collaborative has created a new structure that allows alternative nursing employment at VUMC. Like a travel nurse, the Staffing Collaborative will allow Nursing staff to work 13-week assignments within a specific unit at VUMC. The Department of Nursing Strategic Programs and the Staffing Collaborative provide a new and exciting approach to nursing in a patient-focused, safe, and efficient manner. The assignment comes with premium pay and optional health benefits.

The Staffing Collaborative’s primary responsibility is to ensure coverage for the most significant scheduling needs across the organization.

Assignments may necessitate working weekends and holidays. Minimum requirements will be consistent with the expectations for full-time staff within each specific unit.

Short-Term Assignment Key Benefits:

• Premium Pay - $75/hr
• Medical Insurance benefits available through Temp Force
• Assignment in the same hospital (might float between units)
• RNs typically work 36 - 40 hours per week based on the unit’s needs.

Assignment Duration

13 to 26-week assignments

Locations Available

Vanderbilt University Hospital - Nashville, TN

Shifts

Night shift (7p-7a) - $75/hr

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse Required
• Graduate of an approved discipline-specific program (or equivalent experience)
• 1 year of recent relevant RN experience, Preferred 2 or more years of recent relevant RN experience

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):

• Registered Nurse
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient’s care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient’s progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Care Planning (Novice): Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units. Ability to adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• Nursing Patient Education (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to assess and evaluate patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinations. Demonstrates sufficient acumen to recognize problems, ask questions and to contact the patient’s primary care provider and other members of the healthcare team. Has experience in gathering pertinent clinical data that aid in referral, treatment, or other primary care pathways.
• Evidence-Based Practice (Novice):