Registered Nurse Float - Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital - Med/Surg Float Pool - PT Nights

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks an experienced RN Clinical Nurse for the Pediatric Satellite Team at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC. This rewarding position involves comprehensive nursing care for pediatric patients, offers cross-training opportunities, and requires a commitment to excellence in patient care.

Qualifications

• Current RN license or temporary license required.
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider status required.
• Experience for at least 6 months as a registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive nursing care through assessment and evaluation.
• Implements care plans and coordinates care delivery.
• Communicates effectively with healthcare consumers and stakeholders.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Patient assessment

Education

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing

BSN preferred

Job description

Additional $5/hr float pool differential once off orientation period.

The Pediatric Satellite Team provides supplemental staffing across Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC, and occasionally Atrium Health Cabarrus Levine Children’s Jeff Gordon Children’s Center in Concord, NC. RNs primarily support the general pediatric medical-surgical units but have the ability to cross-train in specialty areas within Levine Children’s Hospital, such as Children’s ED, CVICU, PICU, Neonatal, Progressive, and obtain Chemo certification. Candidates must have at least 6 months of RN experience; this position is not for new graduates.

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) has taken the community to another level of service to provide care for the growing population of children in our region. At 247 beds, LCH is the largest children’s hospital between Atlanta and Washington DC. It serves high-acuity patients as the flagship children’s hospital within the innovative Atrium Health and offers a full complement of over 125 pediatric subspecialists in over 30 different pediatric specialties. We have 4 pediatric hospitalist teams, a 10-bed PICU, a 10-bed Cardiac ICU (expanding to 24-bed PICU and 20-bed CVICU by the end of 2024), an 85-bed Level IV NICU, and an inpatient pediatric rehabilitation floor. Levine Children’s Hospital is also Charlotte’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. LCH has been named a Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report for 17 consecutive years and is nationally ranked in 10 pediatric specialties. Currently, LCH is ranked as the #1 children’s hospital in North Carolina and tied for #1 in the southeastern United States. Additionally, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital have earned Magnet re-designation from The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. Magnet-designated health care organizations showcase excellence in nursing practice and patient outcomes.

Atrium Health Levine Children's Jeff Gordon Children’s Center (JGCC) is a 28-bed children’s unit within Atrium Health Cabarrus that serves the surrounding counties to deliver inpatient and sub-specialty care to pediatric patients. The children’s unit is a general pediatric, Progressive Care, and Epilepsy unit. JGCC is home to the region’s only dedicated pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) and is a Level 3 EMU designated by the National Association for Epilepsy Centers. It has also been accredited through The Joint Commission for disease-specific certification for Epilepsy. Support services are available to the patients and families we serve with Certified Child Life Specialists throughout the children’s unit and ancillary departments. JGCC is part of Atrium Health Levine Children’s, which includes Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH). LCH has been named a Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report for 17 consecutive years and is nationally ranked in 10 pediatric specialties.

JOB SUMMARY

The RN Clinical Nurse provides comprehensive nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies, procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. The RN Clinical Nurse assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. The RN Clinical Nurse maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

A registered nurse’s practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation.
2. Analyzes the assessment data to determine the actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
3. Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
4. Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
5. Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
6. Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
7. Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
8. Practices ethically.
9. Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
10. Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
11. Collaborates with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
12. Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
13. Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
14. Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
15. Contributes to quality nursing practice.
16. Evaluates one’s own and others’ nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.
17. Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
18. Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
19. Participates in committees, shared governance, or facility decision-making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
20. Models the Atrium Health mission, vision, and value.
21. Supports and contributes to the Patient-Centered Care Philosophy by understanding that every teammate is a Caregiver whose role is to meet the needs of the patient.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in inpatient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required.

Additional department-specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the nurse leader.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider status according to American Heart Association.

Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Practitioner in the state in which you work and reside, or if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Practitioner required in the state where the RN works.

Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.

Complies with the requirements for advancement, maintenance, approved certification, and nursing education as outlined in the Professional Nurse Clinical Advancement Program.

PATIENT POPULATION SERVED

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.

PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION

• Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job.
• Will share information only on a need-to-know basis for work purposes.
• Access to verbal, written, and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.

MACHINES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT

Complex medical equipment and supplies.