Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Kentucky Counseling Association
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Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Float Pool to provide compassionate, high-quality care across multiple inpatient units. You will assess patient needs, administer treatments, and ensure safety while floating to various departments as required.
The role emphasizes adaptability, strong clinical skills, and collaboration within interprofessional teams. RN license in Kentucky, BCLS, and 1–2 years bedside experience are required; ACLS/PALS preferred.
Qualifications
- Associate's degree in nursing is required; bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
- 1–2 years minimum bedside RN experience.
- 2–4 years critical care experience preferred.
- Current RN license in state of practice.
- BCLS required; ACLS and PALS preferred; Handle with Care preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care using the nursing process across inpatient units.
- Floats where needed and collaborates with interprofessional teams to support safe, high-quality care.
- Administers medications, collects specimens, conducts clinical treatments, and related care.
- Documents care provided in a timely, accurate manner.
- Monitors patient condition and communicates with the care team, physicians, patients, and families.
- Assists with activities of daily living (hygiene, feeding, mobility).
- Displays initiative and flexibility to float throughout the building to support departments.
- Coordinates care through transfers, discharges, referrals, and psychosocial support.
- Participates in learning needs assessments and patient/family education.
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Commitment Bonus: $15,000 for a two-year commitment of employment
Days | Full Time | 6:30-7:00 | Rotating Weekends
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well‑being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier®.
Join our team as a Float Nurse where you will provide compassionate care to patients alongside a dedicated team of Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Certified Nurse Assistants. You will play a crucial role in assessing patient needs, administering treatments, and ensuring patient comfort and safety. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment focused on delivering high-quality patient care.
Established in 1976, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital has provided quality healthcare to area residents for over 40 years. LCRH is a 295-bed acute care facility, providing healthcare services for an 11‑county service area in south central Kentucky.
- Provides direct patient care using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice across multiple inpatient units.
- Demonstrates flexibility to float where needed and collaborate with interprofessional teams to support safe, high-quality care.
- Performs plan‑of‑care interventions, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, and related medical care.
- Documents care provided in a timely, accurate manner.
- Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition to the care team, physicians, patients, and families.
- Assists with activities of daily living (hygiene, elimination, nutrition, ambulation).
- Displays initiative and flexibility to float throughout the building to support departments and staff.
- Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate care (transfers, discharges, referrals, psychosocial/spiritual support).
- Assesses learning needs; provides age‑and culture‑appropriate patient/family education.
- Advocates for the physical and emotional well‑being of patients.
- Participates in performance improvement and required education; works other shifts/units as needed and may take on‑call assignments.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Patient Populations Served: Neonate, Infant, Early Childhood, Late Childhood, Adolescent, Young Adult, Middle Adult, Older Adult. Protected Health Information Accessed: Demographic, Clinical, Insurance, Financial, Complete Medical Record.
Exposure: Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens may be present.
Physical Requirements (typical): Frequent standing, walking, lifting/moving patients, keyboard entry, and repetitive hand/arm movements; occasional sitting, squatting, and kneeling; rare running or climbing.
Possible exposure to biological and chemical hazards, including blood/body fluids, hazardous medications, gases/vapors/fumes, and latex.
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
- Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full‑time and part‑time employees.
- Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short‑and long‑term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
- Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
- Employee Well‑being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
- Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
- Clinical Ladder Eligible - increase base pay by completing the clinical ladder levels
- Critical thinking, decisive judgment, and ability to work with minimal supervision in stressful environments.
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate multiple clinical software systems.
- Effective English communication (read, write, speak, and understand).
- Ability to complete the Skills Competency Checklist within 90 days of hire.
- Critical thinking, decisive judgment, and ability to work with minimal supervision in stressful environments.
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate multiple clinical software systems.
- Effective English communication (read, write, speak, and understand).
- Ability to complete the Skills Competency Checklist within 90 days of hire.
- Ability to successfully complete a Cardiac Rhythms Test within 30 days of hire.
Associate's degree in nursing required, bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
- 1‑2 years minimum bedside RN experience required.
- 2‑4 years critical care experience preferred.
Current RN license in state of practice. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- BCLS required.
- ACLS and PALS preferred.
- Handle with Care preferred.
Not ready to complete an application or have questions? Please contact Melissa Taylor by texting 606-731-0734, calling 270-576-6023, or schedule a time and date that works for you by clicking the link below.
https://bit.ly/MTaylorNurseRecruiterLCRH
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is a 295‑bed hospital located in Somerset, Kentucky, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast.
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community‑based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post‑acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
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