Registered Nurse - Float Pool - 36 Hours - Variable

Henry-Ford-Health-2; West Bloomfield Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health seeks a Registered Nurse for the Float Pool (36 hours, variable schedule) in Michigan. This role supports multiple units, offering flexibility and opportunities to work across med/surg, stepdown, observation and ICU settings.

Ideal candidates hold a BSN (preferred) and have graduation from an accredited nursing program, with strong communication and advocacy for patients and families. Michigan RN licensure required.

Qualifications

• BSN preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities to formulate effective nursing care plans.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
• Ability to communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in coordinating and delivering compassionate patient care.
• Utilizes the nursing process to plan, implement, supervise and document care and teaching.
• Effectively communicates patient/family information to the health care team.
• Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and implements solutions.
• Acts as a patient advocate while planning and evaluating goal-focused, individualized care.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical assessment

Communication

Patient advocacy

Education

BSN preferred

Accredited nursing program

Job description

Registered Nurse - Float Pool - 36 Hours - Variable

• Full-time

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

GENERAL SUMMARY

• Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care.
• Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family.
• Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team.
• Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.
• Acts as a patient advocate while utilizing the nursing process to plan, deliver, and evaluate goal focused, individualized, safe, age specific care for all patients including those with complex pathophysiological needs and/or psychosocial needs.

Unit Description:

All the Float Pool staff is assigned to either a med/surg, stepdown, observation, or ICU unit.Must have 2 years of RN experience.

The float pool allows for flexible self-scheduling. The RNs with the specific skill set can be assigned to Critical Care, otherwise any of the GPUs. Float Pool is also great for people who like change and not a repetitive routine of reporting to the same department every shift.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• BSN preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED

• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.