Registered Nurse MedSurg / Stepdown, Float Pool, FT Days/Nights – VUH

Montgomery College; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare institution as a Registered Nurse in the Float Pool, where your expertise will be valued and your skills challenged. This full-time role offers the opportunity to provide essential nursing care across various specialties, including med-surge and step-down services. You will engage in patient education and collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This dynamic environment fosters professional growth and encourages a commitment to excellence in patient care. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients and their families, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 1 year of relevant work experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Graduate of an approved nursing program is required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care and implements care delivery.
• Analyzes patient information to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Utilizes nursing process to evaluate patient progress towards goals.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Critical Thinking

Team Collaboration

Patient Education

Education

Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Tools

Evidence-Based Practice

Care Planning

Patient Assessment

Job description

Registered Nurse MedSurg / Stepdown, Float Pool, FT Days/Nights – VUH

Registered Nurse MedSurg / Stepdown, Float Pool, FT Days/Nights – VUH

Apply locations Nashville, TN time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-40932

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Job Summary:

As the Registered Nurse Float, you will apply the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning. The Float RN effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team; collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes. Further your professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards. Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.

Department Summary:

Float Pool Registered Nurses provide specialty services that include but are not limited to med-surge, step-down, palliative care, oncology, and a variety of other service lines. Supplemental staffing provides a crucial service for our customers, not only to ensure safe quality patient care, but provides support for our unit colleagues as well. You will be offered opportunities to expand your knowledge and maintain an expansive skill set which will enable you to become a resource to others.

Position Shift:

Full-time Dayshift 7AM - 7PM or Nightshift 7PM - 7AM (36 hours/week). This is a full-time role with premium pay.

Key Responsibilities:

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

Technical Capabilities:

1. Evidence-Based Practice (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully search for evidence to answer clinical questions.
2. 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.
3. Nursing Patient Education (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
4. 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.

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing.

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.

Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.

Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.

Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

1 year

Education:

Graduate of an approved discipline specific program (Required)

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.