Registered Nurse (RN) Critical Care Float Pool

101 Riverside Hospital, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 45,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Health System in Newport News, VA seeks a Critical Care Float RN to provide comprehensive nursing care across Critical Care/Telemetry and Emergency Services. You will assess needs, develop care plans, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe patient transitions.

The role requires RN licensure (VA or compact), CPR/BLS and ACLS certification, and the ability to work PRN floats per the agreement. Weekend shifts and irregular hours may apply.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Associate Degree, Nursing; Nursing Diploma is minimum education requirement.
• HS Diploma/GED required only if Nursing Diploma Graduate.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs and develop an individualized care plan.
• Partner with patients and families to implement and evaluate treatments and procedures.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to coordinate care.
• Facilitate safe patient transitions to next care setting and ensure ethical care.
• Delegate and prioritize tasks to support quality patient care.

Skills

RN Licensure

CPR/BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's Nursing Degree

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma (minimum requirement)

Job description

Newport News, Virginia

Hiring Range $33.00 - $66.00/Hourly. Actual pay is determined by program, work commitment and business needs.

Overview: Critical Care Float RN works under the supervision of the Nurse manager and the Director and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN is required to float to a variety of settings in the Critical Care/Telemetry Complex or the Emergency Services Complex at RHS Trauma Center per requirements in PRN Float Agreement. The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial and cultural diversity. Responsible for supervising and delegating non-professional personnel working directly with him/her to ensure optimum patient care. Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age related needs of the specific patient populations served in the Critical Care/Telemetry units/departments. Works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive range of services or clinical care associated with and in accordance with standards of excellence established by Riverside Health system and facility goals and strategic plans.

What you will do

Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Critical Care/Telemetry units/departments and the Emergency Services Complex (see unit specific competencies and equipment checklists). Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient. Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of practice. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care. Facilitates safe patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care. Demonstrates a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care. Focuses on quality outcomes of patient care when addressing customer’s needs to include current evidence based practice and quality measures. Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension. Educates by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education, and discharge specific education that includes family/caregiver. Evaluates for patient comprehension and documents. Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements. Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient care needs are met. Able to recognize and respond to emergency situations. Evaluates own needs for support and uses identified systems to meet need.

Qualifications

Education Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Associates Degree, Nursing (Preferred) or Program Graduate, Nursing (Nursing Diploma is minimum education requirement, Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Nursing accepted in lieu of Nursing Diploma) (Required) and High School Diploma or GED, HS Diploma/GED only required if Nursing Diploma Graduate (Required)

Skills and Abilities

Ability to meet scheduling requirements in Full time PRN Float agreement - PRN RN Float Critical Care RRMC F Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or compact state Upon Hire(Required) and CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required) and ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required)

Other Requirements

Weekend Shifts Irregular Shifts Work/Float in more than one work location

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers. If loving your work is important to you, consider a career at Riverside.

Our mission is to care for others as we would care for those we love. We extend that sense of caring to every patient, resident and customer, as well as to each member of our team. We offer care at all stages of life, in hundreds of locations, giving you room to grow your career, along with great benefits and perks. At Riverside Health, your trust and safety are our top priorities.