Registered Nurse RN - Float Pool

HCA Healthcare; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 78,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

PTO & disability coverage

401(k) match

Education support

Other benefits

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, TX seeks a Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) to join the Internal Resource Team. The role covers Medical-Surgical, Telemetry, and related units, delivering comprehensive nursing care across an adaptable, hospital-wide float framework.

The position emphasizes versatility, clinical assessments, and postoperative recovery, with a strong focus on maintaining patient safety and high-quality care in a top-ranked facility.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associate, or baccalaureate nursing program.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Texas RN license or Multi-State Compact with Texas licensing requirement within 90 days.
• Current BLS issued by American Heart Association.
• 1 year of Med-Surg RN clinical experience in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Float to other areas in the facility within competency range as needed.
• Provide professional nursing care across Acute Inpatient Units.
• Develop and implement care plans including assessments and postoperative recovery.
• Collaborate with physicians and nursing staff to ensure optimal patient flow.
• Prioritize tasks, manage multiple assignments, and respond to requests quickly.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a fast-paced environment and resolve conflicts.

Skills

Med-Surg experience

Adaptability

Float pool competency

Education

RN diploma/associates/bachelor's degree

BSN preferred

Job description

Work Schedule: 3 days per week, 7a-7p/Rotating Weekends

Maximize your clinical versatility and impact at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast as a Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) , where you will join our dynamic facility-based internal resource team. This premium position is deliberately structured to attract adaptable, high-caliber Medical-Surgical, Adult Health, General Medicine, General Surgery, and Floor Nurse RNs , as well as seasoned professionals seeking the autonomy of a Hospital Float Pool, Internal Resource Team (IRT), Centralized Staffing, or Flex Pool structure. Floating seamlessly across our diverse acute care units, you will deliver comprehensive nursing care—including clinical assessments, complex treatment plans, and post-operative recovery—focused primarily within our robust medical/surgical and telemetry lines. Your floating clinical practice will be backed by a facility highly decorated for inpatient excellence, boasting Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award , the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award (placing us in the top 10% nationwide), and the Surgical Care Excellence Award . Additionally, our medical/surgical teams collaborate within an elite environment recognized through corporate honors like the HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction Award for clinical nursing excellence, offering you an award-winning, resource-rich environment to practice nursing at its highest level.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Registered Nurse delivers professional nursing care to population-specific patients on the Acute Inpatient Units to include, Acute Care Medicine, Acute Care Telemetry, Acute Care Cardiac, Acute Care Cardiopulmonary, Chest Pain, Neuroscience, Neuro-Stroke, Neuro Spine, Observation, Ortho Surgical Trauma, Post-Surgical. Follows the Board of Nursing’s (BON) Standards of Nursing Practice utilizing the nursing process in care delivery. Maintains accountability for professional decisions and actions within the parameters of their legal scope of practice and in accordance with the federal, state, and local laws; rules and regulations; and policies, procedures and guidelines of Gulf Coast Division (GCD).

What you will do in this role:

• Required to float to other areas in the facility within their competency range.

• Professional Nursing Organization Membership strongly encouraged.

• Certification in area of specialty preferred.

• Ability to work at a fast pace and to prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to numerous requests.

• Ability to resolve conflicts among staff and to work collaboratively with department director, physicians and other members of the healthcare team.

• Ability to ensure operational efficiency, problem solve and make decisions.

• Ability to exercise self-control and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)

• Current BLS issued from American Heart Association required.

• 1 year of clinical Med-Surg experience as a licensed RN in a hospital setting required .

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-southeast) is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.