RN Float Pool New Rates

Rapides Regional Medical Center; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Stock Purchase Plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA seeks a Registered Nurse for its Float Pool. This full-time day position rotates weekends and offers frontline acute care nursing opportunities across Medical/Surgical services.

RN license and Diploma required, ACLS/BLS to be obtained within specified timelines. Join a family-focused hospital that values compassionate patient care and professional growth, with comprehensive benefits and education support.

Qualifications

• Three years Med/Surg nursing experience in an acute care setting
• ACLS within 30 days of start date
• BLS/CPR within 30 days of start date
• RN license and nursing diploma required

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs across physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative domains and document in the chart
• Initiate and modify care plans and interventions in collaboration with the healthcare team
• Provide age-appropriate care for pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients
• Educate patients and families to support recovery and informed decisions
• Assess patient responses to interventions and progress toward outcomes and document them in the chart
• Coordinate patient care with physicians and other healthcare team members
• Carry out physician orders accurately and promptly
• Identify and report adverse or sudden changes in patient condition with pertinent data
• Ensure standard precautions and infection control in patient care
• Meet goals related to job performance and attend required educational programs

Education

Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse Diploma

ACLS certification

BLS CPR for Healthcare Providers

Job description

Rapides Regional Medical Center

Registered Nurse Float Pool

Full Time, Days (7am-7pm), Rotating Weekends

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Do you want to be appreciated daily? Our nurses are celebrated for being on the front line, empathetic for patients. At Rapides Regional Medical Center our nurses set us apart from any other healthcare provider. We are seeking a Registered Nurse Float Pool to join our healthcare family.

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

At Rapides Regional Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life - for life - and empowers their passion for patient care.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The staff nurse serves as the leader of the Nursing Care team who is ultimately responsible and accountable to the patient for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient focused, outcome oriented care. Will develop competencies for functioning safely in all areas of Medical/Surgical services. Nursing plan of care will include all age groups with the exception of infants.

What you will do in this role:

• Through assessment of the patient’s physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs, problems are identified and documented in the clinical record and communicated to the physician, case manager, and ancillary departments when appropriate
• Appropriate standards of care, care plans, and interventions are initiated, professionally modified, and communicated to the patient and other members of the healthcare team
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the following age groups: pediatric, children, adolescent, adult, geriatric
• Provides patient/family health education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports recovery, and enables the patient/family to be involved in decisions about their own care
• The patient’s responses to interventions and progress toward desired outcomes are assessed, re‑assessed, evaluated, and documented in the clinical record
• Patient care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other members of the healthcare team
• Physicians’ orders are carried out accurately and efficiently, and clarified when necessary
• Adverse or sudden changes in the patient’s conditions are promptly communicated to the physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and pertinent data
• Able to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands the proper reporting mechanism
• Able to recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper reporting mechanism once reaction is identified
• Appropriately assesses the patient’s pain and involves the patient in effective management of that pain using appropriate interventions
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for administration of blood and blood products and appropriately monitors the patient receiving blood/blood products for any transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction is recognized
• Patient care equipment is utilized safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital policies and procedures
• Standard precautions are promoted and followed in the utilization of principles of infection control in patient care
• Achieves stated goals related to job performance
• Educational attendance records reveal attendance at all required educational programs/in-services

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Registered Nurse
• Registered Nurse Diploma
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or CPR for Healthcare Providers must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• 3 years Med/Surg nursing experience in an acute care setting Required

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Float Pool opening.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.