staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Float OR - Operating Room - $37-56 per hour

Advocate Aurora Health; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is looking for a skilled Registered Nurse to join their dynamic Float Pool team. This role offers the unique opportunity to work across multiple facilities, enhancing your nursing skills while providing compassionate care to diverse patient populations. With a focus on quality and safety, you will collaborate with a talented team to deliver exceptional healthcare. Enjoy the benefits of flexible scheduling, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional development. If you're passionate about nursing and eager for a varied work environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Sign-On Bonus up to $10,000

Student Loan Forgiveness up to $20,000

Tuition Assistance up to $7,200

RN Referral Bonus $5,000

Flexible Self-Scheduling

Mileage Reimbursement

No On Call Requirements

Only 2 Holidays per Year

Qualifications

• 2 years of Operating Room RN experience required.
• Registered Nurse license and BLS certification needed.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and implement individualized care plans.
• Coordinate comprehensive patient care and ensure safety.

Skills

Holistic Patient Care

Clinical Nursing

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Electronic Medical Records

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Education

Accredited Nursing Program

Tools

Electronic Medical Records Systems

Job description

Advocate Aurora Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Float OR - Operating Room for a nursing job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: days
• Employment Type: Staff

This position is eligible for a SIGN-ON BONUS up to $10,000

Student Loan Forgiveness up to $20,000

Tuition Assistance up to $7,200

RN Referral $5,000 for Advocate Aurora Teammates

Military/Veteran Friendly

Aurora Health's WI Float Pool (Multi-Site) is seeking an Operating Room Registered Nurse to join our stellar team of float nurses!

2 years of Operating Room RN experience required

Perks of working with WI Float Pool:

• Experience travel nursing without the travel - Work within the Aurora Healthcare system, floating to multiple sites (day-to-day floating or 6-week rotation per site). Offering excellent variability in your day-to-day, experiencing new departments, faces, and build your nursing skills and relationships. Locations are assigned based on site needs.
• No more "same ole' routine" - Working in various hospitals and facilities helps to keep the days fresh and exciting. Everyday can be a new journey that may open doors to a new specialty area you may have never previously considered.
• Gain impressive work experience for career building - Experience gained over time as a float nurse within a healthcare system can demonstrate that you are a reliable and dedicated employee that can learn on the go and rise to a variety of challenges.
• Compensation - Float nurses receive a competitive compensation package that includes a base rate, additional float, shift, and weekend differentials. Mileage reimbursement is available for those that split their shift between facilities.
• Benefits & Flexibility – In addition to a competitive benefits package, Aurora Health’s WI Float Pool offers flexible self-scheduling, no on call requirements, and only 2 holidays per year.

The Float Pool RN will serve as a champion in healthcare by:

• Being part of a highly skilled, resilient, and versatile group of teammates committed to ensuring the delivery of quality and compassionate healthcare to diverse patient populations in a variety of settings.
• Quickly adapting and integrating into new working relationships through consistent collaboration.
• Coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
• Leading efforts to always create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience.
• Having the qualifications and competency to work in all acute care facilities within the defined Market.

Major Responsibilities:

• Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement individualized interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care. Includes the patient and family in planning and implementing care and develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
• Anticipates and recognizes significant changes in the patient’s condition, status, and need for care. Provides ongoing assessment of the patient and takes appropriate actions when changes occur. Anticipates and alters the plan of care as needed, mobilizes appropriate resources, and collaborates with other health care team members to coordinate patient centered care.
• Implements strategies to reduce patient risk and increase patient safety. Assesses patient and family readiness to learn and individualizes the approach as necessary. Works collaboratively to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of the patient and family.
• Actively coordinates the discharge plan utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Applies evidence-based practice to deliver patient care. Consistently incorporates nursing and regulatory standards of care into practice.
• Provides ongoing evaluation of patient, team, and unit outcomes and is empowered to take appropriate action when changes are needed. Supports shared governance activities and initiatives to improve processes and patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills. Promotes collaboration among healthcare team members. Assumes a leadership role in the care team and delegates appropriately to unlicensed personnel.
• Promotes a culture of safety through identifying threats to patient safety and intervening to prevent patient harm. Reports patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner. Seeks to identify potential safety issues and assists in the implementation of corrective actions.
• Applies ethical decision making, demonstrates respect and understanding for peers, and other clinical disciplines. Participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated, unbiased, individualized approach to care.
• Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives to improve the functions of the department and the patient care experience.
• Participates in professional activities which contribute to personal professional development and the development of others. Seeks opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored. Attends required meetings/educational programs and completes annual competencies in a timely manner.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Education Required:

• Completion of an accredited or approved program in Nursing.

Experience Required:

• Typically requires 1 year of experience in clinical nursing.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Demonstrates progression to provide holistic patient care and the ability to view clinical situations from a patient and family focus.
• Demonstrates progression to recognize situational changes that require unplanned or unanticipated interventions, and responds to situations with confidence, timeliness and flexibility.
• Proficient computer skills, use of electronic mail and electronic medical records systems.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), listening and interpersonal skills.