Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

August 29, 2024

Posting Expiration Date:

September 06, 2024

Department:

34003820 Patient Care Floats

Shift:

Day/Evening (United States of America)

Shift Length:

8 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

32

Union Contract:

MNA-12-United RN

Weekend Rotation:

Every Other

Job Summary:

The RN Float Pool Team offers flexible work-schedules and valuable experience, with exposure to various units and disease processes. There is little to no floor politics, and a chance to be welcomed by the units. This challenging and fun opportunity is perfect for independent learners, who enjoy variety, can change course quickly, and comfortable with asking questions. Float Pool RNs help ensure adequate staffing in all areas of the healthcare institution.

Key Position Details:

• 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two-week pay period)
• 8-hour, day / evening shifts
• Every other weekend rotation
• MNA represented, benefit eligible position

Tier 1: Current hospital RN experience
Tier 2: New grad RN

Unit Overview: The Medical Surgical Float Pool, nurses have the flexibility to work across various units, including Oncology, Post-Surgical, Medicine, Orthopedics, Neuro/Spine, Mental Health, and Courage Kenny rehab. This diverse environment affords nurses the opportunity to provide care to a wide range of patient populations with varying diagnoses and disease processes, establishing a robust foundation of experience.

Diverse Staffing: Our unit fosters a welcoming and supportive culture, offering numerous opportunities for enrichment and engagement throughout the year. Our staff is driven by a commitment to excellence in patient care and is encouraged to voice concerns and escalate issues, as necessary. Peer-to-peer recognition is an integral part of our culture, with weekly updates and staff meetings providing a platform for acknowledgment.

Cultivating a Supportive Culture: Our unit fosters a culture that is both welcoming and supportive, providing multiple opportunities for enrichment and engagement throughout the year.

Structured Orientation: We maintain a standardized orientation process for all new hires, ensuring that each nurse develops a strong nursing foundation. Additionally, our one-year mentorship program, facilitated by experienced float pool team members, supports the professional growth of new nurses.

Empowering Leadership Roles: Nurses in our unit have numerous opportunities to participate in committees and engage in hospital-based initiatives and activities, empowering them to take on leadership roles and contribute to the organization’s success.

Comprehensive Benefits Package: This position includes eligibility for a comprehensive benefit package, encompassing medical, dental, vision, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Differential pay is available for float pool, evenings, nights, and weekend shifts.

Job Description:

Nursing is the assessment and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.

Provides nursing care across patient care departments in alignment with the nurses experience and competencies.

Principle Responsibilities

• Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care; supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
• Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
• Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
• Establishes, in the collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
• Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
• Fulfills all organizational requirements.
• Supplemental roles:
  • Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
    
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
  • Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
    
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's or Vocational degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Professional RN experience
• Medical/Surgical experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire / WI Department of Safety & Professional Services required if working in the state of WI upon hire
• Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below:
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross
  ◦ Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
• Certified Medical Surgical RN (CMSRN) preferred
• Additional certifications may be needed at certain sites:
  ◦ Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  ◦ Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
  ◦ Pediatric Emergency Assessment & Stabilization (PEARS)

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weightUp to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently