Job Description
**Job Title:** RN – Acute Care Float – Nights
**Job Specialty:** Registered Nurse / Licensed – Inpatient
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** Night (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM, Every other weekend, 2 major, 2 minor holidays)
**Guaranteed Hours:**
**Experience:** Less than 1 year (Completion of accredited/approved school of nursing with requisite clinical hours required; direct patient care experience preferred)
**License:** Registered Nurse License (Single State or Multi-state Compact)
**Certifications:** ACLS, BLS, NIHSS
**Must-Have:** Ability to read, write, and speak English; basic computer skills; strong interpersonal and collaborative skills; ability to function effectively in a fast-paced environment; excellent time management and critical thinking skills.
**Job Description:**
– Be an active member of an interdisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, individualized patient care.
– Practice in a clinical environment guided by nurse managers and leaders, supported by shared governance and professional practice models.
– Perform the nursing process, using evidence-based practice to ensure individualized care.
– Maintain cultural competence, providing patient-centered care that respects diversity.
– Collaborate with patients and significant others, emphasizing partnership and communication in care delivery.
– Adhere to current clinical practice standards and system policies.
– Coordinate and document safe patient care, promoting effective interdisciplinary communication.
– Foster teamwork and collaboration, contributing to performance improvement and shared governance.
– Engage in professional development, serving as a preceptor or mentor to ensure a qualified workforce.
– Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement initiatives.
– Proactively plan patient care across the continuum, engaging in protocol and procedure development.
– Support efficient use of resources and participate in data collection to support best practices.
– Perform additional duties as assigned, ensuring compliance with all organizational policies and codes of conduct.
This role ensures the provision of excellent care and fosters a collaborative, respectful work environment that promotes nursing excellence and patient safety.