Critical Care Float RN
Elizabethtown, KY
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

RN Intensive Care Unit – Float

Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky Employment Type: Clinical (Nursing) Contract Length: 13 weeks Schedule: 3x12 hour shifts (7p-7a), weekend and holiday rotation Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Role Overview

This is a Float Pool RN position. Nurses float between ICU, Telemetry, Med/Surg, and PCU, so candidates must be comfortable moving across these units and caring for patients of varying acuity.

Responsibilities

• Perform and document comprehensive patient assessments, develop problem lists, and prioritize patient needs.
• Implement patient care therapies and procedures, and recognize and communicate changes in patient condition.
• Set priorities for multiple patients, organize workload, and delegate tasks while monitoring the accuracy of team members' care.
• Facilitate patient admission, transfer, and discharge, including patient and family education.
• Perform hourly patient rounding and bedside shift report.
• Communicate ongoing with physicians and other departments.
• Adhere to infection-control protocols and patient privacy and confidentiality requirements.
• Participate in unit quality improvement activities, such as patient satisfaction, falls, pressure ulcers, CAUTIs, and documentation audits.

Required Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted Kentucky RN license
• Critical Care Float experience of 1 year, with experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• ACLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• NIHSS certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN); additional experience cannot substitute for the degree
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• Telemetry experience

Physical Requirements and Exposures

• Frequent lifting, pushing, and pulling over 35 lbs, frequent walking, repetitive motion and bending, and color discrimination for clinical cues
• Regular exposure to blood, body fluids, sharps, and airborne infectious diseases