Float Pool RN - Telemetry
Weirton, West Virginia
Weirton Medical Center

Registered Nurse (Float Pool)

Location: Weirton, West Virginia
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours: 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week
Schedule:

• Self-scheduling with 3 shifts per week
• Schedule made 4 weeks in advance
• Every other weekend required
• Possible holiday rotation participation
• No call or standby requirement

Unit Assignments & Patient Ratios

• Float to multiple units of varying acuity based on skillset
• Units include:

  • Critical Care Unit (CCU) – 10 beds, ratio 1:2-3
  • Intermediate Care (IMC) – 30 beds, ratio 1:4-6
  • Medical-Surgical Level 7 – 27 beds, ratio 1:5-6
  • Medical-Surgical Level 8 – 48 beds, ratio 1:5-8
  • Skilled Care – 33 beds, ratio 1:8-10
  • Emergency Department (ED) – 15 beds (ratios TBD)

Required Certifications

• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) if working in CCU or ED

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 5 years nursing experience
• Prefer 1 year ICU or 1 year ED experience
• Ideal candidate is an ICU/Stepdown traveler comfortable floating to lower acuity units
• Must be flexible, adaptable, and have multi-functional expertise with strong problem-solving skills

Clinical Responsibilities

• Manage patient care including ADLs, vital signs, bathing, toileting, feeding, repositioning, answering call lights, and blood sugar monitoring
• Titrate drips (e.g., Heparin) in ED and CCU
• Manage critical drips independently in these units
• Troubleshoot respiratory equipment (ventilators, trachs, BiPAP, CPAP, High Flow, Airvo) as needed
• Read and interpret telemetry strips, print strips, perform measurements, and identify rhythms (monitor techs available 24/7)

Support Staff & Team Structure

• Charge nurse present on each shift and unit; may take patient assignments as needed
• Patient care techs/nurse aides available with ratios approximately 1:7-15
• Respiratory therapists assigned to multiple units for breathing treatments and respiratory equipment management
• Telemetry/monitor techs available 24/7

Orientation

• 1 day unit-specific orientation plus 1 day with a preceptor
• Orientation provided for only one unit before independent assignment

Additional Information

• Must comply with a 50-mile radius rule for submissions (driver’s license required)
• Licensing issues must be disclosed at time of submission
• Scrub color/dress code: Navy Blue
• Unit assignments communicated via text message within 2 hours prior to shift start
• Expected to clock in on assigned unit and complete daily timesheets

Common Patient Diagnoses

• NSTEMI
• Pneumonia
• Sepsis
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Diverticulitis and others