High Acuity Float Pool RN
Seattle, Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center and Seattle Medical Center

High Acuity Float Pool RN

Overview

• Role: RN (Registered Nurse)
• Specialty/Unit: High Acuity Float Pool
• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Facility: Virginia Mason Medical Center

Assignment Details

• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days
• Hours per week: 36
• Hours per day: 12

Required Qualifications

• Licenses: WA or Compact RN license
• Certifications: BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), NIHSS
• Experience: 2 years ICU experience
• Skills/experience required: EPIC experience; prior floating experience (float pool shifts, other facilities, and/or floating to other floors/units)
• Clinical expectations: Ability to titrate drips

Preferred Qualifications

• High acuity experience
• For night shift candidates only: experience with CRRT, Impella, ECMO, IABP, and PA catheters is helpful

Unit Details

• Float pool includes: Critical Care Unit, Observation, Med Surg, General Surgery, Ortho Surgery, Short Stay Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Telemetry, and Progressive Care
• Common patient types: Medical, Surgical, Neuro, and cardiac
• Typical staffing: Assignments are 1-2 depending on acuity; may be 1-3 if acuity is lower or there are transfer orders
• Charge nurse/house supervisor: Charge/Res are free
• Nurse aides: Usually 1-2 depending on daily census
• Respiratory equipment: Vent, High flow, Bipap, cpap
• Monitoring: Phillips monitors; at least 1 monitor tech; RNs read strips
• Scheduling: Self-scheduling
• Weekend requirement: 3 weekend shifts per schedule
• Holiday requirement: Yes
• Call/standby: No
• Scrub color: Royal Blue

Orientation

• General Hospital Orientation
• Myles Modules
• Cerner Validation class
• On-unit orientation: 2 shifts in the ICU

Additional Notes

• Parking is paid by the traveler; garage parking has daily and monthly options, or the traveler can use the Kings County Transit System.