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

Registered Nurse (Float Pool)

Location: Weirton, West Virginia
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Days
Hours: 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week
Schedule:

• Self-scheduling with 3 shifts per week
• Schedule made 4 weeks in advance
• Every other weekend required
• Holiday rotation participation possible (split between groups)
• No call or standby requirement

Unit Assignments & Patient Ratios

• Float to multiple units of varying acuity levels 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)

• Assignments communicated via text message within 2 hours before shift start

• Nurses clock in on assigned unit and complete daily timesheets

Patient Population & Common Diagnoses

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

Required Certifications & Licenses

• Current RN license (West Virginia)
• BLS certification required
• ACLS certification required if working in CCU or ED

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 5 years nursing experience
• Prefer at least 1 year ICU or 1 year ED experience
• Ideal candidate is an ICU/Stepdown traveler comfortable floating to lower acuity units
• Prior travel experience not explicitly required

Clinical Responsibilities & Skills

• Manage patient care across multiple units with varying acuity
• Comfortable with patient ratios ranging from 1:2 up to 1:10
• Expected to titrate drips (e.g., Heparin) in ED and CCU
• Manage critical drips independently in higher acuity units
• Perform ADLs, vital signs, bathing, toileting, feeding, repositioning, answering call lights, blood sugar monitoring
• Troubleshoot respiratory equipment (ventilators, trachs, BiPAP, CPAP, Airvo) alongside RTs
• Read and interpret telemetry strips; print strips, perform measurements, identify rhythms
• Work with tele/monitor techs available 24/7

Orientation & Training

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

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
• Dress code: Navy blue scrubs
• Charge nurse present on each shift; may take patient assignments as needed
• Nurse aide/patient care tech ratios approximately 1:7-15, assisting with basic care tasks