Critical Care Float RN
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. - 913 North Dixie Avenue

Float Pool RN (Intensive Care Unit)

• Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky
• Employment type: Clinical, Nursing
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 3x12 hour shifts, 7a-7p, weekend and holiday rotation
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Role Overview

The RN implements evidence-based professional nursing practice centered on the whole patient. Responsibilities include:

• Performing and documenting comprehensive assessments, and developing a prioritized problem list
• Fully implementing patient care therapies and procedures, and recognizing and responding to changes in patient condition
• Educating patients and families, and coordinating discharge planning with Case Management and others
• Delegating tasks and overseeing team members' patient care
• Participating in unit quality improvement activities, such as patient satisfaction, falls, pressure ulcers, CAUTIs, and documentation audits

Float scope: 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.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Kentucky
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Critical Care Float experience of 1 year, with experience within the last year
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience
• Telemetry experience
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association

Job Expectations

• Hourly patient rounding and bedside shift report
• Prioritizing care as patient needs change
• Ongoing communication with physicians and other departments
• Flexibility and time management across multiple units
• Adherence to infection-control protocols and patient privacy and confidentiality requirements

Physical requirements: Frequent lifting, pushing, and pulling over 35 lbs; frequent walking; repetitive motion and bending; and color discrimination for clinical cues.

Exposure: Regular exposure to blood, body fluids, sharps, and airborne infectious diseases.