Registered Nurse (Float Pool) - Nights

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (Float Pool) – Nights

• Coverage: Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital (candidates must be available for both locations)

• Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week with rotating weekend and holiday schedule

• Differential: Additional $5.00/hour for eligible float pool hours

Description

This inpatient float pool RN role supports acutely ill patients through the full nursing process—assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation—while collaborating with patients, families, physicians, and the health care team. The nurse ensures care aligns with ANA standards, the organization’s ethics and compliance expectations, and all regulatory and accreditation requirements. Practice is guided by the best available evidence, including research findings.

Responsibilities

• Prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care for acutely ill patients using the nursing process

• Interact effectively with patients, significant others, and health team members while maintaining ANA standards

• Collect and analyze patient data, identify outcomes, develop and implement individualized plans, and evaluate progress

• Direct care and determine appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in direct patient care

• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff and create documented outcome-focused plans

• Participate in shared governance, committees, and unit projects

• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions in the health record and individualize the plan of care

• Use evidence-based information, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• BSN or ADN; commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within three years of first day of employment in the clinical nurse role

• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to collaborate with others

• Strong analytic abilities

• Emergency Room additional requirements: ACLS; PALS/ENPC and TNCC within one year of hire

• Pediatric Emergency Room additional requirements: Pediatric Advanced Life Support; TNCC within one year of hire

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits designed to support employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protect against unexpected life events

• Benefits details available via the company benefits page (see posting URL)

• Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification

• Sign-on bonus eligibility rules apply when included in a posting (internal employees/rehires within 1 year not eligible; exception for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical Registered Nurse position at NM)