Float Registered Nurse (Inpatient Medical-Surgical)

Quick Facts

• Schedule: three 12-hour night shifts per week (7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m.)
• Weekends: every third weekend (Friday and Saturday nights)
• Holidays: rotating holidays throughout the year
• Pay: eligible for float, shift, and weekend differentials

Description

Float Registered Nurse provides inpatient nursing care for acutely ill patients by applying the nursing process from assessment through evaluation. You will coordinate and document individualized care plans, analyze patient data to support outcomes, and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff while meeting organizational, ethical, and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care through the nursing process
• Delegate and coordinate nursing care, including appropriate use of patient care assistants
• Collect and analyze patient data to identify outcomes and develop individualized plans
• Maintain professional nursing practice standards and communicate effectively with patients and significant others
• Create and document an outcome-focused care plan, including care-delivery communications
• Collaborate with patients, family members, physicians, and ancillary staff to support care delivery
• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects
• Evaluate and document patient responses to interventions and individualize the plan of care
• Use best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities

Benefits

• Wide range of benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events
• Detailed benefits information available via the employer benefits page
• Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification
• Sign-on bonus eligibility rules may apply (e.g., internal employees/rehires within 1 year are not eligible; new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical Registered Nurse position may be eligible)