RN Float Pool – MedSurg/Tele

Job Title: RN Float Pool – MedSurg/Tele
Job Location: Colorado Springs , CO 80907 - Varies – Float Position (Base is Float Zone’s City Center)
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 11+ Months (Possibility of Extension)

Pay Rate: $65/hr. on W2


Job Description:
This is a float pool RN position with no assigned home unit or facility. Float assignments are centralized, originating from the float zone’s city center, and may change on a schedule-by-schedule basis.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data
• Evaluate patient’s response and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes
• Develop and implement patient plan of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and according to nursing standards
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including (but not limited to):
  • IV insertions
  • Incision/wound care
  • Medication administration
  • Catheterization
  • Specimen collections
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient
• Provide education to patients and families based on learning readiness, needs, and abilities; evaluate effectiveness of teaching
• Recognize the patient/designee as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated care that respects preferences, values, and needs
• Deliver relationship-based care that actively engages patients in their care and respects cultural differences and human diversity
• Delegate appropriately to non-RN personnel in compliance with State Board of Nursing and facility policies
• Utilize time, staff, equipment, and supplies effectively to provide high-quality, cost-effective care
• Serve as a professional role model, demonstrating ethical, legal, and professional standards
• Manage patient flow and resources by matching nursing competencies to patient/unit needs
• Follow standards of care, hospital policies/procedures, and regulatory guidelines
• Function collaboratively within nursing and inter-professional teams, encouraging open communication and shared decision-making
• Precept and mentor new staff or nursing students as required
• Seek learning opportunities and continuing education for ongoing professional development
• Maintain professional records to demonstrate competency and lifelong learning
• Evaluate nursing practice against standards and regulations, and take action to meet identified goals
• Participate in hospital and unit-based meetings and organizational initiatives
• Understand the value of measurement and quality improvement
• Use quality metrics to improve outcomes, patient experience, and safety
• Engage in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research initiatives
• Apply current healthcare research and evidence to improve clinical knowledge and performance
• Perform charge nurse duties when required

 
Minimum Experience Requirements:

• One year of experience preferred
• Demonstrated nursing skills and knowledge base appropriate to medical-surgical/telemetry specialty

 
Baseline Float Requirements:

• Floating may be required to any client location within a 60-mile radius of the original assignment location or within the client-defined float zone
• Float assignments may include duties outside of the original job description or skill set, per client policy