Job Description

Overview:

Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 15 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 15,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.

Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.

Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.

HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Summary:

Registered Nurse - Float Pool

• 36 hours/week
• Nights - 12 hour shifts
• Could float to St. Clare, St. Mary\'s, St. Vincent, or St. Nicholas Hospitals
• Schedule is done 6 weeks in advance - more specifics given at interview
• Generous Incentive pay for being in the Float Pool
• For more info contact: jody.lloyd@hshs.org

The Registered Nurse (RN)-Regional Float is designated to float to ministries/units across a region (multiple ministries) within the state. Will float to specialty area(s) based on RN competency level. Completes appropriate competency and cross-training required to float to designated units. Promotes and restores patients\' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Float may be assigned to units/ministries reflecting lower level patient acuity based on needs of the organization. Qualifications:

Education

Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice is required.

Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in nursing is preferred.

Experience

1 year of relevant clinical experience as a Registered Nurse in specialty area is preferred.

Certifications, Licenses and Registrations

Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice is required.

Wisconsin: RNs may begin employment with a valid multi-state RN license; a WI RN license will be required within 30 days of establishing permanent residency.

Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.

Certification in area of specialty is preferred but, in some cases, may be required to float.

HSHS St. Vincent Hospital