Registered Nurse Med Surg Market Float Pool

Company: St. David's Medical Center
Location: Round Rock
Posted on: October 12, 2021

Job Description:

Description

Introduction

St. David's Medical Center is committed to investing in the latest technology enabling nurses to work more efficiently. Are you passionate about delivering patient-centered care? Submit your application for Registered Nurse Med Surg Market Float Pool position and spend more time at the bedside with the patient.

Benefits

At St. David's Medical Center we want to ensure we support you through all stages of your life as a nurse. We offer eligible colleagues an attractive benefit package that includes medical, wellbeing, dental and vision benefits along with some unique benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Flexible Spending
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Personal Leave
• 401K (100% annual match - 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)
• Academic Assistance and Reimbursements for Tuition and Student Loans
• Employee Discountsincluding Tickets, Retail, Mental Health Apps, Education Apps, Identity Theft Protection etc.
• Home, Auto, and Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability coverage
• Adoption Assistance
• Legal Benefits and lots more!

Learn more about Employee Benefits

You contribute to our success let us contribute to yours! Whether you choose to focus on bedside care, a leadership or C-suite role, shape business and operational outcomes, or work to deliver clinical excellence behind the scenes in data science, case management or transfer centers. Unlock your potential at St. David's Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Austin Market Float Pool, you will be responsible for performing patient assessments, developing a plan of care, implementing and evaluating care. You will be responsible for directing, monitoring and evaluating the care delegated to non-licensed personnel on the team.

Austin Market Float Pool (AMFP) employees are required to float to all St. David’s HealthCare System Facilities. AMFP nurses will be scheduled in units in which they have competencies and can be placed in a unit below their competency level with a modified assignment.

• You will perform and document patient assessments at the time of the admission
• You will create a plan of care, including discharge plans, revise the plans based on the patients’ response to treatment and regularly evaluate plans for effectiveness
• You will document the outcomes of nursing interventions and patient responses
• You will provide educational materials to patients and families on care and treatments
• You will administer medications and complete treatments according to hospital policy
• You will perform venipuncture, administer and maintain IV fluids and IV medications
• You will review all new physician orders, ensure that orders are carried out and documented correctly, and verify that other departments are notified of orders and services
• You will notify the Charge Nurse and/or physician of changes in patient status
• You will provide accurate and relevant patient information reports to the on-coming shift to ensure continuity of care

Market Float Pool RNsare scheduled in accordance with the Staffing and Scheduling- Nursing, RN Floating - Healthy Workplace Environment (HWE) and Attendance policies. Requirements of RN unit based, facility based, or system based pools are based on which pool they are in.

Full Time: Minimum of 36 hours per week. Two weekends (or four weekend shifts) per 4 week scheduling period is required. The weekend is defined as Saturday and Sunday.

PRN: Minimum of 24 hours per week. One weekend shift is required per 4 week scheduling period.

One Major holiday for the first half of the year (January-June) and one Major holiday the second half of the year (July-December). One Minor holiday for the first half of the year (January-June) and one Minor holiday the second half of the year (July-December).

One Major holiday for the first half of the year (January-June) and one Major holiday the second half of the year (July-December). One Minor holiday for the first half of the year (January-June) and one Minor holiday the second half of the year (July-December).

Market Float Pool employees will be required to float to all St. David’s Healthcare System Facilities. Market Float Pool Nurses will be scheduled in units in which they have competencies. Market Float Pool Nurse can be placed in a unit below their competency level with a modified assignment.

What qualifications you will need:

• 2 years of nursing experience in two areas of hospital nursing patient care.
• Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN) from accredited Nursing program
• Current State of Texas Registered Nurse license or Compact Registered Nursing License. If Compact License Texas license must be obtained within 90 days of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required as per St. David’s Healthcare policy
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification required per St. David’s Healthcare Policy – within 60 days of hire

St. David’s HealthCare, which is one of the largest healthcare systems in Texas and the third-largest employer in the Austin area. St. David’s HealthCare was formed through a unique partnership between HCA Healthcare and two local non-profits — St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation.

HCA Healthcare has been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for over a decade.  In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Med Surg Market Float Pool opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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