Emergency Room Float Pool

About the role

As a Emergency Room Float Pool, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Responsibilities

The Emergency Room Float Pool Nurse performs direct patient care within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act. The RN utilizes therapeutic communication in daily practice, maintains a safe therapeutic environment, and identifies nursing problems as they relate to the individual needs of the patient. This role also plans individualized patient care while utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, participates in performance improvement activities, provides care, and coordinates participation that fosters the goals of the hospital’s mission and vision statement. When acting in the charge nurse role, RNs are responsible for day-to-day activities to ensure the delivery of quality patient care in a therapeutic environment. Make staff assignments based on patient need, acuity and the skill of the staff. Serve as role models and clinical resource for the staff. Respond in a timely manner to requests for information or follow-up with physician, staff or patient issues.

• Assess plans and evaluate the patients care needs and will carry out physician orders.
• Administer prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs.
• Monitor, record, and communicate patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems.
• Instruct and educate patients and families as part of a Multidisciplinary Care Planning team.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing required
• Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) with the Tennessee Board of Nursing or compact state required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 6 months of hire
• 2 years of clinical nursing experience in an emergency room is required

Benefits

TriStar Centennial Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.