Registered Nurse - Campus Float

Job Summary

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. The role offers hands‑on support in a fast‑paced care environment where each shift directly impacts patients and families. The position is part of the Campus Float department.

Responsibilities

• Uses standards of medical‑surgical nursing practice to increase quality of care and quality of life for patients, families, and significant others by systematically evaluating nursing practice.
• Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate with patients, families, and significant others to develop individualized care plans.
• Applies the nursing process to develop and implement plans of care, collect assessment data, determine nursing diagnoses, set expected outcomes, implement interventions, and evaluate results.
• Develops assessment and management strategies that consider physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of health.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness on each patient’s multidimensional status.
• Coordinates and collaborates with patients, families, communities, and interprofessional team members to assess needs, set goals, plan interventions, provide care, and evaluate outcomes.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, significant others, and other health‑care providers to support culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane decision‑making within available resources.
• Educates patients, families, and significant others about measures that promote, maintain, restore health, or provide comfort.
• Fosters a healthy work environment by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others.
• Applies evidence‑based practice and scientific knowledge to medical‑surgical nursing, ensuring care is age‑specific and aligned with the department’s Scope of Service.
• Maintains constant alertness and works safely; may perform point‑of‑care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.

Experience

One year registered nurse experience (Ministry Float) or two years registered nurse experience (Regional Float).

Physical Requirements

• Frequent: speech for oral communication; standing, walking; lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling objects 0‑25 lb; sitting, reaching, keyboard use; near and far vision; color discrimination; smell detection; hearing for communication, body sounds, alarms.
• Occasional: lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling objects 25‑50 lb; patient lifting/moving; bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements; driving.
• Rare: crawling and running.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association.
• Registered Nurse (RN) license appropriate to the work location (Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin) or a Compact State RN license.

Schedule

Part‑time, 24 hours per week, rotating shifts.