Registered Nurse Critical Care Float Pool
Highmark Health
Registered Nurse Critical Care Float Pool
Highmark Health
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RN FLOAT POOL CRITICAL CARE (ICU):
West Penn Hospital’s Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who cover all areas of their specialty and clinicalexpertise. Thereisa variety of types of patients we receive and the level of acuity in the departments. This grouping includes thecritical care/burnunit isa 16-bed unit caring for both adult and pediatric patients.
**This position receives a $7/hour allowance per West Penn CBA.**
WEST PENN HOSPITAL:
West Penn Hospital has four-time Magnet® recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking and a generous benefit package (for full-time and part-time status employees). They are nationally recognized for their burn care, and the only pediatric burn center in western Pennsylvania to be verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons. They are also ranked in the nation's top-50 hospitals for OB-GYN care by the US News and World Report.
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK:
At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers,patientsand communities.AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The Registered Nurse is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. Scheduling requirements for nurses in the Enhanced Float Pool must be balanced within each specific Section of the Float Pool. This is not dependent on the total number of FTEs. (i.e., if there are seven (7) PCU nurses scheduled in a week, one (1) nurse should be scheduled per day). Unit groupings or cluster assignments are defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum
2 years acute care nursing experience required in ICU
Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR – American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association - American Heart Association
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) American Heart Associationpreferred
NIH Stroke certification preferred
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Responsibilities:
Demonstrates clinical assessment skills and care planning skills.
Provides safe and effective care for theagepopulation served according to regulatory requirements.
Professionally directs and manages the activities of the patient care delivery by the team members.
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team for the plan of care from admission through discharge.
Assesseslearningneeds ofpatientand family and provides education based on age,cultureand willingness to learn.
Additional Employment Requirements:
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
CPR certification
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