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Are you ready for an incredible adventure working in an award-winning culture of love, trust, and connection where compassionate, personalized experience are always in action? Look no further, Gundersen Health System is now hiring a part-time Hospital Float Pool RN in La Crosse, WI! This is a wonderful opportunity to explore different areas of nursing while having variety in your days.
What you will do:
- Fulfill 60 hours every 2 weeks; 0.75 FTE; 12-hour rotating day (0630-1900) and night (1830-0700) shifts; every third weekend; two holidays per year.
- Train in a variety of hospital units including medical-surgical, critical care, and inpatient behavioral health.
- Become certified to use the NIH Stroke Scale while developing critical thinking skills to respond and care for stroke alerts in the hospital.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, CNAs, and RNs.
What you will get:
- Starting pay of $37.08/hour + more for experience!
- Earn an additional $2.50/hour for float differential.
- Shift, weekend, and holiday differentials.
- Support to grow in your career with access to our Career Development Center and Tuition Investment Program.
- Top-rated retirement plan and healthcare benefits.
- Have your voice heard through our Nursing Shared Governance Councils.
- Support in your daily work by your Clinical Manager and Professional Development Nurse.
- A team that believes in a strong teamwork model.
- A department where new and experienced nurses can continue to grow and be challenged.
- Our department of nursing is visionary and innovative with such things as our recent implementation of virtual nursing within our medical surgical units.
What you need:
- Minimum of Associate Degree in Nursing.
- RN licensure to practice in the state of Wisconsin upon hire.
- Current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers.
- New graduate and experienced RNs are welcome to apply.
Job Description:
The registered nurse (RN) focuses on the health and wellness of individuals, families, and populations in collaboration with other health care professionals by incorporating evidence-based practice in the management of acute illness, chronic disease, disability, and end-of-life care. The RN utilizes the nursing process and aligns practice with organizational policies, professional nursing standards, and regulatory practice acts.
Major Responsibilities:
- Assessment: Systematically and holistically assesses the patient’s physiological, emotional, sociocultural, spiritual, and financial status while considering lifestyle preferences and learning needs.
- Planning: Collaborates with patients, families, and health care professionals to develop a patient-centered plan of care to promote health and optimize wellness.
- Intervention: Provides competent and innovative patient care and education based on patient complexity, acuity, and nursing judgment within a culture of caring and safety.
- Documentation: Documents nursing assessment, planning, interventions, implementation, and patient/family response.
- Evaluation: Determines patient's progress toward achieving goal(s), and revises plan of care in collaboration with patient/family as needed.
- Delegation and Supervision: The RN delegates, supervises, and evaluates the effectiveness of tasks performed by Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) or Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP).
- Leadership: Guides, directs, and influences others by participating in activities such as quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.
- Professional and Organizational Responsibilities: Accepts accountability, elicits feedback, clarifies issues and concerns, and works toward resolving problems or conflicts.
Education and Learning:
REQUIRED
Associate degree in Nursing.
Work Experience:
REQUIRED
No experience required.
License and Certifications:
REQUIRED
Registered Nurse (RN) licensed minimally in the state of practice.
If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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