Care Partner - Adult Float Pool Nights

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Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated.

It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUH Inpatient Float Pool

Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

Are you a highly skilled and experienced Care Partner with a passion for delivering exceptional patient care? If you have acute care experience and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want YOU on our team!

Become part of the VUMC Adult Float Pool community, where flexibility meets opportunity!

• Work Across 37 Units: From Med‑Surg to Stepdown and ICU, you'll gain exposure to a wide variety of patient populations and clinical settings.
• Expand Your
  
  Skills:
  
  Develop a broad skill set and deepen your expertise in acute care.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a team that values communication, teamwork, and mutual support.

• Administer Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Take and record vital signs
• Perform lab draws
• Conduct acute checks
• Place Foley catheters and perform straight catheterizations
• Coming soon: Assist with wound care

You’ll play a critical role in supporting licensed nurses and ensuring the highest standards of patient care across our diverse units.

VUMC Benefits start on Day One! We care for our team members with a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 403b Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Career Growth Ladder Opportunities

Required:

High School Diploma or GED (or equivalent experience)

• Current enrollment in a professional nursing RN program with successful completion of the first semester (including nursing fundamentals clinical), or
• Graduation from a Nursing Assistant or Aide Training Program within the past year (certificate of completion required), or
• Minimum of one year of recent experience (within the past two years) as a care partner, nursing assistant, or patient care technician.

• 2+ years of recent (within the last 6 months) direct patient care in a hospital environment.
• The successful candidate will have current experience in Med/Surg and/or ICU.

• Full‑Time Day Shift - 6:45 am - 7:15 pm (three 12-hour shifts/week)
• Full‑Time Night Shift - 6:45 pm - 7:15 am (three 12-hour shifts/week)
• Shifts do rotate throughout the week
• Note:
  
  Set schedules are not available. Schedules are determined by unit clinical staffing needs.
• Night shift employees are required to attend hospital orientation during regular daytime hours during the first week of employment, which encompasses Monday, Thursday, and Friday.

• Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Assists with day to day delivery of patient care.
• Facilitates efficient and safe patient care and flow by following work area standards.
• Serves as a liaison for communication and education of patient and family needs.
• Supports unit operations and patient flow by maintaining supplies, equipment and unit environmental standards.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• Planning & Organizing (Fundamental Awareness):
  Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments and responsibilities. Appropriately matches equipment, and capital resources to task demands. Prepares and presents clear and accurate status reports on projects and assignments.
• Clinical Competencies (Novice):
  Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency to assist and perform clinical care including but not limited to vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen collection, medication administration and point of care testing as directed by unit standards.
• Care Partner Patient Documentation (Fundamental Awareness):
  Has limited experience or training working with clinical applications for patient…