Rn Womens & Children’s Float Pool

Overview

The Women and Children’s Healthcare (WCH) Float Pool RN will provide direct patient care and support to patients in the following care areas:
Pediatrics, PICU, RNICU, Post‑Partum (Mother and Baby) and support roles in Labor and Delivery. As a member of the Women’s and Children’s Health Float Pool, the RN is expected to strive for the highest standards of excellence every day, demonstrating Exemplary Covenant Values, Outstanding Clinical Skills, and Amazing Flexibility. The role includes leadership, direction and feedback to care team members, assessment, collaboration and coordination regarding the plan of care, patient and family education, pain management, patient safety, and planning for discharge.

This person will assist patients to move safely and effectively through their hospital stay and demonstrate excellent customer service performance in accordance with Covenant Health Care’s Vision, Mission and Values and commitment to Extraordinary Care for Every Generation.

• Supports the organization’s patient flow efforts through compliance with unit and Patient Services policies.
• Remains flexible in cooperation with 24‑hour staffing patterns and scheduling needs for provision of care in all WCH units.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service, communicating with patients and families in a professional, therapeutic, and courteous manner.
• Has clinical and social contact with patients of all age groups and is able to assess, care for and treat them according to Covenant Health Care guidelines.
• Performs assessment and synthesizes data collected by self and others in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on the patient’s physiologic, psychologic, and cognitive status.
• Formulates and coordinates a goal‑directed plan of care prioritized based on determined nursing diagnoses and identified patient care concerns.
• Delegates, supervises and implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner using and adhering to established standards.
• Collaborates effectively with all health‑care disciplines to facilitate patient outcomes, assess readiness for discharge, and anticipate discharge needs.
• Identifies patient learning needs and their ability to follow through, including discharge instructions, implementing appropriate measures to meet these needs.
• Exhibits nursing judgement and critical thinking within the framework of the nursing process.
• Administers medications as outlined by Patient Service guidelines and policies.
• Documents all patient care observations and interventions in the electronic medical record accurately, clearly, and in a timely manner following established policies.
• Actively participates in quality management.
• Updates and maintains knowledge, skills and competencies related to area of practice and patient population ages.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and unit function, maintains patient rights and confidentiality, and supports risk management activities.
• Participates in patient care and unit activities to achieve compliance with all regulatory, patient safety, infection control, and safety requirements.
• Attends unit conferences, in‑service programs, and continuing education activities in each area to meet the needs of the patient population and the organization’s overall goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Graduation from an NLN‑accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse with current licensure in the State of Michigan.
• BLS certification required.
• PALS and/or NRP required within six (6) months of hire or transfer.
• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience in Pediatrics, PICU, Post‑Partum, Labor and Delivery, or RNICU.

• Computer competency, including Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well with the public and remain tactful in often hectic and stressful situations.
• Clinical nursing skills.
• Sound judgement in handling confidential or sensitive issues and material.

• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state and local standards.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, twisting, reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, near vision, mid‑range vision, far vision, depth perception, visual accommodation, color vision, and field of vision.
• Occasional lifting up to 100 lbs.
• Occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and squatting.

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