RN - Float (Clinical Resource Unit)

Clinical Resource Unit Nurse

The Clinical Resource Unit (Float pool) is committed to our Nursing Professional Practice Model; we believe in caring relationships with our patients, families, community, and colleagues to provide exceptional care. In the clinical resource unit, our dedicated nursing staff, nurse leaders, interdisciplinary team members, and physician partners practice on providing specialized medical and nursing care to various inpatient units including Medical-Oncology, Surgical-Orthopedic, Cardiovascular care unit, Progressive Care unit, Mental health unit, and Acute Rehab. Our highly-trained staff utilizes the most current technology and equipment. Medical diagnoses include but are not limited to coronary artery disease, angina, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, syncope, congestive heart failure, strokes, cancer, cellulitis, post-surgical care, and chest pain. Fast-paced, exciting, and always evolving.

Job Description

• Performs all responsibilities and duties required by unit as specific to the scope of service.
• Implements procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
• Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
• Completes initial assessment upon patient admission and develops appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and that is based on patient and family needs.
• Implements plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
• Modifies plan of care based upon continuous evaluation.
• Takes responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
• Communicates with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues.
• Offers constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers and confers with colleagues to expand knowledge base.
• Identifies own learning needs and takes initiative to begin appropriate solution.
• Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.
• Floats to various inpatient units including Medical-Oncology, Surgical-Orthopedic, Cardiovascular Care unit, Progressive Care unit, Mental health unit, and Acute Rehab.
• Provides direct nursing care and collaborates with other multidisciplinary team members to provide patient care to various patient populations.
• Conducts and documents assessments, nursing diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care.
• Acts as a resource to staff from various units.
• Coordinates care with multidisciplinary team members to facilitate and provide the highest possible quality patient care.
• Manages care of acute and chronically ill cardiac and pulmonary patients.
• Collaboratively identifies patient goals of care, designs and maintains care plans with patient and family.
• Implements interventions as needed including medication administration and evaluation of effects.
• Prepares patients for procedures, pain management, IV venipuncture, blood administration, monitors labs.
• Discharges patients and provides instruction for safe transition from hospital.
• Documents all care using EMR.
• Ensures team huddles are occurring and attends.
• Delegates with appropriate follow-up.
• Answers call lights.
• Ensures basic care such as turning, toileting, etc., is done per standards of care.
• Manages conflict effectively.
• Communicates professionally with all team members.
• Provides post-operative care for the complex surgical population.
• Assesses and intervenes appropriately to ensure positive outcomes during the post-operative phase.
• Assesses, manages, and educates patients and families.
• Receives patient bedside shift report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring the inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change, and updating of the patient communication board found in each patient room.
• Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCTs and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
• Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensuring physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding completion on each assigned patient, care plan documentation, and patient education.
• Provides patient medications utilizing the patient 5 Rights: Right patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right dose, and Right Time.
• Maintains patient safety as the highest priority level: ensuring safety measure compliance such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and patient ambulation safety.
• Maintains a positive attitude at all times on unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment.
• Keeps a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests/medical needs.
• Uses critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and uses nursing judgment to identify and act on changes in patient status.
• Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination, and patient safety.

About Us

Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups, and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world's first engineering-based medical school. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $31.65 per hour - $54.44 per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked, and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.