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Registered Nurse Inpatient Float Pool

Company: Vanderbilt Health
Location: Franklin
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

Beginning of the main content section.Return to the home pagePrintable Format Job Description - Registered Nurse Inpatient Float Pool (2301791)Job Description Registered Nurse Inpatient Float Pool-2301791Job: Registered NursePrimary Location: TN-Lebanon-Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH)Organization: VWCH Float Pool 214066Shift: 7pm - 7amDescription Registered Nurse- Float Pool

Full Time

Vanderbilt Wilson Co Hospital





Role Summary:

Responsible for assessing, implementing, and evaluating care for various patients within the facility. Reports directly to the Clinical Director of the unit. This position works in conjunction with other members of nursing service, ancillary services, physicians, patients, and families. It collaborates with various members of the healthcare team to ensure quality of care across the continuum. Requires the ability to be self-directed and quality focused. Interpersonal communication skills are a necessary function of this position.

Department Summary:

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Float Pool assists with staffing many areas including 8 different areas within the VWC Hospital. Float Pool supplemental staffing provides a crucial service for our customers, not only to ensure safe quality patient care, but provides support for our unit colleagues as well. You will be offered opportunities to expand your knowledge and maintain an expansive skill set which will enable to you to become a resource to others.



Position Shift:

12 shifts


Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

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. It is a place where your diversity - of culture, thinking, learning and leading - 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.



Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital:

For more than 40 years, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (formerly Tennova Healthcare - Lebanon) has been a place of healing and connection for patients and families in Wilson County and the surrounding area. The two-campus facility is the sole provider of inpatient and outpatient medical services in Wilson County. Known for comprehensive services, recognized care, and a commitment to the community, VWCH became a part of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center family (VUMC) in August of 2019.

Recognition Awards for Quality

Joint Commission certified in total Hip and Knee Replacement
The Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center
American College of Cardiology Accredited Chest Pain Center
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program :(MBSAQIP) as a Comprehensive Center
American College of Radiology Accreditations - Mammography and Ultrasound
Accredited by American Academy of Sleep Medicine


Click here for more information: www.VanderbiltWilsonCountyHospital.com



Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.



Achieve the Remarkable:

Learn more about VUMC Nursing:

Nursing Careers: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/index.html
Benefits: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/benefits.html
Our Nursing Philosophy: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/philosophy.html
Our Nursing Leadership: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/leadership.html
Shared Governance: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/shared-governance.html
Education & Professional Development: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/professional-development.html
Life In Nashville: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/nashville.html
VUMC Nursing: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vanderbilt-nursing

Basic Qualifications
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program (or equivalent experience)Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):

  • Registered Nurse Required
  • BLS Within 3 months
    Additional Qualification Information:





    • ACLS, PALS (Required within 3 months of Hire)
      Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:





      • Heavy Work category requiring exertion of 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 to 50 lbs. of force frequently and/or up to 10 to 20 lbs. of force continually to move objects.
        Movement





        • Occasional: Sitting: Remaining in seated position
        • Occasional: Lifting over 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device
        • Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.
        • Occasional: Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles
        • Occasional: Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
        • Occasional: Kneeling:Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.
        • Occasional: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
        • Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
        • Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one's feet without moving.
        • Frequent: Walking: Moving about on foot.
        • Frequent: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another
        • Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.
        • Frequent: Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in large and small spaces
        • Frequent: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.
        • Frequent: Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.
        • Frequent: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.
        • Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.
          Sensory





          • Frequent: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.
          • Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information
          • Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.
          • Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.
          • Continuous: Feeling: Ability to perceive size, shape, temperature, texture by touch with fingertips.
            Environmental Conditions







            • Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.
            • Frequent: Pathogens: Risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.




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              Discover Vanderbilt Health: Located in Nashville, TN, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, Vanderbilt Health 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. It is a place where diversity - of culture, thinking, learning and leading - 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.
              Text NURSE to 26232 or click below for more information.
              Achieve the Remarkable!
              Click to Learn more about Vanderbilt Nursing:

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