ICU

RN – Float Pool

Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM, 3x12 schedule (rotating weekends and holidays)

Contract Duration: 13 weeks

About the Role

You'll work as a Float Pool RN, moving between ICU, Telemetry, Med/Surg, and PCU units. This role demands flexibility, strong clinical skills, and the ability to deliver safe, compassionate care across multiple patient populations and acuity levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to patients ranging from critical to intermediate acuity
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and respond quickly to changes in condition
• Manage advanced life support equipment including ventilators, arterial lines, central lines, and hemodynamic monitors
• Administer medications, including titratable drips, per physician orders
• Collaborate with intensivists, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams on care planning
• Conduct hourly patient rounding and bedside shift reports
• Perform code interventions and rapid response as needed
• Educate patients and families on treatment and care needs
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation
• Adhere to infection control and patient safety protocols

Required Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted RN license in Kentucky
• Minimum 1 year of RN experience; Telemetry experience required
• ADN or ASN required
• BLS (American Heart Association) – required within 90 days of hire
• ACLS (AHA) – required within 6 months of hire
• PALS – required within 6 months of hire
• NIHSS – required within 6 months of hire
• Nonviolent crisis prevention training (before end of orientation; maintained annually)
• Annual influenza vaccination required

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN degree
• Recent specialty experience; ICU or critical care experience is a plus
• Candidates holding ACLS, PALS, and NIHSS certifications are strongly preferred
• CCRN certification

Physical Demands

Frequent lifting, pushing, and pulling over 35 lbs; frequent walking, repetitive motion, and bending. Regular exposure to blood, body fluids, sharps, and airborne infectious diseases.