RN FLOAT Admissions Specialist - Central Staffing Office - FT - 1st Shift
Huntsville Hospital Health System
Huntsville, Alabama
Health system employer
- Shift
- Days
- Unit
- Float-Pool
Posted Aug 20 · Not open to new grads
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Days
- Orientation
- Residency program
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Floating required
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
More role details
- Experience
- 1+ years
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Pay
- Similar roles post
- Similar AL staff roles post $31/hr to $41/hr
AL staff postings that state pay run $28/hr to $51/hr, the middle half $31/hr to $41/hr, across 92 postings.
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About this role
Overview
The Resource RN performs the patient/family interview, history, assessment, discharge planning and documentation process. The RN assessments include: skin/wound, fall risk, pain, home medications, allergies, psycho/social, spiritual/cultural, nutritional and functional. The assessment alos includes presence of central lines, pacemakers, or other assistive devices and a complete review of systems.
The RN orients patient/family to room and unit, reviews admission packet (advanced directives, patients rights/complaints, pain, Speak Up initiative) and completes admission forms. The RN assists in explaining the Communication Board to the patient and family. The RN initiates telemetry monitoring.
The RN identifies patients needs and priorities for care through assessment. The RN will initiate the Medication Reconciliation process.
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The RN performs discharge teaching, documents, and discharges patients prior ro admissions arriving on unit and as available throughout shift
The RN assists the Unit Director in maintaining compliancy with hospital Core Measures and Quality compliance.
Qualifications
Education
High School Diploma/GED required.
Graduate from and accredited School of Nursing required.
License, Certification and/or Registration
Current Alabama or Multistate Nursing license required.
BLS for Healthcare Providers required by end of Orientation period.
Experience
One year of medical/surgical nursing with admissions experience required.
Additional Skills/Abilities
Assessment skills and good oral and written communication skills.
Proficient computer skills.
Follows HH guidelines for customer service and communication.
Observes key principles in patient, family and staff interactions
Utilizes critical thinking in performing a complete assessment on all patients based on unit scope of care.
- Takes appropriate action based on assessment findings
Initiates medication reconciliation per hospital guidelines.
Utilizes critical thinking skills in performing the discharge planning, teaching, documenting and discharge of patient.
Develops and implements interdisciplinary plan of care based on identified needs involving patient/family
Initiates interdisciplinary teaching based on identified needs involving patient/family
Documentation meets current HH standards and policies.
Assumes accountability for completing patient assessments, collecting, compiling and communicating data, which reflect the admission process.
Maintains patient confidentiality
Initiates telemetry monitoring
Maintains current knowledge with unit quality and assist in teaching information to unit staff.
Performs other duties as assigned.
About Us
Highlights of our hospitals
Huntsville Hospital was recently named Best Regional Hospital and #2 in Alabama by U. S. News & World Report . With 971 beds, a specialized Orthopedic & Spine Tower, a Level III Regional Neonatal ICU, and the largest Emergency Department and Level 1 Trauma Center in the state with our own specialized Red Shirt Trauma Program, there are many opportunities to apply your knowledge and skills. We are a certified Primary Stroke Center and named "One of the Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation with Great Heart Programs." From six cath labs and four EP labs to multiple medical and step-down units, you can continually grow your skillset!
We offer a training center on campus for continuing education, Shared Governance Program, Clinical Ladder for professional development, The Daisy Award, and if you are a new grad, a Nurse Residency Program to help you transition from student to professional nurse. We care about you and your well-being by offering an excellent benefits package, childcare, health and wellness programs, an onsite employee pharmacy, a free health clinic, tuition assistance, and much more. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are a partner to the U. S. Army’s Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) program.
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Huntsville Hospital
Benefits
We are committed to providing competitive benefits. Our benefits package for eligible employees includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending; short term and long term disability; several retirement account options with 401K organization match; nurse residency program; tuition assistance; student loan reimbursement; On-site training and education opportunities; Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!
Learn more about Huntsville Hospital Health System
- Careers : https://careers.hhsys.org/careers-home
Benefits
https://careers.hhsys.org/us/en/benefits
- Education & Professional Development : https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/education
- Life In Huntsville : https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/about-huntsville-al
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Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- Graduate from and accredited School of Nursing required.
Place
- City
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Median rent
- $1,171/mo
- Local household income
- $74,714/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Huntsville area index 93.1, where 100 is the national average.
Rocket City gives you Saturn V rockets at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, weekend wandering through Twickenham's antebellum porches, and hikes up Monte Sano's wooded bluffs. A cost-of-living index of 93.1—about 7% below the national average—means your nursing pay stretches further where Cummings Research Park anchors a rising biotech scene.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
You would be applying into Huntsville Hospital Health System in Huntsville, Alabama. The surrounding city is where the concrete picture is clearest right now: cost of living sits about 7% below the national level, most commutes fall in the 15–30…
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