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Registered Nurse (RN) Float Pool Critical Care (ICU) Nights

You'll float to all the ICU floors, plus the EC, Bone Marrow Transplant and Adult Congenital Heart.

Posted Aug 18 · 9 months of experience

Shift and hours
Nights, 7p-7a · 7p-7a shifts Shift: Nights 7p-7a (Full & Part time available)
Unit and setting
CICU, 3 floors · Hospital CICU (3 floors)
License
RN license RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License CompactRN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
Term
Permanent Shift: Nights 7p-7a (Full & Part time available)Full-time or part-time available

Do you qualify?

License
RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact Check your license
Certification
BLS from the American Heart Association CPR - Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
Experience
9 months professional nursing experience 9 months professional nursing experience (required)
Also asks
PALS knowledge
Also asks
Respiratory fit testing all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Preferred

Experience
2 years EC and/or ICU RN experience *Preferred 2 years EC and/or ICU RN experience
Experience
Pediatric experience *Pediatric experience preferred

The role and schedule

Floating
Critical Care team floats to ICU floors, EC, BMT and Adult Congenital Heart Critical Care Team: floats to all ICU floors, inclusive of EC, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Adult Congenital Heart.
Floating
Flex team floats to all ICU floors, all acute care floors and the EC Flex Team: floats to All ICU floors, All Acute Care floors and the EC.
Unit
PICU, 4 floors PICU (4 floors)
Unit
NICU, 3 levels NICU (3 different levels)
Unit
Bone Marrow Transplant Bone Marrow Transplant
Unit
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Hours stated
Nights 7p-7a (Full & Part time available)

The workplace

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Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
  • What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
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On your path

ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.

Original listing

Posted on Texas Children's Hospital’s careers page.

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We are searching for a Nightshift Pediatric Registered Nurse (RN) for our Float Team - someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting. In this position you’ll provide quality nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principles and cost-effective care. Think you’ve got what it takes?

There are two teams within our Float Pool we are hiring for

Flex Team: floats to All ICU floors, All Acute Care floors and the EC. Critical Care Team: floats to all ICU floors, inclusive of EC, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Adult Congenital Heart. Acute Care -

  • General Med/Surg Transplant
  • Surgical/Ortho
  • Rehab
  • Neuro
  • Pulmonary/Endo/Adolescents
  • PHMU
  • CPCU
  • Cancer Center

Critical Care –

  • CICU (3 floors)
  • PICU (4 floors)
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • NICU (3 different levels)
  • EC
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • *Preferred 2 years EC and/or ICU RN experience
  • *Pediatric experience preferred
  • Shift: Nights 7p-7a (Full & Part time available)

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in nursing, associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
  • 9 months professional nursing experience (required)
  • RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
  • CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
  • The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills, good time and resource management skills, flexibility, strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of unit-specific equipment, and knowledge of the nursing process, critical thinking skills, PALS, and interdisciplinary collaboration

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate), culture, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner
  • Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects changes in patient status
  • Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information and changes to the patient’s condition; communicates this information to other health care team members and documents in the medical record
  • Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences and documents in the medical record

What's around it?

In Houston, TX

Houston, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent
$1,361/mo
Household income
$64,813/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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