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Registered Nurse, PRN Float Pool

Posted Oct 15 · 2 years of experience

License
RN license Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing required.
Term
Per Diem

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License
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing required. Check your license
Certification
American Heart Association (AHA) BLS required upon hire.
Certification
Must meet all unit-specific certification requirements (PALS, ACLS, NRP).
Certification
BLS (Basic Life Support)
Certification
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
Certification
NIH Stroke Scale Certification
Experience
The Float RN demonstrates strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and the ability to quickly integrate into diverse patient care teams while maintaining excellence in patient outcomes, patient experience, and regulatory compliance.
Also asks
Supports leader and charge nurse decisions. Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse as required.
Also asks
The Hospital-Based Float RN provides professional nursing care to patients across multiple inpatient and emergency care settings, including Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Department (ED), Medical-Surgical, and Telemetry units. This role is designed to support organizational staffing needs by delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care in a variety of clinical environments.
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Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
Also asks
Models practice consistent with unit operations to ensure safe, timely effective, efficient, equitable, patient-centered care.
Also asks
Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

Preferred

Certification
CCRN or specialty certification Preferred: CCRN or specialty certification
Education
Associate’s degree required. BSN preferred.
Experience
Two (2) year previous RN experience required. (Recent experience in ICU, Emergency Department, Telemetry, and/or Medical-Surgical nursing preferred.)

The workplace

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University of Maryland Medical System
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  • Can you walk me through base pay range?
  • What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
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  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Original listing

Posted on University of Maryland Medical System’s careers page.

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Job Requirements

The Hospital-Based Float RN provides professional nursing care to patients across multiple inpatient and emergency care settings, including Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Department (ED), Medical-Surgical, and Telemetry units. This role is designed to support organizational staffing needs by delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care in a variety of clinical environments. The Float RN demonstrates strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and the ability to quickly integrate into diverse patient care teams while maintaining excellence in patient outcomes, patient experience, and regulatory compliance.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks Provides care of unit-specific and/or hospital-based patient population; independently practices with solid knowledge and clinical skills; engaged in advancing own practice. Utilizes and integrates evidence into practice. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.

Serves as clinical resource as needed. Supports leader and charge nurse decisions. Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse as required.

Models practice consistent with unit operations to ensure safe, timely effective, efficient, equitable, patient-centered care. Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing required.
  • Associate’s degree required. BSN preferred.
  • Two (2) year previous RN experience required. (Recent experience in ICU, Emergency Department, Telemetry, and/or Medical-Surgical nursing preferred.)
  • American Heart Association (AHA) BLS required upon hire.
  • Must meet all unit-specific certification requirements (PALS, ACLS, NRP).

Work Experience Certifications

Required

  • BLS (Basic Life Support)
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
  • NIH Stroke Scale Certification
  • Preferred
  • CCRN or specialty certification

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Flat Rate: $60.00

Other Compensation (shift differentials if applicable)

$3.50 weekends

What's around it?

In Easton, MD

Easton, MDFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 5% above the US average

Median rent
$1,197/mo
Household income
$74,653/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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