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Registered Nurse - Float - Children's Resource Team - Flex

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Sanford Health

Fargo, North Dakota

You'll float across Children's Hospital units, including Pediatrics, the Pediatric Day Unit, the PICU and the NICU.

Eligibility
PedsPediatrics, Pediatric Day Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care UnitSign-on bonus

Posted Oct 11

Shift and hours
Rotating day and night shifts. Schedule: Day/Night Rotation, every other weekend, every other holiday.28 hours a week
Unit and setting
Children's Hospital, all areas. · Hospital A team of RNs who work in all areas of the Children’s Hospital including Pediatrics, Pediatric Day Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Pediatric, pediatric day unit, PICU and NICU patients.
License
RN license Unencumbered RN license where you practice, or multistate license in an NLC state.
Term
Permanent Job Schedule: FlexFlex schedule.

Do you qualify?

License
Unencumbered RN license where you practice, or multistate license in an NLC state. Check your license
Education
Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Also asks
Department-specific competencies and certifications, obtained and maintained. Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Also asks
Drug screen and background check after an accepted offer. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Preferred

Education
BSN preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred.

What it pays

Against similar roles
Top of Fargo staff RN payFargo staff RN postings that state pay run $30/hr to $35/hr, the middle half $32/hr to $34/hr, across 127 postings.
Float differential
This position will have additional float pool incentive of $2.50 as well be eligible for additional night and weekend shift differential pay. This position will have additional float pool incentive of $2.50 as well be eligible for additional night and weekend shift differential pay.
Sign-on bonus
$10,000
Extra pay
$2.50 float pool incentive plus night and weekend shift differential.
Bonus
$10,000 sign-on bonus with a commitment. $10,000 sign-on bonus with commitment for eligible applicantseligible applicants
Pay reviews
Applicable experience is reviewed and factored into any offer. Applicable experience would be reviewed and factored into any potential offer.

Benefits

  • BenefitsHealth insurancehealth insurance
  • BenefitsDental insurancedental insurance
  • BenefitsVision insurancevision insurance
  • BenefitsLife insurancelife insurance
  • Benefits401(k) retirement plan401(k) retirement plan
  • BenefitsWork/life balance benefitswork/life balance benefits
  • BenefitsGenerous time off packagegenerous time off package

The role and schedule

Floating
Covering units for census or acuity spikes, vacations and medical leaves. Staff who are members of this team fill unit needs that occur due to above average census or acuity, vacations and medical leaves.
Day to day
Pediatric rapid response, trauma and code blue response. This group also fills the role of the Children’s Hospital Rescue Nurse who responds to Pediatric Rapid Response, Pediatric Trauma Codes and Pediatric Code Blues.
Day to day
Giving nitrous oxide for pediatric procedures. A Children’s Rescue Nurse also provides Nitrous Oxide for pediatric procedures and acts as one of many resources for nurses providing direct patient care.
Hours stated
Schedule: Day/Night Rotation, every other weekend, every other holiday.
Weekends
Every other weekend. Schedule: Day/Night Rotation, every other weekend, every other holiday.
Holidays
Every other holiday.
Details
Assignment can change every day. The nurse working in this area has the ability to be flexible and intelligent as their assignment can be different every day.

The workplace

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Sanford Health
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Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through sign-on bonus repayment terms?
  • What should I expect for 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?
Build questions for this role

On your path

Pediatrics is open from year one. Children's hospitals run their own new grad residencies.

Original listing

Posted on Sanford Health’s careers page.

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Careers With Purpose

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.

  • Facility: Sanford Med Ctr Fargo
  • Location: Fargo, ND
  • Address: 5225 23rd Ave S, Fargo, ND 58104, USA
  • Shift: Rotating

Job

Schedule

Flex

Weekly Hours: 28.00 Salary Range: $34.00 - $48.00 Pay Info: Sign-on bonus available to eligible applicants!!

Department Details

A team of RNs who work in all areas of the Children’s Hospital including Pediatrics, Pediatric Day Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Staff who are members of this team fill unit needs that occur due to above average census or acuity, vacations and medical leaves. The nurse working in this area has the ability to be flexible and intelligent as their assignment can be different every day.

This group also fills the role of the Children’s Hospital Rescue Nurse who responds to Pediatric Rapid Response, Pediatric Trauma Codes and Pediatric Code Blues. A Children’s Rescue Nurse also provides Nitrous Oxide for pediatric procedures and acts as one of many resources for nurses providing direct patient care.

Schedule

Day/Night Rotation, every other weekend, every other holiday.

This position will have additional float pool incentive of $2.50 as well be eligible for additional night and weekend

  • shift differential pay.

Applicable experience would be reviewed and factored into any potential offer.

Various growth opportunities available within this position and Sanford

$10,000 sign-on bonus with commitment for eligible applicants

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for utilizing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide individualized nursing care to patients. Collaborates with other inter-professional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care. Demonstrates competency and practices within the full scope of nursing expertise/knowledge and utilizes appropriate age and population specific standards as designated in their assigned clinical setting.

Cares for patients in all phases of preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up as patients move along the continuum of care. Responsible for the planning and coordination of care, patient assessment, patient education, triage, and various other nursing interventions. Functions within the scope and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in state of practice and licensure.

The Sanford Professional Nursing Practice recognizes the Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as published by the American Nurses Association as the foundation of nursing care delivery and professional conduct.

Qualifications

Graduate from an accredited nursing program required, including, but not limited to, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA). Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred.

Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state. Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .

Sanford has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Job Function: Nursing Featured: No

What's around it?

In Fargo, ND

Fargo, NDFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 9% below the US average

Median rent
$946/mo
Household income
$66,998/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

See Fargo, ND

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