Registered Nurse (RN) - Float ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Solara Specialty Hospitals Harlingen
Harlingen, TX

In addition to our competitive base rates, you are also eligible to earn up to $18 more per hour.

ScionHealth is committed to a culture of service excellence as demonstrated by our employees’ adherence to the service excellence principles of Pride, Teamwork, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Fun, Professionalism, and Responsibility.

As our most acute level of care, our specialty hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.

Job Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) – on Full-time or Part-time basis - provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation. A Float Pool RN develops the nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family and interdisciplinary staff as necessary. They communicate changes in patient’s clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager, and co-workers as appropriate. As well as participate in discharge planning process.

This role will require travel to all Kindred Hospitals within a designated market, approximately a 30 mile radius. Reporting structure includes Administrative reporting to the Area Staffing Program Manager, and clinically to assigned location’s clinical leadership, supported by the Workforce Management Clinical Manager.

Essential Functions:

• Maintains the standard of nursing care and implements policies and procedures of the hospital and nursing department.
• Directs, supervises, provides and evaluates nursing care provided to patients. 
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs and condition of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of the task, and within scope of practice of the staff to whom the task is delegated.
• Assigns nursing care team members in accordance to patient needs, team member’s capabilities and qualifications.
• Documents patient admission assessment and reassessments, patient care plans and other pertinent information, completely in the patient’s medical record according to nursing standards and policies.
• Performs assessment on all patients on admission and reassessments as per policy.  Makes referrals to other disciplines based on assessment.
• Develops nursing care plan of assigned patient on admission, updates plan of care as needed and ensures plan of care is coordinated with patient, family, and other members of the team.
• Assesses and reassesses pain.  Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.  Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Revises the plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment, and evaluates overall plan daily for effectiveness.
• Performs patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age.
• Receives physician’s orders, ensures transcription is accurate and documents completion.
• Administers medication utilizing the five rights of medication administration reducing the potential for medication errors.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
• Assists physicians with examinations, treatments and special procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills within scope of practice.
• Performs treatments and provide services to level of licensure.
• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.  Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families.  Functions as liaison between administration, patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers.
• Interacts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care.
• Interprets data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
• Performs all asp