Emergency Department Float Registered Nurse

We’re excited to offer newly enhanced, highly competitive, sign-on bonuses to experienced RNs with at least 12 months of experience!

Why join our float pool?            

• Float within specialty to increase your skills

• Newly increased differentials, applicable for all shifts

• Work fewer holidays!

Tufts Medicine has a new Community RN Career Pathway plan that allows you to grow with us, no matter where you are in your nursing journey. This plan provides Lowell General Hospital nurses with a roadmap for compensation and purposeful professional development based on their experience and career aspirations.

Job Summary:

This is an exceptional opportunity to work in a fast-paced Emergency Department (ED) and to join a 3-time Magnet-recognized, community-based hospital.

Lowell General Hospital is an outstanding place to work and offers amazing

advancement opportunities for our staff.  We have competitive salaries & benefits, shared governance, tuition reimbursement, clinical mobility tracks and free on-campus parking. Staff are encouraged to participate in our unit-based council or one of the many council opportunities.

Our Emergency Departments work collaboratively to provide the best care possible for our patients!

Hours:
Nights, 7p-7a

The Saints campus Emergency Department provides care for Behavioral Health patients in its 24-bed Emergency Department and in the 16-bed secure holding Behavioral Health area.  This is a terrific opportunity for Behavioral Health Registered Nurses to expand their critical care skill set and for Emergency Department nurses to join a close-knit team that has experience working with critical care and behavioral health patients.  Our Saints ED uses a multidisciplinary team of staff including Registered Nurses, ED Techs, Mental Health Techs, Board Certified Emergency Department Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners including Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Respiratory Therapy, Phlebotomy, Radiology and CT Techs, and Public Safety staff. This position will provide care for Behavioral Health patients, as well as general ED patients.

Our Main Campus ED

• 60,000 visits annually

• 50 licensed beds, with 5 different care areas

• Pediatric ED

• Staffed with board-certified Emergency Medicine Pediatricians- Behavioral Health section of ED

• Verified American College of Surgeons Level 3 Trauma Center

• Certified Stroke Center

• Primary Angioplasty program

• DPH SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) program

Our Emergency Department Float Nurses float between the two locations to

provide the best care possible for our patients!

Float Requirements:

• ASN required- BSN preferred

• BLS

• Require minimum experience of 18 months as an RN

• Preferred minimum experience of 2 or more years as an RN in the position’s specialty

• Float RNs are required to float across multiple specified units within their assigned specialty. This may include floating to multiple units within a single shift.

What We Offer: 

• Clinical Advancement Program which provides advancement opportunities and financial rewards 

• Competitive salaries & benefits

• Paid certification and educational opportunities, including BLS, ACLS, CPI, ECCO CCRN review courses.

• 403(b) retirement plan with company match

• Shared governance, where nurses are encouraged to participate in unit-based councils or one of the many other council opportunities 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Clinical mobility tracks

• Free on-campus parking

Magnet Designation: 
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) honored Lowell General Hospital with Magnet Recognition for excellence in nursing care with our 3rd designation achieved in August 2020. The Magnet Recognition Program recognizes healthcare organizations that are dedicated to nursing excellence, professionalism and patient-focused care. It is the highest level of recognition an organization can receive for providing the very best quality in patient care. Only 2% of hospitals have attained a 3rd Magnet designation.  

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