RN Float Pool/Registry (Periop/Cath Lab Service Line), West Penn Hospital

Company :

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description : 

RN Float Pool Perioperative, West Penn Hospital

West Penn Hospital’s Periop Float Pool are highly trained expert RN’s who will be able to function in four specialty areas: ASC, GI Lab, PACU and either OR or Cath Lab.

**This position has a $7/hour additional allowance on top of base rate per West Penn CBA.** 

• West Penn Hospital’s OR has 17 operating rooms and one Cystoscopy suite. West Penn is the robotic hub of the health system, a dedicated burn center and a bariatric center of excellence, performing a variety of specialty procedures ranging from robotics, general, bariatrics, women’s health and oncology. 

• GI Lab at West Penn Hospital is a dynamic procedural unit specializing in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. The unit averages 25 adult patients per day. RN’s will be expected to function in pre-procedure assessment, circulating cases, and post anesthesia recovery when in this area.

• ASC (Pre-op) is a 10-bay unit.

• PACU is an 18-bay recovery area.

• West Penn Hospital’s Cath Lab has a STEMI Program. It has 2 procedural rooms performing 800 procedures a year. RN’s will be expected to function in the pre- and post-op areas as well as the procedural area.

WEST PENN HOSPITAL:

West Penn Hospital has Magnet® recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking and a generous benefit package (for full-time and part-time status employees).

 

ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK: 

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities.  AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.  

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The Registered Nurse is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. Scheduling requirements for nurses in the Enhanced Float Pool must be balanced within each specific Section of the Float Pool. This is not dependent on the total number of FTEs. (i.e., if there are seven (7) PCU nurses scheduled in a week, one (1) nurse should be scheduled per day). Unit groupings or cluster assignments are defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Minimum 

• 2 years acute care Operating Room or Cath lab experience 

• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). 

• CPR – American Heart Association 

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association - American Heart Association preferred 

• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate 

• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate 

• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate 

Responsibilities:  

• Demonstrates clinical assessment skills and care planning skills.  

• Provides safe and effective care for the age population served according to regulatory requirements.  

• Professionally directs and manages the activities of the patient care delivery by the team members.  

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team for the plan of care from admission through discharge.  

• Assesses learning needs of patient and family and provides education based on age, culture and willingness to learn.  

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