RN - Acute Float Pool, Days

Join Guthrie Lourdes Hospital as a Full-Time Acute Care Float Pool RN

Guthrie Lourdes Hospital is hiring Full-Time, Day Shift Acute Care Internal Float Pool RNs to support multiple inpatient units. This is a great opportunity to broaden your skills, avoid burnout from a single unit, and gain flexibility—without sacrificing stability or support.

As an Internal Float Pool RN, you'll work within Guthrie Lourdes Hospital only, floating between designated acute care units based on staffing needs and your skill set. You'll be supported by experienced unit teams and leadership who understand what float nurses need to succeed.

Schedule & Coverage

• Three 12-hour shifts (7:00 AM – 7:00 PM)
• Weekend rotation required
• Predictable scheduling with consistent day shifts
• No bouncing between facilities—one hospital, one team

What Makes This Role Stand Out

• Up to $25,000 Sign-On Bonus for experienced RNs
• Variety without chaos – sharpen skills across multiple acute care units
• Professional growth – ideal for nurses who want broad experience or future advancement
• Strong clinical support – you're never "on your own"
• Work/life balance – days only, fewer scheduling surprises

RN Benefits That Actually Matter

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance starting the 1st of the month after hire
• PTO accrual begins Day 1
• Relocation Assistance up to $12,000 (based on distance)
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $7,500 annually after just 90 days
• 403(b) Retirement plan with employer match
• Welcoming, collaborative nursing culture built on respect and teamwork

Recognized as a Top Healthcare Employer:

• Best Places to Work 2025 - Modern Healthcare
• America's Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare 2025 - Newsweek
• America's Best-In-State Employers (PA) 2025 - Forbes
• America's Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals 2025 - Forbes
• America's Best Employers for Women 2025 - Forbes

Be Part of a Legacy of Care

For more than 100 years, Guthrie Lourdes Hospital has served the Binghamton community as a trusted 197-bed acute care hospital. Our nurses are at the heart of everything we do, and we're committed to creating an environment where you feel supported, challenged, and valued.

Position Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence-based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Essential functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.

Education, License & Cert:

• Registered Nurse in the State of Practice.
• BSN in Nursing preferred.
• Any previously agreed upon effective date for obtaining a Bachelor's degree in nursing between individuals and facilities will remain in effect, including those who transition to their position from the NLRN Program.
• Any contract with specific time frames for obtaining a bachelor's degree in nursing will supersede the above point and will remain in effect.
• Specialty Certification is preferred
• BLS certification.
• ACLS is unit dependent.

Experience:

The Registered Nurse must be a registered nurse currently licensed in the state of employment with at least one year of experience. Alternately, the Registered Nurse may have less than one year of experience if they have been transitioned to their position from the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse Residency (NLRN) Program. The Registered Nurse must meet the individual nursing unit specifications regarding educational requirements during employment. Must maintain BLS certification. ACLS is unit dependent. Specifications regarding educational requirements during employment are determined by the Nursing Department and Nursing Unit.

Essential Functions:

1. Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patients' care. Develops updates and coordinates the patients' plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the continuum. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains the currency of essential competencies as required by a specific area of hire and population served.
2. Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, beliefs of those we serve.
3. Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patients/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team, including student; Facilities formal and informal learning for patients/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community.
4. Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient safety, self-safety, and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes.
5. Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices at the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence-based practice.
6. Leader in Practice Setting & Community: demonstrates leadership as change agents using the collaborative leadership skills of advocacy, influence and innovation. In partnering with colleagues appropriately delegates, coordinates care, and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Models professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
7. Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs.
8. It is understood that this description is not intended to be all-inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of the position.

Other Duties:

1. Proficiency in Information Technology, such as electronic health records, communication systems, computers, and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position.
2. Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.
3. Ability to use independent, critical judgment in all aspects of patient care delivery.
4. Demonstrated interpersonal skills that convey a positive and supportive attitude.
5. Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, urgent responses, and challenging situations.

The pay rate for this position is $39.00 - $54.12 based on experience.