Senior Registered Nurse - Float Personnel

Senior Registered Nurse-Hospital

The Hospitals: When you need critical medical care, whether it's a surgery, laboratory work, bringing a new life into the world, or for those unexpected emergencies, you can trust your neighborhood hospitals, Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) and Santa Paula Hospital to address your needs. VCMC is a fully-integrated, comprehensive system of hospital, clinic and specialty services. The system provides access to health care to all residents of our county, with special emphasis on providing access to care for the underserved and those facing barriers. Santa Paula Hospital offers a comprehensive list of inpatient and outpatient services and full-service departments for diagnostic procedure, treatment, aftercare and ongoing care.

The Position: The Ventura County Health Care Agency is seeking experienced nurses for the Float unit to supplement staffing in designated hospital units of the Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC). The Ideal candidates will promote excellence and safety in professional nursing practice.

Distinguishing Characteristics: The Senior Registered Nurse-Hospital is distinguished from other staff nursing classifications in that incumbents demonstrate advanced competency skills reflecting specialized knowledge specific to the assigned hospital unit; participate in performance improvement processes; and provide technical direction. Incumbents are expected to work at the full scope of their licensure/specialty area with a decreasing amount of supervision commensurate with their experience.

Float Pool Assignments: Float Pool assignments will be flexibly staffed within a specialty unit or cluster providing additional support across both VCMC and Santa Paula Hospital campuses. Candidates assigned to Float Pool will not be regularly assigned to any designated unit, but instead will work in two (2) specialty units/clusters designated as:

• Medical/Surgery (MS3), Telemetry Units (MS1 & ICU1) & Admitted patients holding in ED (ED holds)
• Intensive Care Unit, DOU, PACU, IR, Admitted patients holding in ED (ED holds)

Depending upon area of assignment, additional specialty experience and/or certification(s) may be required.

What We Offer: The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements, that includes:

• Educational/Bilingual Incentive: Incumbents may be eligible for an educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree that is not required for the classification. Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill. In order to qualify for this incentive, incumbents in eligible positions must take and pass the applicable bilingual fluency examination.
• Certification Pay: $0.813 per hour based on scheduled work week hours for each qualified certification up to a maximum of five (5) certifications. One of the five certifications may be paid at $2.00 per hour for a National Certification.
• Evening Shift Differential: 7.5%
• Night Shift Differential: 15%
• Weekend Shift Differential: $2.00 per hour
• Continuous County Service Incentive Pay: 1% for 7 years, 1.25% for 12 years and 1.5% for 17 years
• Preceptor Pay: $2.50 per hour
• House Supervisor Pay: $4.00 per hour
• Charge Nurse Premium Pay: $2.50 per hour
• Float Nurse Premium Pay: $3.50 per hour
• In-House Registry Pay: Non-overtime is 1.75 straight time base hourly rate. Overtime is 2 times base pay straight time base hourly rate
• Standby Premium Pay: ¼ of regular hourly wage or Federal minimum wage (whichever is greater)
• Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
• Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.

Agency/Department: Health Care Agency – Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital