Acute Care Float

Registered Nurse (RN) - Float Pool

Make your move to Alaska! Experience the midnight sun in the summer a front-row seat to the northern lights in the winter and the opportunity to advance your experience and skills as you enjoy the Alaskan lifestyle. Foundation Health Partners (FHP) is looking for Registered Nurse's to join the Float Pool team!

Pay & Benefits:

• Compensation: 38.42-63.35 hourly wage based on experience and education
• Relocation Assistance: up to $7,500
• Temporary Housing: 90 Days
• Additional Pay: Shift Differential Annual Increases Paid Time Off
• Benefits: medical vision dental 401k with employer match
• Education Benefits: FHP Tuition Assistance Student Loan Forgiveness. Tuition reimbursement after one year.
• Other Benefits: Onsite Gym Wellness Programs Discount programs

Shifts Available:

• Full Time Nights 36hr/wk 12hr Shifts

Our float pool team at Fairbanks Memorial is beloved across the organization. We are responsible for staffing 6 units across the hospital. Our float responsibilities include floating to:

• Behavioral Health
• 3West surgical unit
• Pediatrics
• 2South medical unit
• Womens Center for mother/baby couplet care
• Intensive Care unit

This job is ideal for an independent learner who loves to critically think in a flexible and fast-paced environment. No two days are the same when you are in the float pool and you’ll soon make friends all over the hospital. We would love for you to expand your knowledge base and learn to care for a variety of patients in a supportive and team based environment.

About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital:

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is a non-profit facility owned by the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation. A Joint Commission-accredited facility with 152 licensed beds Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is the primary referral center for residents of Alaska's interior. We have a strong patient to nurse ratio and a culture of Shared Leadership. In addition to our exceptional clinical environment our location offers incomparable lifestyle rewards away from work. In Fairbanks small-town living spectacular natural beauty and endless recreation combine to create a one-of-a-kind place to live work and play.

Living in Fairbanks:

• As the second largest city in Alaska Fairbanks offers a unique blend of large-town amenities breathtaking landscapes and plenty of wide-open space making this community one of the most special in the country.
• With a rich history and plentiful diversity Fairbanks is proud to be called the Golden Heart City and only once you visit will you understand the name to be true.
• No state income tax and no sales tax.
• Second largest city in Alaska at 100,000 residents.
• College Town the University of Alaska Fairbanks UAF Community & Technical College
• Military Community Ft. Wainwright Army Post & Eielson Air Force Base.
• 15 Elementary Schools | 4 Middle Schools | 4 High Schools | 10 District Schools of Choice| robust youth sports programs
• Summer activities: Midnight sun hiking fishing camping gold panning kayaking berry picking rafting rock climbing recreational flying community-wide festivals live music and events.
• Winter activities: Northern lights skiing snowshoeing snowmobiling hockey curling ice fishing dog mushing ice climbing hunting ice art word class hot springs community-wide art shows and festivals etc.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses patient physical psychological social spiritual educational developmental cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care including the discharge plan utilizing assessment data and patient family and health team input.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care coordination delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Evaluates patient and family response to care and teaching and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Documents assessment planning implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely effective efficient equitable and safe care.
• Performs all functions according to established policies procedures regulatory and accreditation requirements as well as applicable professional standards.

Qualifications:

• Must possess a valid current or temporary Alaska RN license.
• Requires the knowledge and skills normally demonstrated by an Associate's degree in nursing.
• BLS certification is required.
• May require ACLS PALS or additional certification and/or continuing education based on area of practice.
• Requires creative thinking prioritizing and flexible problem solving skills. Also requires the ability to communicate clearly in both verbal and written forms.
• Experience working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse.

Foundation Health Partners is an EEO/AAP employer qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status.