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South County Health is an independent, non-profit healthcare system offering a comprehensive range of advanced inpatient, outpatient and home health services. Accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC), SCH is made up of South County Hospital, South County Home Health, and South County Medical Group. South County Health has received numerous distinctions for patient care and safety, including a 5-star rating on HCAHPS scores, a 5-star rating by CMS for overall hospital quality, and A’s for hospital quality and patient safety by The Leapfrog Group. Having celebrated over 100 years of service to southern Rhode Island, South County Health offers an exceptional opportunity to provide our patients with the best care possible while enjoying a healthy work-life balance. Our worksite wellness program was recently recognized as one of the top fifty such programs nationally. We offer competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package which includes, health, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, 403b, PTO, and a broad range of career development benefits and opportunities.

Salary Range:

$33.85 to $44.17 + float pool differentials **(starting at $3.00 extra/hour and can go up to $6.00 extra/hour)

Job Summary:

The Float Pool RN coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary approach in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Provides comprehensive care for the life span of patients, where applicable. Effectively delivers patient care through Nursing Process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, Implementation and evaluation.

The Float Pool RN works on different units throughout the hospital due to staffing and patient demands. Depending on the candidate's qualifications, incentives are added to base rate of pay as follows: -Float 1: Acute Care Med Surg Patient on any unit:: Med/ Surgical, Borda, Ortho, Telemetry, ICU, & WNCU (Med Surg) will be paid an additional $3.00 per hour incentive. -Float 2: Cardiac rhythm Recognition, ACLS certification, monitoring of patients on continuous cardiac monitoring/telemetry, All Level I Units plus ED and WNCU (post-partum) will be paid an additional $4.00 per hour incentive. -Float 3: Additional skills to manage Critical Care patient (for example: BiPAP/CPAP, intubation, mechanical ventilation, invasive monitoring, conscious sedation). All Level I and II Units (Independent/ Full Assignment). Includes PACU will be paid an additional $5.00 per hour incentive. -Float 4: Additional training to procedural nursing specialty areas: All Level I, II, and III Units and IR, Cath Lab, Endo will be paid an additional $6.00 per hour incentive.

Minimum Qualifications:

ASN required; BSN preferred. BLS from American Heart Association required at minimum. One year of acute care nursing experience required.

What separates us from other organizations?

+ Competitive Pay and Benefits

+ Earn an Extra $20,000+ in added benefits over 2 years!

+ Housing Stipend - $500 per month Through May 31, 2026

+ Student Loan Repayment – over 5 years, monthly increases every year total of $20,000, starting at $200, escalating

+ Signing Bonus - $3,000, first half after 90 days, 2nd half after one year; requires 2-year commitment

+ Night Shift Differential

+ Tuition Assistance

+ Referral Bonuses when you refer a friend to SCH

+ Work at night and enjoy the beach in the sun

+ Avoid traffic

+ Resource Nurse available on third shift to provide additional support clinical questions or complex clinical issues