What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse-Float Pool (PRN) position at Ashe Memorial Hospital?
🌙 Now Hiring: Float Pool RN – Night Shift (PRN)
📍 Ashe Memorial Hospital | West Jefferson, NC
Join a team where your skills make a difference—every night.
At Ashe Memorial Hospital, our mission is:
"To meet the needs of the community by delivering patient-centered, high-quality health care."
🏆 Voted Ashe’s Best Place to Work (2022–2025)
🏥 Recognized for Best Hospital, Best Surgeon, Best Physician, Best Nurse, and Best Medical Practice
This is your chance to provide exceptional care across multiple departments in a hospital that values teamwork, professional growth, and patient-first care.
⏰ Hours & Schedule
- Night Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
- PRN / as needed
- Days will vary
- No supervisory responsibilities
- No travel required
🩺 Your Role: Float RN
As a Float Pool RN, you will deliver direct, patient-centered nursing care across multiple departments—adapting quickly to meet patient needs wherever help is needed most. You are essential in ensuring high-quality care for a diverse patient population.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide compassionate emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends
- Deliver direct nursing care based on assessments, diagnoses, planning, intervention, and evaluation
- Administer medications safely using electronic health records and scanning procedures
- Assist physicians during examinations and treatments
- Monitor patient status, documenting changes and reporting as needed
- Perform head-to-toe assessments and reassessments for all age groups
- Maintain safe, clean, and infection-controlled environments
- Prioritize care and use critical thinking in emergency and high-stress situations
- Float between departments as needed, supporting all areas equally
- Participate in orientation, mentoring, and quality improvement initiatives
- Maintain competency in all assigned float departments
âś… Required Qualifications
- Active RN license in North Carolina
- BLS Certification
- ACLS Certification (obtained during orientation)
- PALS Certification (obtained within 3 months)
- Recent experience in medical-surgical, emergency, or critical care
đź’ˇ Ideal Candidate
- Flexible, adaptable, and quick to respond in diverse clinical settings
- Strong communicator and team player
- Committed to professional growth and continuous learning
- Patient-centered, with a passion for providing high-quality care
📝 Requirements
- Willingness to receive all required vaccinations
- Compliance with hospital policies, dress code, and HIPAA regulations
đź“© How to Apply
Submit:
- Application
- Resume
- Cover letter (including gaps in employment and reasons for separation)
📌 Background check and pre-employment drug screen required upon conditional offer
🌟 Why Ashe Memorial Hospital?
Work in a supportive, award-winning environment where you can make a big impact in a small community—while experiencing growth and professional fulfillment.