What are the responsibilities and job description for the ICU/ED RN – Day Shift (Float Role) position at Guthrie?
Earn up to a $25,000 sign-on bonus while building advanced critical care experience across both the ICU and Emergency Department at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital—all on a consistent day shift schedule.
Looking for variety in critical care without bouncing between facilities? This role offers the chance to work across both the ICU and Emergency Department at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital—all within a single location, on a consistent day shift schedule.
As a float RN supporting two high-acuity departments, you’ll expand your clinical expertise while maintaining stability in your work environment. No system-wide floating, no travel—just meaningful, skill-building experience within one hospital.
Whether you’re coming from ICU, ED, or a mixed critical care background, this position is designed to broaden your capabilities while keeping your schedule and team grounded.
What Makes This Role Different:
- Practice in both ICU and Emergency Department settings
- Day shift schedule with consistent hospital placement
- No floating to other Guthrie locations
- Earn float premium pay while building advanced critical care skills
Compensation & Incentives:
- Up to $25,000 Sign-On Bonus
- Float Pool Premium Pay
- Weekend, and holiday differentials
Benefits For You:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off and holidays
- Tuition reimbursement and continuing education
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Your Impact:
- Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in acute settings
- Adapt quickly across ICU and ED environments
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
- Strengthen critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills
About Guthrie Lourdes Hospital:
Serving the Binghamton community for over a century, Guthrie Lourdes Hospital is known for its commitment to compassionate care and clinical excellence. As part of the Guthrie system, employees benefit from strong leadership support and opportunities for growth.
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, and 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.
Looking for variety in critical care without bouncing between facilities? This role offers the chance to work across both the ICU and Emergency Department at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital—all within a single location, on a consistent day shift schedule.
As a float RN supporting two high-acuity departments, you’ll expand your clinical expertise while maintaining stability in your work environment. No system-wide floating, no travel—just meaningful, skill-building experience within one hospital.
Whether you’re coming from ICU, ED, or a mixed critical care background, this position is designed to broaden your capabilities while keeping your schedule and team grounded.
What Makes This Role Different:
- Practice in both ICU and Emergency Department settings
- Day shift schedule with consistent hospital placement
- No floating to other Guthrie locations
- Earn float premium pay while building advanced critical care skills
Compensation & Incentives:
- Up to $25,000 Sign-On Bonus
- Float Pool Premium Pay
- Weekend, and holiday differentials
Benefits For You:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off and holidays
- Tuition reimbursement and continuing education
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Your Impact:
- Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in acute settings
- Adapt quickly across ICU and ED environments
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
- Strengthen critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills
About Guthrie Lourdes Hospital:
Serving the Binghamton community for over a century, Guthrie Lourdes Hospital is known for its commitment to compassionate care and clinical excellence. As part of the Guthrie system, employees benefit from strong leadership support and opportunities for growth.
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, and 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.
Salary : $39 - $54