Advocate Health Care

Registered Nurse (RN) - Inpatient Float Pool

Advocate Health Care$79K — $118K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Completion of an accredited nursing program
  • Active state Registered Nurse license
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • At least 18 months of Med Surg or Telemetry RN experience (2 years preferred)
  • Ability to self-schedule and work one weekend shift
  • Commitment to learning and teamwork across diverse care environments

Responsibilities

  • Float between Med/Surg, Telemetry, and ED Boarding units, including potential float to ICU
  • Provide safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care
  • Quickly adapt to various unit workflows
  • Demonstrate strong communication and leadership skills
  • Support the creation of a safe patient environment

Benefits

  • Flexible self-scheduling
  • Opportunities for career growth and development
  • Full eligibility for health, dental, vision, and retirement plans
  • Minimal holiday rotation requirements (1 summer + 1 winter holiday)
  • Internal float differential compensation
Full Job Description

Department:

34112 Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center - Staffing Office

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

12-hour day shifts, 7:00 am - 7:30 pm with weekend and holiday rotation. Self-schedule with 2 Fridays required per 6-week schedule period

Pay Range:

$38.20 - $57.30

Registered Nurse (RN) 6 Internal Float Pool

Aurora St. Luke 6s Medical Center, 2900 W Oklahoma Ave; Milwaukee, WI 53215

Where You Will Work:

Aurora St. Luke 6s Medical Center 6s Internal Float Pool is a dynamic, highly skilled team supporting Medical-Surgical (Med Surg), Telemetry (Tele), and ED Boarding departments.Our Internal Float RNs bring versatility, clinical strength, and teamwork to every shift, ensuring high9quality, compassionate care across multiple specialty areas within a single facility.

We 6re Looking For:

  • Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing

  • Registered Nurse license issued by the state of practice

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (AHA)

  • Experience: Minimum 18 months of Med Surg or Telemetry RN experience (2 years strongly preferred)

  • Flexibility and ability to meet the following scheduling expectations per 69week period:

    • Self-Scheduling

    • 1 weekend (Sat-Sun Shifts)

  • Commitment to ongoing learning, adaptability, and teamwork across multiple care environments

What You9ll Do:

As a skilled and compassionate Internal Float RN, you will play a pivotal role in delivering and coordinating comprehensive patient care across several high9acuity units. Responsibilities include:

  • Floating between Med/Surg, Telemetry, and ED Boarding units, may float to ICU caring for patients with transfer orders

  • Providing safe, evidence9based, patient9centered care in fast9paced environments

  • Quickly adapting to each unit9s workflow and supporting teams with professionalism and clinical excellence

  • Demonstrating strong communication, sound decision9making, and leadership skills

  • Supporting efforts to ensure the safest patient environment and best patient experience

Perks of Joining the Internal Float Pool:

  • No more 3same9ole routine 4: Work across various units within one facility 6keeping each shift fresh, exciting, and full of opportunities to grow

  • Career9building experience: Float nurses gain a strong clinical foundation that reflects adaptability, versatility, and readiness for advancement

  • Competitive compensation: Base rate + internal float differential

  • Flexible self9scheduling and a minimal holiday rotation (1 summer + 1 winter holiday)

  • Full benefits9eligible position with health, dental, vision, and retirement plans

  • Exposure to multiple specialties 6ideal for long9term career growth and skill expansion

Training & Development:

Internal Float RNs receive ongoing specialty training, which may include:

  • ACLS 6 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

  • NIHSS 6 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

  • IV Ultrasound

  • Charge Nurse cross9training to strengthen leadership and unit support skills

About This Location:

The future of medicine is happening here at Aurora St. Luke 6s, and you9re at the center. No matter what your need 6 common surgery or pioneering treatment 6 you can count on our experienced and specialty physicians to provide expert care and excellent outcomes.

As the only hospital in Wisconsin with a 24/7 on-site heart-care team, you can expect to receive premiere cardiac services. Both the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have recognized Aurora St. Luke 6s performance in treating cardiac and stroke patients.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

Requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, reaching, twisting, and lifting throughout the workday. Must safely lift up to 35 pounds and perform patient handling tasks, including pushing/pulling up to 30 pounds and assisting with 150-pound sliding transfers. Requires functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, and fine motor skills for clinical procedures, as well as the ability to operate equipment foot controls. Must be able to respond quickly to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary. Exposure to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and hazardous waste may occur; appropriate protective equipment must be used. Physical Abilities Testing and additional department-specific requirements may apply.

This job posting indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Ready to Take the Next Step:

Apply now and join a team where every shift brings new opportunities to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more 6 so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammates job

  • Incentive pay for select positions

  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

  • Paid Time Off programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

  • Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.


About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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