New Grad Registered Nurse / RN Float Pool
The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus
Topeka, KSFresher1h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
Launch your nursing career through the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program at The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus. Gain hands-on experience, build clinical skills in safety, patient care, leadership, critical thinking, and teamwork. This program supports your transition from student to professional and offers opportunities for specialized and leadership roles.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate safe patient care delivery for specified and diverse patient populations under the direction of the Nurse Director/Manager.
- Assess patient/family needs, develop and prioritize patient goals, evaluate care delivery, and continually revise the plan of care to meet biological, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, developmental, and educational needs of the patient/family.
- Delegate care as appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
- Adhere to the Kansas Nurse Practice Act.
- Collect and analyze patient health data through comprehensive assessment.
- Identify and prioritize patient/family biological, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, developmental, and education needs.
- Develop and evaluate plan of care based on patient need priorities.
- Coordinate care delivery with other healthcare team members and departments to ensure safe, age-appropriate, culturally aware care, and optimal outcomes.
- Demonstrate competence in service-specific clinical skills and compliance with unit/department required duties.
- Engage and involve the patient/family in the care delivery process.
- Conduct medication reconciliation on admission, at transfer, and at discharge or as prescribed for outpatient setting.
- Ensure safe and quality care for patients through identification of patient-specific risk factors (e.g., risk for falls, risk for skin breakdown).
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Current Kansas RN Licensure or will obtain by February 2026.
- BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.
- 2-Year Degree.
- Specific certifications are required within one year of hire.
- Basic computer skills.
Qualifications
- 4-Year Degree (Preferred)
- At least one year recent experience in a similar healthcare setting (Preferred).
- Familiar with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) (Preferred).