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Float Registered Nurse Inpatient-Delnor Resource Team Full Time Days

Northwestern Medicine · Geneva, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Floating means a different unit most shifts. Tell me honestly why that appeals to you.

What they are checking: Whether they want the variety or took the resource team because it was open.

Three twelve hour nights a week, seven to half past seven, every third weekend. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: Honest fit with a schedule the posting states precisely.

Tell me about being assigned something you were not comfortable with.

What they are checking: Whether they will say so, which is the most important thing a float nurse can do.

Tell me about a patient you recognized was deteriorating before the numbers showed it.

What they are checking: Clinical instinct described concretely rather than claimed.

What have you learned about hospitals from working on many different units?

What they are checking: Whether they have reflected on it, which is what makes a good float nurse valuable.

What would you do

You arrive on a unit you have not worked before. What do you do in the first fifteen minutes?

What they are checking: Whether they have a method for orienting fast, which is the whole skill of floating.

How do you build enough trust with a team you have just met to ask for help?

What they are checking: Whether they can join a shift quickly, which floating requires every time.

About the work

Which specialties are you competent to float to today, and which would you decline?

What they are checking: An honest scope of practice, which is the most important thing a float nurse knows.

How do you find out where the emergency equipment is before you need it?

What they are checking: A practical habit that decides how they perform in a crisis somewhere unfamiliar.

How do you decide what to delegate when you do not know the staff?

What they are checking: Delegation without knowing the people, which is the hardest part of floating.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The schedule for this position is three 12-hour shifts per week 7a - 7:30p with every third weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and rotating holidays throughout the year required. The Float Registered Nurse Inpatient reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. Responsibilities: • A clinically competent, registered, professional nurse who prescribes, delegates and coordinates nursing care to the acutely ill patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation and evaluation. • Effectively interacts with patient, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice. • Collects and analyzes data, identifies expected outcomes, develops and implements an individualized plan, coordinates care delivery and evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes. • Directs care and determines the appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in providing direct patient care. • Collaborates with patient, family, physicians and ancillary staff. Creates a documented plan, focused on outcomes and decisions related to the care and delivery of services that indicates communications with patients, families, and others. • Participates in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects. • Evaluates and documents the patient’s responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings. • Utilizes the best available evidence, including research findings to guide practice decisions. Required : • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) • Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse • Basic Life Support • Strong interpersonal skills • Ability to collaborate with others. • Strong analytic abilities Preferred: • Experience in inpatient acute care Med/Surg nursing Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.