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Hospital Float Pool RN, Full time days (0.9fte), 6a-630p, Every 3rd weekend, Hourly Differential, Oshkosh Campus only

Advocate Health · Oshkosh, WI

Posted Sep 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

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Behavioral

Tell me about a time you floated to a unit you weren't fully familiar with. How did you get oriented fast enough to safely take a patient assignment?

whether the candidate has a real strategy for closing knowledge gaps quickly rather than just muddling through

Tell me about a time a patient's condition changed quickly and you had to act before a provider was available. What did you notice first and what did you do?

clinical judgment and comfort making independent decisions under pressure

How do you build trust with a care team fast when you're the outsider floating in for one shift and they don't know your work?

interpersonal skill and self-awareness about the social friction float nurses often face

Tell me about a time you had to delegate to unlicensed staff on a unit where you didn't know their skill level yet. How did you decide what to hand off?

judgment about delegation and risk when working with unfamiliar staff

Describe a shift where you were pulled in several directions at once, alarms going off, a family asking questions, and a discharge to coordinate. How did you decide what came first?

prioritization skill in a high-interruption environment, which is core to floor nursing

Tell me about a near miss or safety concern you caught before it became a real problem. What did you do about it afterward?

whether they actually report and follow through on safety events rather than just noticing them

Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a physician or another nurse about a patient's care. How did you handle it?

conflict resolution skills and whether they stay patient-focused rather than defensive

Technical

What's your approach to planning a discharge for a patient when you might not be the nurse who sees the case through to the end of their stay?

understanding that float nurses still own their piece of continuity of care even without long-term follow-through

Situational

This role floats between cardiac med/surg, ortho, peds, and ICU. Walk me through how you'd assess a patient on a unit type you rarely work, say an ICU patient, when your everyday experience is more general med/surg.

whether they know their scope limits and how to escalate or ask for help instead of overreaching

Say you arrive on a unit for a float shift and the charge nurse hands you a full assignment with no orientation to where supplies are or how the team communicates. What do you do in your first ten minutes?

practical self-sufficiency and whether they advocate for basic safety information before diving in

You're assigned to peds for the day but haven't worked with children in months. How do you prepare yourself and keep the patient and family comfortable with your care?

honesty about skill gaps and how they compensate for infrequent practice in a specialty population

If you noticed a unit's practice for something like line care or fall precautions didn't match what you'd been trained on, how would you handle it in the moment?

how they navigate practice variation across units without compromising standards or causing conflict

Given the every-third-weekend, block schedule, and floating across four different unit types, what's realistically hard about this kind of role for you, and how do you plan to manage it?

self-awareness about the demands of float work and whether they've honestly thought through the tradeoffs

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The full job description

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Department: 34000 AMC Oshkosh - Administration: Nursing Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 36 Schedule Details/Additional Information: • 6a-630p • 2 holidays per year • 12 hour shifts • Block schedule • Every 3rd weekend (fri/sat/sun) • Floats to cardiac med/surg, ortho, peds, and ICU Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30 Major Responsibilities: • Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement individualized interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care. Includes the patient and family in planning and implementing care and develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum. • Anticipates and recognizes significant changes in the patient’s condition, status, and need for care. Provides ongoing assessment of the patient and takes appropriate actions when changes occur. Anticipates and alters the plan of care as needed, mobilizes appropriate resources, and collaborates with other health care team members to coordinate patient centered care. • Implements strategies to reduce patient risk and increase patient safety. Assesses patient and family readiness to learn and individualizes the approach as necessary. Works collaboratively to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of the patient and family. • Actively coordinates the discharge plan utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Applies evidence-based practice to deliver patient care. Consistently incorporates nursing and regulatory standards of care into practice. • Provides ongoing evaluation of patient, team, and unit outcomes and is empowered to take appropriate action when changes are needed. Supports shared governance activities and initiatives to improve processes and patient outcomes. • Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills. Promotes collaboration among healthcare team members. Assumes a leadership role in the care team and delegates appropriately to unlicensed personnel. • Promotes a culture of safety through identifying threats to patient safety and intervening to prevent patient harm. Reports patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner. Seeks to identify potential safety issues and assists in the implementation of corrective actions. • Applies ethical decision making, demonstrates respect and understanding for peers, and other clinical disciplines. Participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated, unbiased, individualized approach to care. • Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives to improve the functions of the department and the patient care experience. • Participates in professional activities which contribute to personal professional development and the development of others. Seeks opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored. Attends required meetings/educational programs and completes annual competencies in a timely manner. • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards. Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: • Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA). Education Required: • Completion of an accredited or approved program in Nursing. Experience Required: • Typically requires 1 year of experience in clinical nursing. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: • Demonstrates progression to provide holistic patient care and the ability to view clinical situations from a patient and family focus. • Demonstrates progression to recognize situational changes that require unplanned or unanticipated interventions, and responds to situations with confidence, timeliness and flexibility. • Proficient computer skills, use of electronic mail and electronic medical records systems. • Excellent communication (written and verbal), listening and interpersonal skills. • Demonstrates human relation skills with the ability to develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of patients, team members and physicians. Ability to take initiative and work collaboratively with others. • Demonstrated ability to effectively make critical, independent decisions. • Excellent organization, prioritization and problem-solving skills. • Demonstrates time management skills with an ability to multi-task and prioritize in an environment with frequent interruptions. • Demonstrates coordination, collaboration, delegation and team building skills. • Certification Addendum • Team members will maintain annual educational requirements for hospital based certifications (e.g. DNV, CARF or others). Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: • Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday. • Must be able to: • lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist. • lift up to 20 lbs. over the head. • carry up to 40 lbs. a reasonable distance. • Must be able to: • push/pull with 30 lbs. of force. • perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present. • Position requires use of foot pedals on carts or machines. • May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary. • Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions. • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job. This job description 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. Our Commitment to You: 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 – 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 teammate's 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, and Short- 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  Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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