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Registered Nurse - Campus Float

SSM Health · Monroe, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 23, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This role floats between the ED, ICU, med surg and family birth. Which of those is your weakest area, and how would you get ready?

What they are checking: Whether they know their gaps honestly and have a plan, since floating into the wrong unit unprepared is dangerous.

Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to a new team or workflow.

What they are checking: Whether they handle change well and build trust fast with staff who don't know them.

How do you keep your skills current across four very different specialties?

What they are checking: Whether they invest in ongoing learning, since float nurses must stay competent everywhere.

This role includes every third weekend and a holiday rotation. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: Whether they can honestly commit to the schedule a small hospital depends on.

Tell me about a time you caught a mistake made by someone else.

What they are checking: Whether they speak up kindly and fix safety problems, even as a visitor to a unit.

What would you do

You get floated to the ICU and get a patient on a drip you've never managed. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they will speak up and get help instead of guessing, which is the core float nurse safety skill.

A unit's staff gives you the hardest assignment because you're the float. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can stand up for safe assignments professionally without creating conflict.

About the work

You're floated to family birth for couplet care. What are you checking on mom and baby in your first assessment?

What they are checking: Whether they know postpartum and newborn basics, like fundus, bleeding, feeding and newborn vitals.

How do you get oriented fast when you walk into a unit you haven't worked in for weeks?

What they are checking: Whether they have a routine for finding supplies, policies and the charge nurse quickly.

In the ED, a patient comes in with chest pain. What are your first steps?

What they are checking: Whether they know time-sensitive steps such as a quick EKG, vitals and alerting the provider.

Your med surg patient is getting more confused through the shift. What could be going on?

What they are checking: Whether they think through causes like infection, low oxygen, meds or stroke and act on them.

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The full job description

As published by SSM Health.

It's more than a career, it's a calling WI-Monroe Clinic Hospital Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. Department: Campus Float Schedule: 0.9 FTE days. Every 3rd weekend and a holiday rotation Minimum 1 year experience required. Ability to float to all 4 departments- Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Inpatient Med Surg and Family Birth for couplet care. Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, everyday. Job Summary: Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. • Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patient’s care needs. • Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes, determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. • Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems. • Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness and each patient’s physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure status. • Utilizes leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating with the patient, family, significant other(s), communities, and members of the interprofessional team in assessing needs, setting goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes. • Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within the boundaries of available economic resources. • Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote comfort. • Fosters a healthy work environment within the practice setting and profession by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others. • Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service. • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. • May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures. • Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION • Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE • One year registered nurse experience (Ministry Float) or two years' registered nurse experience (Regional Float) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS • Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. • Constant standing and walking. • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. • Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. • Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. • Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. • Occasional lifting/moving of patients. • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. • Occasional driving. • Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) State of Work Location: Missouri • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration • Or • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State State of Work Location: Oklahoma • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State • Or • Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) State of Work Location: Wisconsin • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State • Or • Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 8452000028 Nursing Floats Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.

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