RN - Critical Care Float, Nights

Earn up to a $25,000 Sign‑On Bonus as a Critical Care Float Pool RN at Guthrie Corning Hospital!

Guthrie Corning Hospital is seeking a dedicated Critical Care Float Pool RN to join our night‑shift team. In this full‑time role (three 12‑hour shifts, 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM, with weekend rotation), you’ll provide advanced nursing care across two of our most dynamic departments: the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Emergency Department (ED).

As part of the Float Pool, you’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of critical cases — from stabilizing patients in the ED to delivering complex, continuous care in the ICU. This role is ideal for nurses who thrive in fast‑paced environments, value clinical variety, and want to sharpen their critical thinking skills while making a direct impact on patients and families during their most vulnerable moments.

Perks of Being an RN @ Guthrie

• 💰 Up to $25,000 Sign‑On Bonus – a generous welcome for experienced RNs joining our team.
• 🩺 Day‑One Benefits – comprehensive medical and dental coverage effective your very first day.
• 🌿 Extended Illness Benefit – extra paid time off when you need it most.
• 🏖️ Generous PTO Accrual – start earning paid time off from Day 1.
• 🚚 Relocation Assistance – up to $12,000 to make your move stress‑free.
• 🎓 Tuition Reimbursement – up to $7,500 annually, available after just 90 days.
• 🌙 Shift Differentials – earn more for your dedication to evening and night shifts.
• 🏦 Corning Hospital Pension Plan – employer and employee contributions after one year of eligibility.
• 🔒 403B Retirement Plan with Company Match – build a secure financial future.
• 📅 Consistent Work & Holiday Rotations – predictable scheduling for better work/life balance.
• 🤝 Supportive, Diverse Team Culture – join a workplace that feels like family.
• 🚗 Free On‑Site Parking – convenient, hassle‑free parking every day.
• 💵 Extra Pay – earn additional compensation with night shift differentials.
• 🤫 Calmer Environment – fewer interruptions and a quieter pace overnight.
• ⏰ Daytime Flexibility – more hours free during the day for appointments and personal time.
• 👥 Tight‑Knit Team – enjoy strong camaraderie with your night shift colleagues.

Perks of the Night Shift

Recognitions & Awards:

🏅 Becker’s Best Places to Work 2025 & 🏅 Forbes Best Employers For Women 2024 & 🏅 America's Best-In-State Employers 2024

Position Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment.  Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence‐based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Essential functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.

Education, License & Cert:

• Registered Nurse in the State of Practice.
• BSN in Nursing preferred.
• Any previously agreed upon effective date for obtaining a Bachelor's degree in nursing between individuals and facilities   will remain in effect, including those who transition to their position from the NLRN Program.
• Any contract with specific time frames for obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing will supersede the above point and will remain in effect.
• Specialty Certification is preferred
• BLS certification.
• ACLS is unit dependent.

Experience:

The Registered Nurse must be a registered nurse currently licensed in the state of employment with at least one year of experience. Alternately, the Registered Nurse may have less than one year of experience if they have been transitioned to their position from the Newly Licensed Registered Nurse Residency (NLRN) Program. The Registered Nurse must meet the individual nursing unit specifications regarding educational requirements during employment. Must maintain BLS certification. ACLS is unit dependent. Specifications regarding educational requirements during employment are determined by the Nursing Department and Nursing Unit.

Essential Functions:

1. Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patients' care. Implements and/or administers all prescribed testing, medications, and/or protocols appropriately and in compliance with established standards, while ensuring all pertinent patient/family education has been provided. Develops updates and coordinates the patients' plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the continuum. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains the currency of essential competencies as required by a specific area of hire and population served.
2. Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs of those we serve.
3. Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patients/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team, including student; Facilities formal and informal learning for patients/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community.
4. Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient safety, self‐safety, and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes.
5. Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices at the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence‐based practice.
6. Leader in Practice Setting & Community: demonstrates leadership as change agents using the collaborative leadership skills of advocacy, influence, and innovation. In partnering with colleagues appropriately delegates, coordinates care, and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter‐professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Models professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
7. Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs.
8. It is understood that this description is not intended to be all‐inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of the position.
9. Proficiency in Information Technology, such as electronic health records, communication systems, computers, and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position.
10. Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.

Other Duties:

The payrate for this position is $37.31 to $53.33 per hour

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Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.