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Care Partner - Adult Float Pool FT (Days and Nights)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center·Nashville, Tennessee

Full Time·On Site·0-2 yrs·Posted 18 days ago
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About the role

The Care Partner assists with the delivery of patient care and maintains unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse across diverse units. Key duties include administering ADLs, taking vital signs, performing lab draws, conducting acute checks, and placing Foley catheters.

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization

VUH Inpatient Float Pool

Job Summary

Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

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**All Candidates must attach an up-to-date resume to their application. **

Join our elite care team at vanderbilt!

Are you a highly skilled and experienced Care Partner with a passion for delivering exceptional patient care? If you have acute care experience and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want YOU on our team!

About the Adult Float Pool

Become part of the VUMC Adult Float Pool community, where flexibility meets opportunity!

Work Across 37 Units: From Med-Surg to Stepdown and ICU, you’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of patient populations and clinical settings.

Expand Your Skills: Develop a broad skill set and deepen your expertise in acute care.

Collaborative Environment: Join a team that values communication, teamwork, and mutual support.

In this role, you will

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

From specializing in transplants and pediatric cancer to solving undiagnosed diseases, we know solving the most complex problems prepares us to solve any problem. We are committed to excellence in patient care, research, and medical education and training. We thrive on...

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Size10,001+ employees
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  • Administer Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
  • Take and record vital signs
  • Perform lab draws
  • Conduct acute checks
  • Place Foley catheters and perform straight catheterizations
  • Coming soon: Assist with wound care

You’ll play a critical role in supporting licensed nurses and ensuring the highest standards of patient care across our diverse units.

Why Vanderbilt?

  • VUMC Benefits start on Day One! We care for our team members with a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
  • Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 403b Retirement Plan with Company Match
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Career Growth Ladder Opportunities

Care Partner Position Qualifications**

Required: High School Diploma or GED (or equivalent experience)

AND one of the following

Current enrollment in a professional nursing RN program with successful completion of the first semester (including nursing fundamentals clinical), or

Graduation from a Nursing Assistant or Aide Training Program within the past year (certificate of completion required), or

Minimum of one year of recent experience (within the past two years) as a care partner, nursing assistant, or patient care technician.

Additional Float Pool Qualifications

  • 2+ years of recent (within the last 6 months) direct patient care in a hospital environment.
  • The successful candidate will have current experience in Med/Surg and/or ICU.

Shifts Available

  • Full-Time
  • Day
  • Shift - 6:45 am - 7:15 pm (three 12-hour shifts/week)
  • Full-Time
  • Night
  • Shift - 6:45 pm - 7:15 am (three 12-hour shifts/week)
  • Shifts do rotate throughout the week
  • Note: Set schedules are not available. Schedules are determined by unit clinical staffing needs.
  • Night shift employees are required to attend hospital orientation during regular daytime hours during the first week of employment, which encompasses Monday, Thursday, and Friday.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
  • Assists with day to day delivery of patient care.
  • Facilitates efficient and safe patient care and flow by following work area standards.
  • Serves as a liaison for communication and education of patient and family needs.
  • Supports unit operations and patient flow by maintaining supplies, equipment and unit environmental standards.
  • The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

  • Planning &
  • Organizing (Fundamental
  • Awareness): Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments and responsibilities. Appropriately matches equipment, and capital resources to task demands. Prepares and presents clear and accurate status reports on projects and assignments.
  • Clinical
  • Competencies (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency to assist and perform clinical care including but not limited to vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen collection, medication administration and point of care testing as directed by unit standards.
  • Care
  • Partner
  • Patient
  • Documentation (Fundamental
  • Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with clinical applications for patient documentation.
  • Environment of
  • Care (Fundamental
  • Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with set up and maintenance of patient exam rooms, supplies and equipment.

Our clinical and nursing support roles are at the center of all we do, helping us be the world leader in advancing personalized health. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce.

Core Accountabilities

  • Organizational
  • Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
  • Problem
  • Solving/
  • Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
  • Breadth of
  • Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job.
  • Team
  • Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.

Core Capabilities

Supporting Colleagues

  • Develops
  • Self and
  • Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.-
  • Builds and
  • Maintains
  • Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.-
  • Communicates
  • Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
  • Delivering
  • Excellent
  • Services: -
  • Serves
  • Others with
  • Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.-
  • Solves
  • Complex
  • Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner. -
  • Offers
  • Meaningful
  • Advice and
  • Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
  • Ensuring
  • High
  • Quality: -
  • Performs
  • Excellent
  • Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards. -
  • Fulfills
  • Safety and
  • Regulatory
  • Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
  • Managing
  • Resources
  • Effectively : -
  • Demonstrates
  • Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. -
  • Stewards
  • Organizational
  • Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. -
  • Makes
  • Data
  • Driven
  • Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
  • Fostering
  • Innovation : -
  • Generates
  • New
  • Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them. -
  • Applies
  • Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. -
  • Adapts to
  • Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications

Responsibilities

Certifications

Work Experience

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level: Less than 1 year

Education: High School Diploma or GED (Required)

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a High School Diploma or GED and meet one of several criteria related to nursing education or prior experience, such as current enrollment in an RN program or one year of recent experience as a care partner/nursing assistant. Additionally, a minimum of two years of recent direct patient care experience in a hospital environment, including Med/Surg and/or ICU experience, is required for the Float Pool.

  • high school
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Patient Care
  • Phlebotomy
  • Vital Signs
  • Wound Care
  • Patient Documentation
  • Acute Care
  • Specimen Collection
  • Activities Of Daily Living (ADLs)
  • ICU
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Lab Draws
  • Med/Surg
  • Foley Catheterization
  • Straight Catheterization

Benefits

  • Dental Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • 403b Retirement Plan With Company Match

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Nashville, Tennessee
Posted
Jul 10, 2026
Application
Employer website

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