
Registered Nurse Float
Milwaukee, WIFull-time$37.86–53.44/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse Float role is based at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the Float Pool. The nurse implements and monitors patient care plans, communicates patient conditions, coordinates care across disciplines, and carries out physician and nursing orders. The position is full-time on the day shift. A nursing diploma or qualifying professional licensure is required, along with RN registration and BLS Provider certification.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Your future role at a glance
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Facility: Saint Joseph's Hospital
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Department: Float Pool
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Schedule: Day shift | Full-time
How you’ll make an impact in this role
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Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
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Serves as a coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
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Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
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Assesses and coordinates patient's care needs with members of the healthcare team.
What minimum requirements you’ll need
Licensure / Certification / Registration
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Required Credential(s):
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BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
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Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
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Preferred Credential(s):
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Advanced Life Support. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
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Approved Local Exception. For use with unique Union job requirements only. Remove if not for Union.
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
Education
- Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required. OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
Benefits that help you thrive
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Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
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Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
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Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
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Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
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Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
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Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
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Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more
Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.
Fraud prevention notice
Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process, our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.
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Min Salary: 37.86
Max Salary 53.44
How this job compares
Set against the 55,473 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$37.86–53.44/hr
- Wisconsin median$38–53/hr828 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr22,824 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $45.65/hr, is close to the Wisconsin median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Wisconsin.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,423 open Registered Nurse jobs in Wisconsin and 55,473 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Wisconsin
- FROEDTERT549 open
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.379 open
- Advocate Health241 open
- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (27,028 postings).
- Education
- 4,443 of the 55,473 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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