
Nurse Division Float Pool
Houston, TXJob$50–57/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Float Pool Nurse assesses patients, develops and implements care plans, and evaluates outcomes while supporting a safe, compassionate care environment. The role serves multiple departments and sites across the Texas Market, with assignments based on organizational needs and float-tier commitments. Clinical needs include ICU, Med Surg/Telemetry, Emergency, OR, Cardiac Cath Lab, and/or Women’s Services.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Float Pool Nurse you will help patients receive excellent care, assessing their condition and providing nursing care so they can achieve effective healing and health outcomes.
Every day you will assess, formulate nursing diagnoses, plan, implement intervention and evaluate patient care outcomes. You will be expected to build healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues, maintaining a safe and compassionate environment conducive to patient well-being, and escalating concerns to appropriate resources when necessary.
To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
To best serve our patients, this individual will need to be available and flexible to provide care across various departments and sites throughout the Texas Market. This could involve supporting same-day staffing, adapting to multiple assignment locations within a single shift, participating in travel assignments, or contributing to seasonal staffing patterns.
Clinical needs include: ICU, Med Surg/Telemetry, Emergency, OR, Cardiac Cath Lab and/or Women’s’ Services.
RN Clinical Float Pool are hired with the understanding they must float based on the tiers below, t he schedule is based on the needs of the organization:
Float RN II A: Employee agrees to be assigned to Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and either North or South Houston Market. Employees will be required to float between all the facilities included in the tier that individual commits to supporting. Must be available to be scheduled for a minimum of 2 shifts every week and available to be scheduled a Saturday and Sunday shift every other weekend. Must be available to be scheduled for two major holidays per policy.
The rate of pay for this level of commitment is $57.00. Mileage reimbursement and applicable differentials will apply if eligible.
Float RN II B : Employees agree to be assigned to Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and either the North or South Houston market. Employees will be required to float between all the facilities included in the tier that individual commits to supporting. Must be available to be scheduled for a minimum of 3 shifts every week and available to be scheduled a Saturday and Sunday shift every other weekend. Must be available to be scheduled for two major holidays per policy.
The rate of pay for this level of commitment is $60.00. Mileage reimbursement and applicable differentials will apply if eligible.
Float RN III A: Employee (with a minimum of a 2 hour notice) will agree to float to any facility within the Texas division. Must be available to be scheduled for a minimum of 2 shifts every week and available to be scheduled a Saturday and Sunday shift every other weekend. Must be available to be scheduled for two major holidays per policy.
The rate of pay for this level of commitment is $65.00. Mileage reimbursement and applicable differentials will apply if eligible.
Float RN III B: Employees (with a minimum of a 2 hour notice) will agree to float to any facility within the Texas division. Must be available to be scheduled for a minimum of 3 shifts every week and available to be scheduled a Saturday and Sunday shift every other weekend. Must be available to be scheduled for two major holidays per policy.
The rate of pay for this level of commitment is $70.00. Mileage reimbursement and applicable differentials will apply if eligible.
Market Definitions:
Click Link below where you will be directed to learn more about each facility and the services they provide.
St. Luke’s Health – Texas Division: https://www.commonspirit.org/stlukes-health-texas
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South Houston : Sugar Land , Brazosport, Patients Medical Center
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North Houston: Woodlands, Lakeside and Vintage
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Brazos Valley: Burleson St Joseph Manor; Burleson St Joseph Health; St. Joseph College Station; Grimes St. Joseph Health; Madison St Joseph Health; St Joseph Manor; St Joseph Regional Health Center
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East Texas: Memorial Hospital of Polk County; Memorial Medical Center of East Texas; Memorial Medical Center San Augustine
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Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Job Requirements
Required
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Two (2) years of RN experience working in an acute care facility
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Two (2) years of RN experience working in desired specialty
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Associates Degree in Nursing, ADN
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Registered Nurse, RN Texas State Licensure
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Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA)
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Additional certifications may be required depending on specialty and/or location
Prefered
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing, BSN
Where You'll Work
St. Luke’s Health serves Greater Houston using the latest technological advancements and the highest standard of care. St. Luke’s Health cares for the communities in and around the Texas Medical Center, Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Pasadena, Pearland, Springwoods Village, Holcombe, Northwest Houston, and the Galleria area. Internationally recognized as a leader in healthcare, St. Luke’s Health’s research and breakthroughs enhance and advance the overall continuum of care for patients around the world.
Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring, and our families need protection. With our combined resources, we are committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community. This role will allow you to give back to our community and broaden your healthcare skills. Our Nursing Team is a vital part of our patient’s success to recovery.
Do you have the passion to travel, but prefer to stay local? Do you have excellent follow-through skills? Are you organized and able to multi-task? Do you love caring for people? Would you like to work in a place that values your skills? We have a team of people waiting for you.
Connect with St. Luke’s Health today to experience what it is like to collaborate with a talented healthcare team!
Pay Range
$50.00 - $57.00 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 28,933 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$50–57/hr
- Texas median$27–35/hr579 hourly ranges
- US median$34–45/hr12,875 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $53.50/hr, is 75% above the Texas median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the top quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,903 open Nurse jobs in Texas and 28,933 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare429 open
- UTMB Health254 open
- Aveanna Healthcare236 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (12,054 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 7,504 of the 28,933 open Nurse jobs (26%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Nurse jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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