RN - Critical Care Float, Nights

Earn Up to $25,000 in Bonuses While Saving Lives Across ICU & ED
Are you an experienced RN who thrives in high-acuity settings and values clinical variety? Guthrie Corning Hospital is hiring a Full-Time Night Shift RN to join our Critical Care Float Pool — and we’re offering up to $25,000 in sign-on bonuses for nurses ready to make a powerful impact.
In this dynamic role, you’ll rotate between the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department (ED), delivering advanced care to patients during their most vulnerable moments. You’ll stabilize critical cases in the ED, manage complex conditions in the ICU, and sharpen your clinical judgment across two of our most vital departments.

Your Schedule:
- Three 12-hour night shifts per week (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM)
- Weekend rotation included
- Consistent scheduling for better work/life balance

Why Nurses Choose Guthrie’s Float Pool:
- Clinical Variety – Gain experience across ICU and ED
- High-Acuity Exposure – Treat diverse, complex cases
- Team-Based Culture – Work alongside experienced, supportive colleagues
- Skill Development – Strengthen your critical thinking and emergency response skills

Perks & Benefits:
- Up to $25,000 Sign-On Bonus – A generous welcome for experienced RNs
- Day-One Benefits – Medical and dental coverage starts immediately
- Extended Illness Benefit – Extra paid time off when you need it most
- Generous PTO Accrual – Begin earning paid time off from Day 1
- Relocation Assistance – Up to $12,000 to ease your move
- Tuition Reimbursement – Up to $7,500 annually after just 90 days
- Shift Differentials – Earn more for evenings and nights
- Corning Hospital Pension Plan – Employer and employee contributions after one year
- 403(b) Retirement Plan – With company match from day one
- Free On-Site Parking – Hassle-free access every shift

Night Shift Perks:
- Extra Pay – Night shift differentials boost your earnings
- Quieter Environment – Fewer interruptions, more focus
- Daytime Flexibility – More hours free for appointments and personal time
- Tight-Knit Team – Strong camaraderie with fellow night shift nurses

Recognized Excellence:
- Becker’s Best Places to Work – 2025
- Forbes Best Employers for Women – 2024
- America’s Best-In-State Employers – 2024

Why Join the Sayre Float Pool Team?
At Guthrie Sayre, our Float Pool RNs are more than flexible — they’re fearless. You’ll rotate across multiple acute care units, gaining exposure to diverse patient populations, sharpening your clinical skills, and becoming a go-to resource for high-quality care. It’s the perfect blend of autonomy, variety, and teamwork. With the support of a nationally recognized health system and a tight-knit nursing community, you’ll never stop growing — and you’ll never feel alone. If you’re ready to rise to the challenge and thrive in a role that keeps you sharp, Sayre’s Float Pool is where your next chapter begins.

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.
Other Duties:
1. Proficiency in Information Technology, such as electronic health records, communication systems, computers, and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position.
2. Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.
3. Ability to use independent, critical judgment in all aspects of patient care delivery.
4. Demonstrated interpersonal skills that convey a positive and supportive attitude.
5. Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, urgent responses, and challenging situations.

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