Job Description

The Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect nursing care within the assigned clinical program, supporting patient care needs across designated units and sites based on operational requirements, patient acuity, staffing needs, and established program priorities. This includes care for high-acuity patients requiring advanced monitoring and rapid clinical decision-making.

The successful candidate will be assigned to a home program and may be required to work across multiple units and/or Halton Healthcare sites, including Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Milton District Hospital, and Georgetown Hospital, as applicable to the role and program needs. This may include ICU, Level 2 ICU,and any clinical area requiring critical care-level training across all sites.

This role is intended to support safe staffing, continuity of care, vacancy coverage, sick call replacement, leaves of absence, surge capacity, education support, and other short-term or emerging operational needs within the program.

Assignments will be made in accordance with patient care needs, operational requirements, the nurse’s scope of practice, demonstrated competency, orientation, training, qualifications, and applicable collective agreement provisions.

Other duties as required.

The successful candidate will:

- Provide safe, competent, patient- and family-centred nursing care to critically ill patients requiring advanced hemodynamic monitoring and life-sustaining therapies, including invasive and non-invasive ventilation.

- May work across designated units and sites within the assigned program based on operational need and assignment.

- Support staffing needs related to vacancies, sick calls, leaves of absence, education, surge, onboarding,



and other program priorities across designated units and sites

- Perform comprehensive patient assessments, identify changes in patient condition, and escalate concerns appropriately.

- Administer medications, treatments, and procedures in accordance with hospital policies, professional standards, and applicable legislation.

- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, allied health, support services, patients, families, and leaders to support quality care and positive patient outcomes.

- Work closely with intensivists and critical care teams

- Support patient flow, transitions in care, discharge planning, and patient/family education.

- Adapt to different unit workflows, patient populations, documentation requirements, escalation pathways, and site-specific processes.

- Participate in program-specific orientation, education, mentorship, and competency development.

- Maintain required competencies and complete required education or validation prior to working independently in specialized or unfamiliar areas.

- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in accordance with professional and organizational standards.

- Demonstrate professionalism, flexibility, adaptability, and accountability in a variety of clinical practice environments.

- May be required to assume charge nurse responsibilities where appropriate, based on experience, competency, and operational need.

Program-Based Float Expectations





The Critical Care Float Pool role is designed to provide flexibility within a defined clinical program while supporting protected, consistent, and competent nursing practice.

The successful candidate must be willing and able to:

- Work across designated units within the assigned program.

- Work across multiple Halton Healthcare sites as required by the program.

- Travel between sites as operationally required.

- Accept assignments based on patient care needs, staffing requirements, skill mix, competency, qualifications, and operational priorities.

- Maintain readiness to work in different clinical environments within the program.

- Maintains readiness for rapidly changing acuity and unfamiliar high-risk environments.

- Adapt to site-specific workflows, documentation practices, escalation pathways, and interprofessional team structures.

- Work collaboratively with , professional practice leaders, managers, and clinical teams to support continued development and safe practice.

- Contribute to a collaborative learning environment by sharing program-specific knowledge, site-specific practices, and workflow information with team members, where appropriate and within the expectations of the role.

Staff will only be assigned to areas where they have received the appropriate orientation, training, and demonstrated competency. Support to develop specialty skills where operationally required; and opportunities to participate in quality improvement, onboarding, clinical practice, and education initiatives.

Participation in upskilling opportunities will be based on program need, staff interest where possible, qualifications, readiness, orientation requirements, demonstrated competency, and applicable collective agreement provisions.

📌 Registered Nurse — Program Based Float Pool - Critical Care (Milton)
🏢 Halton Healthcare
📍 Milton