Job Summary

Job Duties

Assesses plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates nursing activities to meet the needs of the patient. Promotes adaptive responses of patient and family to achieve the highest level of patient care, promote safety, and maximize patient satisfaction. Exhibits compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions. Coordinates patient care and interaction of staff. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in their assigned nursing unit. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient and family experience by optimizing all interactions.

• Completes assessments as established by scope of practice and unit standards.
• Addresses physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patient and family throughout the continuum of care.
• Formulates, coordinates, and provides plan of care as established in unit standards including, patient and family education, family needs and discharge planning throughout hospitalization with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions.
• Initiates collaboration with physicians, ancillary personnel, and other interdisciplinary team members and acts to proactively resolve and facilitate patient needs.
• Problem solves, troubleshoots and takes corrective measures in the care and handling of equipment.
• Participates in unit-based decision-making regarding the utilization of evidence- based practice.
• Actively participates as a team member working toward team goals of the unit and organization and is accountable for unit and system specific metrics.
• Actively participates in patient quality and safety education programs and other activities designed to improve departmental and organizational quality and safety.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Geisinger is seeking experienced Inpatient RNs (1+ years of experience) for our Advanced Acute Care (AAC) units. We have openings on our general Advanced Acute Care units as well as those with certain focuses . Available positions on our AAC may vary by the following units:

• Advanced Acute Care Medical (GP2)
• Advanced Acute Care Medical (GP3)
• Advanced Acute Care Transitions (GP4)
• Advanced Acute Care Neurosciences (AGP4)
• Advanced Acute Care Medical (AGP5)
• Advanced Acute Care Medical/Transplant (BP3)
• Advanced Acute Care Trauma (BP5)
• Advanced Acute Care Surgery (BP6)
• Advanced Acute Care Medical (BP7)
• Advanced Acute Care Hematology (BP8)
• Advanced Acute Care Orthopaedics (HfAM6)
• Advanced Acute Care Cardiovascular (HfAM8)

Schedule may vary based on unit needs including days, evenings, nights or rotational shifts. .9 FTE (36 hours) or 1.0 FTE (40 hours) available.

Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) , the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopedics.

Geisinger Medical Center is proud to receive ANCC Magnet Recognition®, the highest and most prestigious distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing practice and quality patient care.

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