Location:
Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)

Shift:
Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36

Worker Type:
Regular

Exemption Status:
No

Job Summary:
Geisinger is proud to offer a full time Inpatient RN up to $23,500 hiring incentive for eligible candidates! $40.55 minimum hiring rate with increased rates for experienced individuals and up to $7 shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Relocation assistance for eligible candidates!

Job Duties:

• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• 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.
• 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 takes action to proactively resolve and facilitate patient needs.
• Makes assignments in collaboration with other team members.
• Directs and alters assignments in response to changes in patient situations.
• Promotes teamwork by delegating tasks to team members based on skill, expertise, time availability, acuity, and needs of the patient.
• 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.
• Supports and participates in initiatives that support the Magnet mission.
• 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.

Position Details:

Hours: 7am - 730pm, every other weekend and holiday.

Unit Details: 60 bed ED - 2 trauma rooms, 3 triage rooms, Behavioral Health area inside the ED. Level 2 trauma center, STEMI, stroke mom/baby, Heart Attack Center, with a very large behavioral health population. Team environment approach you are never alone. Charge nurse on duty 24/7. Team is made up of UDC, techs & providers. We also have a pharmacist 24/7 to assist with our needs.

Education:
Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing BodyDefault Issuing Body, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of PennsylvaniaRN_State of Pennsylvania

Skills:
Clinical Skills, Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Organizing, Preceptor Skills, Teamwork