RN - Registered Nurse - Advanced Acute Care Transitions

Geisinger•Danville, PA

1d•$42•Onsite

About The Position

Geisinger is hiring a full-time Inpatient Registered Nurse for GP4 at Geisinger Medical Center. The unit focuses on palliative care, hospice, and medical-surgical care, with plans to bring together patients who may transition from curative to palliative approaches during their hospital stay. It has 14 private beds and is newly renovated, providing a calm, quiet, peaceful, and emotionally and spiritually supportive environment. The nurse assesses, plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates nursing activities to meet patient needs; promotes safety and patient and family satisfaction; and coordinates care with staff and the interdisciplinary team. The role includes direct patient care, patient and family education, discharge planning, and evaluation of nursing interventions. Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. The position is scheduled for 36 hours per week (.9 FTE) on straight nights, with every-other-weekend and every-other-holiday rotation. Geisinger offers an eligible-candidate hiring incentive of up to $24,000, a minimum hiring rate of $41.50 with higher rates for experienced nurses, shift differentials of up to $7, and relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

Requirements

Graduate from a specialty training program in nursing.
Licensed Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
Basic Life Support certification.
Clinical skills, communication, interpersonal communication, organizing, preceptor skills, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, organize, perform, and evaluate nursing activities to meet patient needs.
Promote adaptive responses by patients and families, compassionate interactions, patient safety, and patient satisfaction.
Coordinate patient care and staff interactions.
Complete assessments in accordance with scope of practice and unit standards.
Address patients’ and families’ physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs throughout the continuum of care.
Formulate, coordinate, and provide care plans, including patient and family education, family needs, and discharge planning, with the interdisciplinary team.
Provide direct patient care, including treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies, according to policies and procedures.
Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions and revise care plans based on patient responses.
Collaborate with physicians, ancillary personnel, and interdisciplinary team members to resolve and facilitate patient needs.
Troubleshoot equipment and take corrective measures in its care and handling.
Participate in unit-based decision-making regarding evidence-based practice.
Work as a team member toward unit and organizational goals and remain accountable for unit- and system-specific metrics.
Participate in patient quality and safety education and other activities to improve departmental and organizational quality and safety.

Benefits

Full health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one.
Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents.
Pre-tax healthcare and dependent-care flexible spending accounts and a health savings account.
Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
401(k) plan with automatic Geisinger contributions.
Paid time off plan.
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 per calendar year.
MyHealth Rewards wellness program with a financial incentive.
Adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay, and discounted backup care.
Employee Assistance Program, including referrals and legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, and digital self-help tools.
Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, universal life, pet, and legal insurance.
Ability to work under a Temporary Practice Permit until taking the NCLEX.
Professional growth and advancement opportunities, support, and mentorship.
Employee referral incentive program.
Hiring incentive up to $24,000 for eligible candidates.
Relocation assistance for eligible candidates.
Shift differentials up to $7 for evening, night, and weekend shifts.