RN - Registered Nurse - Advanced Acute Care Transitions

Geisinger • Danville, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Geisinger is hiring a full-time inpatient Registered Nurse for the GP4 unit at Geisinger Medical Center. GP4 focuses on palliative, hospice, and medical-surgical care, including patients who may transition from curative to palliative care during hospitalization. The unit has 14 private beds and is newly renovated, with a calm, quiet, peaceful, and emotionally and spiritually supportive environment. The schedule is 0.9 FTE (36 hours per week), straight nights, with every-other-weekend and every-other-holiday rotation.

The nurse assesses, plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates nursing care to meet patient needs; provides direct care and coordinates care with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team; and supports safety, patient satisfaction, education, and discharge planning. Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. The role requires a nursing specialty training program, Basic Life Support certification, and a Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license. Eligible candidates may receive a hiring incentive of up to $24,000. The minimum hiring rate is $41.50, with increased rates for experienced individuals and shift differentials of up to $7 for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.

Requirements

• Graduate from a nursing specialty training program.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• Licensed Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• Clinical skills.
• Communication and interpersonal communication skills.
• Organizing skills.
• Teamwork skills.
• Work straight night shifts, with every-other-weekend and every-other-holiday rotation.

Nice To Haves

• Preceptor skills.
• Eligible candidates may qualify for relocation assistance.
• Eligible candidates may qualify for a hiring incentive of up to $24,000.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, organize, perform, and evaluate nursing activities to meet patient needs.
• Promote adaptive responses by patients and families to support high-quality care, safety, and patient satisfaction.
• Provide compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions and optimize patient and family experiences.
• 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.
• Develop, coordinate, and provide plans of care in accordance with unit standards, including patient and family education, family needs, and discharge planning with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide direct patient care, including treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies, in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Evaluate nursing interventions and revise the plan of care based on patient responses.
• Collaborate with physicians, ancillary personnel, and interdisciplinary team members to proactively resolve and facilitate patient needs.
• Troubleshoot equipment and take corrective measures in its care and handling.
• Participate in unit-based decision-making about 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 activities to improve departmental and organizational quality and safety.
• Meet job-specific obligations and comply with organizational policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one.
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents.
• 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 accrual plan.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,000 per calendar year.
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program with a financial incentive.
• Adoption and fertility assistance.
• Parental leave pay and military leave pay.
• Free Care.com membership with discounted backup care.
• Employee Assistance Program with care referrals, 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.
• Professional growth and advancement opportunities.
• Support and mentorship from nursing leaders.
• Employee referral incentive program.
• Hiring incentive of up to $24,000 for eligible candidates.
• Shift differentials of up to $7 for evening, night, and weekend shifts.
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed