Nurse Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience required.
• Minimum of one (1) year of supervisory, management, or leadership experience in a healthcare setting is required.
• Bachelor's degree is required.

Nice To Haves

• BSN is preferred.
• Knowledge of quality improvement principles, patient safety practices, PA patient safety event reporting requirements, and healthcare performance metrics is preferred.
• Experience in quality management, patient safety, accreditation, risk management, or performance improvement is preferred.
• Familiarity with event reporting systems, root cause analysis, and performance improvement methodologies is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing Risk Management and Patient Safety programs across the assigned region, partnering with leaders to enhance quality and promote patient safety.
• Supporting the Northeast Region, with responsibility at Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) and Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV).
• Managing Risk Management and Patient Safety Department for assigned region.
• Engaging as an integral part of providing safe, quality care to our patients and continually improving the care throughout the system.
• Collaborating with leaders to achieve the goal of increasing quality and patient safety and decreasing harm to patients.
• Overseeing comprehensive evaluation, investigation, reporting and remediation of safety events and daily operations.
• Responsible for compliance with relevant regulations and interaction with all associated regulatory agencies.
• Acting as Patient Safety Officer for assigned locations, responsible for compliance with all Act 13 regulations, including high-level trending of patient safety events, reporting to Patient Safety Committee and platform leadership, and timely identification of safety events that require written notification to patients.
• Overseeing the identification and review of potential Sentinel Events, collaborating with RPI to conduct and complete required analysis and action planning.
• Working collaboratively with Risk Insurance and Legal department as needed to identify potential claims and resolution of patient requests.
• Providing employee supervision and supporting the daily operations of activities for the assigned Risk Management and Patient Safety Department(s).
• Contributing to the design and development of Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety programs in coordination with director and division leadership.
• Participating in recruitment and retention of all professional and paraprofessional staff.
• Assuming operational responsibility for staffing plans to support department best practices including position descriptions, performance evaluations, action plans, employee goal setting, hiring, promotion, and disciplinary actions.

Benefits

• Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care. Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more.
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance.