RN- Registered Nurse- Advanced Acute Care Medical- School Age Children, CH3

Inpatient Registered Nurse

Geisinger is proud to offer a full-time Inpatient Registered Nurse with Children's 3 a $41.50 minimum hiring rate, with increased rates for experienced individuals, and up to $7 shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. $21,500 lump-sum hiring incentive, and $7,500 in relocation assistance offered to eligible candidates.

Job duties include:

• 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.

Position details:

(.9) FTE, 36 hours/weekly with (3) 12-hour shifts

Day/Night schedule rotation is required (7a-730p, 7p-730a)

Rotating weekend and holiday shifts

The Pediatric medical/surgical units, located within the Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital, provide specialized family-centered care directed to meet the needs of infants, toddlers, school-age, and adolescent patients through the collaborative efforts of a multi-disciplinary team.

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

Education:

Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required), Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Preferred)

Experience:

Minimum of 1 year-Nursing (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

Skills:

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

Our purpose and values:

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family, and our communities.

• Kindness: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• Excellence: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• Learning: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• Innovation: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• Safety: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.