Nursing Assistant - Days/Evenings - Intensive Care Unit - No CNA Required

About the role

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated individual committed to delivering the highest quality care to patients. This role requires reliability, punctuality, and strong attendance, with the ability to meet full-time scheduling requirements. The candidate must demonstrate excellent teamwork and communication skills to foster collaboration across the care team, ensuring exceptional patient outcomes.

Geisinger offers a $1,500 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates, a minimum hiring rate of $16.25 (higher for experienced individuals), and up to $3 shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Additionally, up to $40,000 in financial support is available to become a nurse.

Responsibilities

• Perform a wide range of clerical duties and direct patient care activities based on unit needs, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently and timely to enhance care quality.
• Provide patient care as directed, within the nursing assistant scope of practice, aligned with the multidisciplinary care plan for each patient.
• Identify, observe, and document the physical needs of patients according to established standards, reporting any changes in condition to licensed personnel promptly.
• Obtain and maintain the integrity of specimens in accordance with policy and physician orders.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, including hygiene and changing linens, to support ongoing care.
• Provide one-to-one patient safety watch as assigned, following established policies and procedures.
• Accurately process and transport specimens to the laboratory in a timely manner.
• Perform point-of-care testing and maintain instruments, including quality control.
• Assist in troubleshooting and corrective measures for equipment and supply care and maintenance.
• Serve as a preceptor and mentor for new staff and students in a positive manner.
• Perform clerical duties for admissions, transfers, discharges, and deaths, facilitating patient throughput activities.
• Transcribe and process orders according to unit standards, releasing and confirming tests to appropriate departments.
• Coordinate patient transportation to multiple tests and communicate electronic information pertinent to the nursing unit.
• Schedule tests, fax consults, and assist in ordering supplies, including stationery, floor stock, and individual nursing supplies.
• Communicate with food services to ensure appropriate patient diets.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and schedule maintenance for clerical equipment, including computers, fax machines, and phones.
• Transport non-controlled medications and blood products as needed to meet unit or clinic requirements.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job-specific obligations and complying with organizational policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED) (Required).
• Minimum of 1 year of related work experience (Preferred).
• Basic Life Support Certification (Required).

Benefits

• Full benefits (medical, dental, and vision) starting on day one, with three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents.
• Pre-tax savings plans, including healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan with automatic Geisinger contributions.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan with quick accrual.
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year.
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve 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.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with referrals for childcare, eldercare, and pet care; access to free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, and digital self-help tools.
• Voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life, and pet and legal insurance.

Schedule

• Full-time position (36 hours per week).
• 3 - 12-hour shifts (7:00 AM - 7:30 PM).
• Weekend and holiday rotation required.

This posting reflects an opening for a Nursing Assistant. Geisinger reserves the right to consider applicants currently enrolled in an accredited RN or LPN program for a Student Nurse Associate (SNA) role based on skills, qualifications, and experience.