Registered Nurse Convenient Care Plus

Job Duties

• Provides care in a fast-paced, high acuity environment that acts similarly to an advanced urgent care with Physician oversight.
• Patient population will include ages >1 year of age to geriatrics.
• Care will include a large variety of chief complaints.
• Serves in an expanded role and prioritizes tasks and uses critical thinking and clinical judgment to provide urgent care.
• Work collaboratively with provider to triage patient care needs, assess patient needs, plan, and provide nursing care and coordinate follow-up care.
• Exhibits compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions.
• Captures and documents patient medical history, chief complaint, vital signs, and provides basic medical data base for provider, and prepares patient for examinations.
• Performs initial and ongoing patient assessment.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions.
• Observes, reports, interprets, and records manifestations of the patient’s condition.
• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• Auxiliaries with provider in performance of procedures as directed by provider to facilitate accurate diagnosis.
• Inserts, monitors, regulates, and discontinues IVs as required by provider.
• Collects and prepares laboratory specimens and completes associated paperwork to expedite laboratory studies with maximum accuracy and efficiency.
• Communicates with lab, radiology, and other testing results to patients and via telephone and electronic medical record letter notification.
• Formulates, coordinates, and provides plan of care as established in department standards including, patient and family education, family needs and discharge planning throughout office visit.
• Actively participates as a team member working toward team goals of the department and organization and is accountable for unit and system specific metrics.
• Provides instruction to ensure patient's understanding of medical condition and compliance with treatment instructions.

Benefits of Working at Geisinger

• 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.

Position Details

• Provides care in a fast-paced, high acuity environment that acts similarly to an advanced urgent care with Physician oversight.
• Patient population will include ages >1 year of age to geriatrics.
• Care will include a large variety of chief complaints.
• Serves in an expanded role and prioritizes tasks and uses critical thinking and clinical judgment to provide urgent care.
• Work collaboratively with provider to triage patient care needs, assess patient needs, plan, and provide nursing care and coordinate follow-up care.
• Exhibits compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions.
• Captures and documents patient medical history, chief complaint, vital signs, and provides basic medical data base for provider, and prepares patient for examinations.
• Performs initial and ongoing patient assessment.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions.
• Observes, reports, interprets, and records manifestations of the patient’s condition.
• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• Auxiliaries with provider in performance of procedures as directed by provider to facilitate accurate diagnosis.
• Inserts, monitors, regulates, and discontinues IVs as required by provider.
• Collects and prepares laboratory specimens and completes associated paperwork to expedite laboratory studies with maximum accuracy and efficiency.
• Communicates with lab, radiology, and other testing results to patients and via telephone and electronic medical record letter notification.
• Formulates, coordinates, and provides plan of care as established in department standards including, patient and family education, family needs and discharge planning throughout office visit.
• Actively participates as a team member working toward team goals of the department and organization and is accountable for unit and system specific metrics.
• Provides instruction to ensure patient's understanding of medical condition and compliance with treatment instructions.