RN-Clinical Team Coordinator Registered Nurse-Advanced Acute Care Medical

Job Duties

• Provides direct patient care along with providing direct supervision to assigned personnel, assists with orientation and integration of new employees.
• Counsels and educates patients and families on self-care, disease management, and preventive health care.
• Conducts performance appraisals, monitors absenteeism, orders supplies, schedules 24-hour staffing, patient and bed triage where appropriate.
• Assists with addressing performance problems initiating the disciplinary process as appropriate.
• Communicates pertinent information regarding patient care activities and operations to appropriate personnel.
• Participates in the formulation of nursing policies and goals as well as policies affecting other departments.
• Communicates and interprets policies, procedures and regulations to patients, visitors and staff members, as required.
• Communicates significant issues on units to Operations Manager in a timely manner.
• Assists in actively supporting Magnet philosophies such as a healthy work environment, professional growth and patient and family involvement in care decisions.
• Provides feedback to staff or managers for professional practice issues, facilitates and promotes evidence-based practices and research activities.
• Serves as a resource for unit issues, mentors staff, delegates actions as appropriate and creates an environment of participation.
• Ensures that staff meets regulatory requirements.
• Affirms effective, efficient and cost-effective use of physical, financial and human resources.
• Affirms the prevention and resolution of patient and family concerns.
• Affirms the assistance to the operations manager in making patient focused service rounds on assigned unit.
• Follows up on incidents occurring on assigned unit.
• Affirms proper documentation and follow-through.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Required)
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years-Nursing (Required)
• Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body

Qualifications

Commensurate with experience.

Skills

• Collaborative
• Communicator
• Compassionate
• Problem-solver
• Team Player
• Trustworthy

About the Role

Unit Location: BP7

BP7 is an advanced acute care unit that focuses on caring for medical patients with a broad range of diagnoses. Patients can have surgical and other procedures as well. This will be a great opportunity to work on a newer unit that will give you great, all around, experience!

Pay

$24,000 hiring incentive for eligible candidates

Schedule

.9 FTE (36 hours), Straight Nights

Culture

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
• 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.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness Programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Development
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Collaboration
• Awards and Recognition

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.