Administrative Team Coordinator Registered Nurse- ICU

Geisinger; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

PTO

Wellness program

Adoption and fertility assistance

EAP

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a nursing leader to join our departmental leadership teams, guiding unit-level strategies in alignment with Magnet principles and organizational goals. You will communicate policies, mentor staff, and foster evidence-based practice with physicians and clinical educators.

Work occurs in a clinical environment with 7:00 am–3:30 pm hours, and a comprehensive benefits package including day-one medical, dental and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, PTO, and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Enrollment in a BSN program and 2 YOE.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership behaviors to align nursing and organizational strategies with Magnet philosophy.
• Participate in formulation of nursing policies and goals affecting the department.
• Communicate policies and procedures to patients, visitors and staff.
• Mentor staff and foster positive working relationships with Medical Director and Physician Liaison.
• Develop orientation, continuing education and competencies with Clinical Nurse Educators.
• Supervise assigned personnel and manage staffing, performance appraisals, and scheduling.

Skills

Leadership

Education

BSN program enrollment

Job description

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• Full benefits (medical, 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) anda health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
• 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

Job Description:

• As a member of departmental leadership teams, you will need to demonstrate characteristics and behaviors necessary to assure employee understanding and acceptance of the nursing and system driving strategies including communicating and incorporating the Nursing and Organization's vision, goals, and initiatives at the unit and department level consistently with the Magnet philosophy and environment.
• 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.
• Promotes and supports concepts of positive guest relations.
• Sets expectation for evidence based practice incorporated with development procedures.
• Fosters an effective working relationship with the Medical Director and Physician Liaison of the inpatient unit.
• Develops positive and proactive employee relations.
• Serves as a resource for unit issues, mentors staff, delegates actions as appropriate and creates an environment of participation.
• Facilitates attendance of assigned personnel at internal and external educational programs.
• Collaborates with Clinical Nurse Educators to develop employee orientation, continuing education and competencies.
• Provides direct supervision to assigned personnel, assists with orientation and integration of new employees.
• Conducts performance appraisals, monitors absenteeism, orders supplies, scheduling 24 hour staffing, patient and bed triage where appropriate.
• Assists with addressing performance problems initiating the disciplinary process as appropriate.
• Design and implement strategic operational plans related to changes in the healthcare environment.
• These plans may include capital, clinical, financial, Human Resources, and IS quality and service plans.
• Demonstrates fiscal accountability by managing assignments to meet worked hour statistics.
• Develops and promotes service standards that foster a customer sensitive environment, using a proactive approach.
• Measures performance against standards and seeks team commitment to exceed standards.
• Resolves patient and customer related issues in a timely manner.
• Conducts leadership rounds on the unit.
• Proactively reviews the units and systems risk exposure to develop educational activities for employees and associates that will reduce liability.
• Ensures all incidents, serious events, and sentinel events are reported to PI and addressed in a timely manner.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Hours include:

7a-3:30p; will flex to the needs of the business

Minimum Qualifications:

Enrollment in a BSN program and 2 YOE