Patient Companion - Evenings/Overnights - GCMC Float Pool

geisinger; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits starting day one

Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000/yr

Shift differential for nights/weekends

Education assistance to become a nurse

Job summary

Geisinger is hiring a full-time Patient Companion at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton for evening and overnight shifts. The role offers a $1,500 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates, a minimum hiring rate of $15.25 per hour, and up to $3 per hour shift differential for evenings, nights, and weekends, with potential up to $40,000 in educational support to become a nurse.

Typical duties include ensuring patient safety, providing companionship, accompanying patients to procedures,

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Ability to work evenings, overnights, weekends as scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe environment, companionship, and supportive care for patients requiring 1:1 observation.
• Maintain a safe, private, and comfortable therapeutic environment.
• Redirect impulsive or harmful behavior and remain in clear sight of the patient.
• Assist with meals and help with meals when swallowing precautions exist.
• Accompany patients to tests, procedures, or appointments and document communications with nurses.

Skills

Companionship care

Patient safety awareness

Communication with patients

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location: Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)

Shift: Nights (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Worker Type: Regular

Exemption Status: No

Job Summary:

Geisinger is proud to offer a full time Patient Companion a $1500 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates, $15.25 minimum hiring rate with increased rates for experienced individuals and up to $3/hour shift differential for evenings, nights and weekend shifts! Also offering up to $40,000 in financial support to become a nurse!

Job Duties:

• Provides a safe environment, companionship and supportive care for patients that require constant observation as identified by a nurse or physician. Maintains a safe environment for any patient requiring 1:1 supervision. Maintains constant observation of patient. Responsible to accompany the patient if he or she must leave the unit for reasons identified by the care provider.
• Maintain a safe, private, and comfortable therapeutic environment.
• Redirects impulsive and harmful behavior.
• Remain in clear sight of patient at all times, unless otherwise instructed by the nursing staff.
• Calls for assistance when unable to redirect patient or there is a potential for self-injury.
• Participate in report at the beginning and end of shift, making sure to inform pertinent information to Registered Nurse at the end of the shift.
• Accompany patient to all clinical tests, procedures, or appointments off the patient unit.
• Talks to the patient and use conversation to keep them focused.
• Assist patients with meals, when patient does not have swallowing precautions, or require carbohydrate counts.
• Assist with bed making.
• Activates bed alarms and and or chair alarms.
• Assists staff with walking patients.

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.

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) and a 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

Position Details:

Full Time, Evening/Overnights (36 Hours/weekly)

3 - 12 hour shifts 7pm - 7:30am

Every other weekend and holiday rotation required

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body

OUR PURPOSE & 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.

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 catego