Registered Nurse — Night Shift, Advanced Acute Care

Geisinger; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Family leave benefits

PTO accrual

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a nurse to deliver patient care in a new Advanced Acute Care unit. You will apply nursing processes, educate patients and families, and coordinate plans of care with the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include administering treatments and medications, performing assessments, and ensuring safety and quality in care delivery. Shift: 7pm–7:30am on a rotating schedule with weekends/holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• Completes assessments as established by scope of practice and unit standards.
• Addresses physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patient and family throughout the continuum of care.
• Formulates, coordinates, and provides plan of care as established in unit standards including, patient and family education, family needs and discharge planning throughout hospitalization with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions.
• Initiates collaboration with physicians, ancillary personnel, and other interdisciplinary team members and takes action to proactively resolve and facilitate patient needs.
• Makes assignments in collaboration with other team members.
• Directs and alters assignments in response to changes in patient situations.
• Promotes teamwork by delegating tasks to team members based on skill, expertise, time availability, acuity, and needs of the patient.
• Problem solves, troubleshoots and takes corrective measures in the care and handling of equipment.
• Participates in unit-based decision-making regarding the utilization of evidence based practice.
• Actively participates as a team member working toward team goals of the unit and organization and is accountable for unit and system specific metrics.
• Supports and participates in initiatives that support the Magnet mission.
• Actively participates in patient quality and safety education programs and other activities designed to improve departmental and organizational quality and safety.

Job description

Geisinger is seeking a nurse to deliver patient care in a new Advanced Acute Care unit. You will apply nursing processes, educate patients and families, and coordinate plans of care with the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include administering treatments and medications, performing assessments, and ensuring safety and quality in care delivery. Shift: 7pm–7:30am on a rotating schedule with weekends/holidays.