RN - Registered Nurse - Advanced Acute Care Hematology

geisinger; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring incentive up to $24k

Shift differentials for night shifts

Job summary

Geisinger Medical Center is seeking a dedicated Inpatient Registered Nurse for night shift. This full-time role offers a base hiring rate of at least $41.50 per hour, with increased rates for experienced staff and up to $7 per hour in shift differentials for evenings, nights, and weekends.

Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates. Position involves assessing, planning, and delivering nursing care, coordinating with an interdisciplinary team, and promoting patient safety and

Responsibilities

• Assesses plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates nursing activities to meet patient needs.
• Promotes safety and highest level of patient care while maintaining compassionate care in nurse-patient interactions.
• Coordinates patient care with the interdisciplinary team and ensures unit standards are met.
• Provides direct patient care including treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies as per policy.

Job description

Location

Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)

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 Inpatient RN up to $24,000 hiring incentive for eligible candidates! $41.50 minimum hiring rate with increased rates for experienced individuals and up to $7 shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Relocation assistance for eligible candidates!

Job Duties

Assesses plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates nursing activities to meet the needs of the patient. Promotes adaptive responses of patient and family to achieve the highest level of patient care, promote safety, and maximize patient satisfaction. Exhibits compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions. Coordinates patient care and interaction of staff. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in their assigned nursing unit. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient and family experience by optimizing all interactions.

• 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.
• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• 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 acts to proactively resolve and facilitate patient needs.
• 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.
• Actively participates in patient quality and safety education programs and other activities designed to improve departmental and organizational quality and safety.

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.

Position Details

Schedule Details

Full time, 36 hours per week, nights (7p-7a), every other weekend and every other holiday.

Offer self-scheduling to allow for flexible schedule.

Unit Details

BP8 is a 19 bed, all private, inpatient unit that cares for patients who are admitted to the Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Service. Nurses administer chemotherapy to many patients on this unit. Chemotherapy administration is done only when the RN has a minimum of one-year experience in nursing and successfully completes the chemotherapy administration orientation process, which incorporates guidelines provided by the Oncology Nursing Society.

Nursing staff work closely with the interdisciplinary team which consists of the physicians, physician assistants, care management, nutrition, chaplains and pharmacy. There is a pharmacy located on BP8. The pharmacy area prepares chemotherapy for administration for BP8 patients as well as inpatient and outpatient pediatric patients. Pharmacists are available as an excellent resource for nursing staff.

Employee engagement scores are top notch. Staff turnover is minimal and patient satisfaction scores are high. BP8 is very proud of the cohesiveness of the interdisciplinary team, which makes this unit a great place to work.

Geisinger Medical Center is proud to receive ANCC Magnet Recognition®, the highest and most prestigious distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing practice and quality patient care.

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)
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger co