RN - Registered Nurse Part Time - Advanced Acute Care Cardiac Telemetry Unit

Job Title: RN
- Registered Nurse Part Time
- Advanced Acute Care Cardiac Telemetry Unit

Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania

Job Category: Inpatient RN
- Registered Nurse, Nursing and Nursing Support

Schedule: Nights

Work Type: Part time

Department: GCMC Cardiac Nursing Division

Date Posted: 12/29/2023

Job : R-56163

Geisinger is proud to offer a part time Inpatient RN a $35.88 minimum hiring rate with increased rates for experienced individuals and up to $7 shift differentials for evening, nights, and weekend shifts!

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance that starts day one of employment
• Grow your career with up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per year
• Three medical plan choices, including options to save with a flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
• Company paid Life Insurance and Long-term disability
• Competitive 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions starting day one of employment
• Robust PTO plan
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health and earn incentives
• Family-friendly support to include adoption assistance, paid parental leave, paid military leave and a free  membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
• The ability to work under a Temporary Practice Permit until you take NCLEX
• Shared governance structure that empowers our nurses
• Professional opportunities for growth and advancement
• Support and mentorship from a full range of dedicated nursing leaders
• Community involvement through our Employee Resource Groups
• Employee referral incentive program

Job Description

• 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.

Hours:

7pm - 7:30am, every other weekend and holiday;

Cardiac Experience preferred - willing to learn, grow and experience a very dynamic and challenging nursing career;

The ideal candidate for this area should have a strong interest in Cardiac Nursing Care;

Great unit to build from, as any type of patient can have a heart issue during their stay at GCMC and may end up on Cardiac Telemetry.

Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)

Basic Life Support Certification
- Default Issuing Body;
Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) -  of Pennsylvania

We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.