RN - Registered Nurse - Advanced Acute Care Cardiovascular

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! Join the Geisinger Family! Apply now! To learn more about Geisinger opportunities, please contact Katy Baralt, Nurse Recruiter, at ksbaralt.

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.

Schedule Details: Full time, rotation (D/N), .9 FTE (36 hours, 12-hour shifts) every other weekend, every other holiday.

Offer self-scheduling to allow for flexible schedule.

Advanced Acute Care Cardiovascular (HFAM8) is a 30 bed, private room, Cardiology, Vascular, Thoracic and Med‑Surgical with a cardiac diagnosis unit. We take patients needing conscious sedation for bedside cardioversions/Chest Tube insertion, Bi‑pap, Hi‑flow and Ultra‑filtration for Heart Failure patients. Some of the cardiac drips we take are Milrinone, Amiodarone, Dopamine, Cardizem and Dobutamine. Currently, we do not take titratable drips.

Also caring for patients post cardiac catheterization/cardiac procedure and patients with heart failure requiring inpatient interventions. Multidisciplinary approach to patient care. This includes, but not limited to, nursing, physicians, respiratory, physical/occupational therapy, and care management all working as a team to provide the best patient care.

Looking for candidates who are critical thinkers who work well in a fast paced environment. Someone who would be able to make quick decisions, identify patient needs, and remain calm during stressful or emergent situations. Someone who would work well as a team member but also be able to…