LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse Career Enhancement Program - CEP

Location:
Community Care Wilkes-Barre

Shift:
Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:


40

Worker Type:
Regular

Exemption Status:
No

Job Summary:
At Geisinger through professional growth, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration, we've built an innovative culture that allows nurses to grow their skillsets and develop their practice to build a rewarding, lasting career with impact.

Job Duties:

The LPN Career Enhancement Program (CEP) provides clinical support to the provider and patient to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient's condition.

This role is full-time
, 40 hours weekly, 8-hour shift between the hours of 7:30 am and 7 pm. There is a salary bonus for this Career Enhancement Program role. You'll earn more while learning and serving as a resource to your team.

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• Full benefits (health, 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 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  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:

• Provides nursing care to patients by identifying and addressing physical, social and psychological needs of the patient and family to the registered nurse.
• Serves as a resource to patients, families, and healthcare team.
• Performs all aspects of the Clinic Nurse position.
• Mentors the professional development of novice team members.
• Coordinates a consistent orientation by communication of orientee's progress and needs to other preceptors as appropriate.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and support for staff members at the unit level.
• Actively participates as a team member in working toward team goals of the unit and organization.
• Supports and reinforces health teaching to patients.
• Satisfactorily completes all aspects of the domain selected in the Career Enhancement Program (mentor, educator, performance improvement, clinical coordinator, or any other additional domain as identified by unit need).
• Completes all unit based skill competencies on an annual basis.
• Submits portfolio to reporting supervisor to document performance in the Career Enhancement Program prior to performance evaluation.
• Serves as a unit preceptor for orientees.
• Assists with completion or orientation paperwork.
• Meets with orientee weekly during orientation period.
• Reviews orientees progress weekly with clinical Nurse Educator.
• Assists with unit based education.
• Assists with review of unit based competencies and skills assessments.
• Provides small group in-services or informal displays on the unit.
• Assists with unit education for new products, procedures and equipment.
• Responsible for actively participating in patient safety improvement initiatives and reporting.
• Assumes responsibility for identifying processes or systems that could potentially lead to errors and adverse events.

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.

Education:
Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)

Experience:
Minimum of 1 year-Nursing (Preferred)

Certification(s) and License(s):
Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, Licensed Practical Nurse - Default Issuing Body

Skills:
Communication, Computer Literacy, Customer Service, Mentoring Skills, Multitasking, Teamwork

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…