Position: Med/Surge LPN -DAY/EVE
Specialty Type: Nursing
Sub Specialties: LPN
Bed Size: 500+
Shift: 13 week Med/Surge Tele traveller needed for the night shift.
- Environment: 30-bed medical/surgical telemetry unit offering a challenging and professional work environment.
- We care for a diverse adult population that may include trauma, neurological, neurosurgical, respiratory, general surgery, and bariatrics.
- We have 10 semi-private and 10 private rooms.
- Our current delivery model is primary nursing through the use of RNs, LPNs and Nursing Assistants.
- Our ratios tend to be 1:4 or 1:5 nurse-patient ratio.
- Assignments and staffing are re-evaluated on a 4-hour basis.
- We do Interdisciplinary Team Rounds on day shift as well as Team Huddles on each shift.
- The unit has oversight from an Operations Manager, Team Coordinator, Nurse Educator, and 3 CEPs.
- Someone that can problem-solve quickly, detail-oriented, and is willing to be part of a team atmosphere.
- This person should have strong assessment skills, clinical skills, and is able to work with LPNs and NAs in a professional manner that also promotes interdepartmental growth and cooperation.
- Finally, this person should have ambition, enthusiasm, Independent, flexible and honesty.
- PCCN or CMSRN is preferred. However, this is not necessary.
Job Summary:
- Assesses plans, organises, 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 optimising all interactions.
Job Duties:
- 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 hospitalisation 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.
Skills:
- 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 caregivers for tomorrow.
- INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
- SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
Requirements
Education:
- Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)
Experience:
- Certification(s) and License(s): Basic Life Support Certification - American Heart Association (AHA), Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania
- Minimum Years of Experience: 2
- EMR Used: EPIC
- Certification: BLS/BCLS
Certification(s) and License(s): Basic Life Support Certification - American Heart Association (AHA), Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania Minimum Years of Experience: 2 EMR Used: EPIC