RN - Registered Nurse - Convenient Care Plus

Location:

Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital Professional Building

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

No

Job Summary:

Join a dynamic, fast paced nursing environment at Geisinger’s Convenient Care+. If you are an experienced RN who is looking for an appealing environment and a great place to practice patient care with a welcoming team - apply to learn more.

Job Duties:

Position Details:

Provides care in a fast-paced, high acuity environment that acts similarly to an advanced urgent care with Physician oversight.  Patient population will include ages >1 year of age to geriatrics. Care will include a large variety of chief complaints. Serves in an expanded role and prioritizes tasks and uses critical thinking and clinical judgment to provide urgent care.

• Work collaboratively with provider to triage patient care needs, assess patient needs, plan, and provide nursing care and coordinate follow-up care.
• Exhibits compassionate care during patient-nurse interactions.
• Coordinates patient care and interaction of staff.
• Obtains and documents patient medical history, chief complaint, vital signs, and provides basic medical data base for provider, and prepares patient for examinations.
• Performs initial and ongoing patient assessment.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions.
• Observes, reports, interprets, and records manifestations of the patient’s condition.
• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• Assists provider in performance of procedures as directed by provider to facilitate accurate diagnosis.
• Inserts, monitors, regulates, and discontinues IVs as required by provider.
• Collects and prepares laboratory specimens and completes associated paperwork to expedite laboratory studies with maximum accuracy and efficiency.
• Communicates with lab, radiology, and other testing results to patients and via telephone and electronic medical record letter notification.
• Formulates, coordinates, and provides plan of care as established in department standards including, patient and family education, family needs and discharge planning throughout office visit
• Actively participates as a team member working toward team goals of the department and organization and is accountable for unit and system specific metrics.
• Provides instruction to ensure patient's understanding of medical condition and compliance with treatment instructions.

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