Location:Geisinger Health Plan Hughes Center
Shift:Days (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:40
Worker Type:Regular
Exemption Status:Yes
Job Summary:Coordinates and supervises the delivery of nursing care and activities for the Hospital at Home program. Screens, evaluates, and coordinates enrollees, and provides direct supervision and patient care. Assists in developing, initiating, and supporting unit-level improvements to deliver high-quality, safe, and cost-effective patient care. Ensures the highest level of care, optimizing all customer interactions to maximize patient satisfaction.
Job Duties:- Supervises assigned personnel.
- May provide direct patient care as needed
- Assists with orientation and integration of new employees.
- Screens potential new enrollees and evaluates needs for appropriate care programs.
- Develops support materials regarding program goals and objectives.
- Communicates program details to physicians and healthcare providers.
- Identifies patients for recruitment and conducts outreach, including in-home visits.
- Ensures appropriate segmentation and handoff to care teams.
- Manages the delivery of acute care in the home setting, ensuring comprehensive and continuous patient support.
- Assesses home environments for suitability and coordinates necessary modifications for safe and effective care.
- Understands the scope and abilities of a variety of team members to ensure efficient and quality-based processes
- Participates in the formulation and communication of nursing policies.
- Conducts performance appraisals, schedules staffing, and handles patient triage.
- Participates in IDT meetings and ensures regulatory compliance.
- Handles acute care calls and coordinates response to care needs.
- Documents enrollment processes and supports reporting requirements.
- Prevents and resolves patient and family concerns.
- Supports Magnet philosophies such as professional growth and patient involvement.
- Mentors staff and promotes evidence-based practices.
- Ensures integration of technology and telehealth services to enhance patient monitoring and care delivery in home settings.
Work is typically performed in a clinical and home 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 perform the job successfully.
Position Details:Hours: Monday through Friday; 8:00a-4:30p
On-Call: potential for Administrator on-call
Travel: less than 25%- potential travel from hub site to hospital campuses
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) is required
Experience: minimum of 2 years RN work experience is requiredGeisinger cares about not only its patients and members, but also about you and your family. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to ensure that you and your loved ones can maintain good health, achieve financial stability, and excel both personally and professionally. We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves. To learn more:
- 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 Care.com 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
Education:Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Required)
Experience:Minimum of 2 years-Nursing (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s):Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania
Skills:Clinical Skills, Communication, Computer Literacy, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Preceptor Skills, 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 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.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. 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.