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Job Description
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.
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.
Qualifications:
BP8 is a 19 bed, all private, inpatient unit that cares for patients who are admitted to the Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Service. Nurses administer chemotherapy to many patients on this unit. Chemotherapy administration is done only when the RN has a minimum of one-year experience in nursing and successfully completes the chemotherapy administration orientation process, which incorporates guidelines provided by the Oncology Nursing Society.
Nursing staff work closely with the interdisciplinary team which consists of the physicians, physician assistants, care management, nutrition, chaplains and pharmacy. There is a pharmacy located on BP8. The pharmacy area prepares chemotherapy for administration for BP8 patients as well as inpatient and outpatient pediatric patients. Pharmacists are available as an excellent resource for nursing staff.
Employee engagement scores are top notch. Staff turnover is minimal and patient satisfaction scores are high. BP8 is very proud of the cohesiveness of the interdisciplinary team, which makes this unit a great place to work.
Per Diem
$72k-90k (estimate)
03/26/2023
05/23/2024
geisinger.org
KULPMONT, PA
7,500 - 15,000
1915
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
DANIEL SEBOCK
$5B - $10B
Geisinger is a health services organization that owns and operates medical centers, hospitals, and research centers.