Job Description
Job Summary
Oversees and facilitates the Nurse Residency Program following established standards and expectations. Focus on continuing professional development and education for nurses in their first year as a nurse. Various responsibilities focus on developing educational programs and processes to promote professional development for nurses throughout the organization. This process will focus on evidence-based practice and fosters a personal commitment to overall organization success.
Job Duties
Benefits of working at Geisinger:
- Full benefits (medical, 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) with employer contribution
- 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
Join the Geisinger Family! Apply now! To learn more about Geisinger opportunities, please contact Tiffany Nino at tnino@geisinger.edu.
Job Description:
- Develops and revise curriculum for the Nurse Residency Program and transition to practice programs.
- Implements and facilitates the Nurse Residency Program – ensures speakers are planned and present; space is planned and reserved; learners are informed of dates and locations; etc.
- Evaluate the outcomes of the Nurse Residency Program using data collection methods consistent with Vizient.
- Routinely shares outcome data with key stakeholders and advisory committee.
- Revise the Nurse Residency program based on feedback from stakeholders and literature.
- Serves as a strong role model in professional practice as evidenced by robust relationships with staff and members of other departments, effective communications, appropriate resource utilization and sound planning skills.
- Provide guidance to residents regarding orientation and transition to practice; and builds a sense of pride in employees and promotes good morale.
- Guides resident professional development through mentoring, coaching and education.
- Participates in the formulation of nursing policies and goals when appropriate.
- Provides feedback to resident and managers regarding professional practice issues identified.
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.
Position Details
Hours include: 8a-4:40p or 7a-3:30p
Minimum Qualifications: 3 YOE and BSN
Geisinger Wyoming Valley is proud to receive ANCC Magnet Recognition®, the highest and most prestigious distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing practice and quality patient care.
Education
Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Required), Master's Degree-Nursing (Preferred)
About Geisinger
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, from senior management on down, 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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://jobs.geisinger.org/ |
About Company
For communities across the country, health doesn’t have to be a destination: It can be a daily opportunity. At Geisinger, we empower our communities to do well and be well by removing barriers to advanced healthcare in all the moments where health makes its home.
For more than 100 years, we’ve served our region while working to create a national model for improving health. Today, we’re focused on bringing them services that improve every facet of life to drive total health, inside and out.
Skills
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)unmatched
- Animal Careunmatched
- Childcareunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Data Collectionunmatched
- Employee Assistance Planunmatched
- Employee Relationsunmatched
- Flexible Spending Accountsunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Militaryunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Policy Developmentunmatched
- Psychiatry and Mental Healthunmatched
- Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
- Resource Utilizationunmatched
- Tax Planningunmatched
- Training Program Developmentunmatched
- Training/Teaching Curriculumunmatched
- User Documentationunmatched
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