RN/LPN Student Nursing Assistant Per Diem - GWV Float Pool (Start Over Summer Break)

Geisinger • Wilkes-Barre, PA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Are you a nursing student looking to build clinical experience outside the classroom while gaining exposure to patient care and unit operations? Geisinger GWV is hiring RN/LPN Student Nursing Assistants to join our Float Pool team in a per diem capacity. This role begins over summer break to allow for a two-week orientation and continues into the fall semester, offering flexible scheduling that works around your academic commitments. As a Student Nursing Assistant, you’ll support the care team by performing a variety of direct patient care tasks and clerical duties, depending on unit needs. Your contributions will help enhance the team’s ability to deliver high-quality care. You’ll also gain valuable experience working with patients across different age ranges in your assigned clinical area.

Requirements

• Must be currently enrolled in an RN or LPN educational program with a goal to attain licensure.
• Must successfully complete a 2-week Residency Program/Orientation training which will require full time hours for initial orientation period.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 1 year-Related work experience (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care as directed, within the nursing assistant scope of practice, in meeting the multidisciplinary care plan established for each patient.
• Identifies, observes, and documents the physical needs of the patient according to established standards.
• Reports ant changes in patient condition to licensed personnel in a timely manner.
• Obtains and maintains the integrity of specimens in accordance with policy and procedure, according to physician order.
• Provides for or assists patients with activities of daily living and fulfills designated and delegated responsibilities for ongoing continuum of care. Includes patient hygiene and changing linens.
• Provides one to one patient safety watch as assigned following established policies and procedures.
• Accurately processes specimens and provides timely transport of the specimen to the laboratory.
• Performs point of care patient testing and point of care instrument maintenance and quality control.
• Assists in problem solving, trouble shooting and taking corrective measures in care and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Serves as a preceptor and mentor for new staff and students in a positive manner.
• Performs clerical duties for admissions, transfers, discharges, and deaths according to standards and facilitates patient throughput activities.
• Transcribes and processes orders according to unit standard.
• Releases and confirms ordered tests to appropriate departments.
• Coordinate's transportation of patients to multiple tests.
• Participates in obtaining and communicating electronic information as pertinent to the nursing unit.
• Schedules tests, faxes consults, etc.
• Assists in ordering supplies. Stationery items as well as floor stock, patient needs, individual nursing supplies.
• Communicates with food services to ensure appropriate patient diets.
• Operates, problem solves, and takes corrective measures for clerical equipment. To include scheduling maintenance of computers, fax machines, phones, etc.
• Staff have access to non-controlled medications storage and supply areas and can transport non-controlled medications as necessary to meet the needs of the clinic or unit.
• Assists with transporting non-controlled medications to and from Pharmacy and within the unit as needed.
• Assists with transporting blood products to and from Blood Bank as needed.
• Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED