RN - Registered Nurse Case Manager/PI Coordinator Trauma

Location:

Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

We’re working to create a national model for improving health. Today, we’re focused on bringing our region services that improve every facet of life to drive total health, inside and out. Through professional growth, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration, we’ve built an innovative culture that allows nurses to grow their skillsets, develop their practice, and leverage their years of experience to build a rewarding, lasting career with impact.

Job Duties:

The Registered Nurse Case Manager/PI Coordinator Trauma maintains and updates the trauma registry and performance improvement database. Assists with the development and implementation of the trauma performance improvement program.

This role is full-time, 40 hours weekly; Monday through Friday; typical hours are 7:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.

A minimum of 3 years RN work experience is required. Previous Trauma experience is strongly preferred.

Benefits of Working at Geisinger:

Geisinger 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.

• 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

Job Duties:

• Conducts daily clinical rounds on trauma patients providing clinical and systems focused assessment.
• Concurrently obtains demographic, clinical and outcomes focused information from trauma patient medical records and electronic database sources.
• Assures a high degree of accuracy for all data coded, abstracted and entered into the database.
• Prepares and obtains accurate trauma patient information and reports concurrently within 6 weeks of discharge.
• Collaboratively assures compliance with regulatory standards.
• Facilitates the development of action plans related to quality issues and implements resolution of system issues in collaboration with leadership.
• Maintains, updates and enters data into the system collaboratively with team members and provides reports to support performance improvement initiatives.
• Collaboratively develops daily patient log and prepares agendas.
• Serves as a liaison and collaborates with all departments involved in the care of the trauma patient.
• Assists departments as needed in trauma data management.
• Communicates with referring institutions and providers and reports all quality improvement issues and discharge status.

Position Details:

Work is typically performed in an office 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.

Education:

Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required), Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Preferred)

Experience:

Minimum of 3 years-Nursing (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

Skills:

Builds Relationships, Manages Conflict And Crisis

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.