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Join Guthrie as an Employee Health RN, where you’ll play a vital role in promoting the health and well-being of our Caregivers.

About the Role:

As an Employee Health RN, you will provide a combination of clinical and clerical support, ensuring a safe and healthy workplace. Your responsibilities will include:

• Administering vaccines and immunizations

• Triaging employee injuries and illnesses

• Managing communicable disease cases

• Ensuring compliance with regulatory health and safety guidelines

Licensing and Travel: This position supports operations for all Employee Health locations which requires both NY and PA RN licenses.

Why Choose Guthrie?

+ 🌟 Up to $25,000 Sign-On Bonus for Experienced RNs: A warm welcome to our team!

+ 🩺 Comprehensive Medical and Dental Insurance – effective the 1st of the month following your hire date.

+ 🏖️ Generous PTO Accrual: Start earning experiential paid time off from Day 1.

+ 🚚 Relocation Assistance: Up to $12,000 based on distance, making your move easier.

+ 🎓 Tuition Reimbursement Program: Up to $7,500 annually, starting after just 90 days.

+ 💼 Large Premiums & Shift Differentials for Float Pool, Evening, Night & even Weekend Shifts – earn more for your dedication during these days/times.

+ 🔒 403B Retirement Plan with Company Matching – secure your future with our robust retirement plan.

+ ⚖️ Consistent Work & Holiday Rotations: Enjoy a great work/life balance.

+ 🤝 Friendly, Supportive, and Diverse Work Family: Be part of a team that feels like home.

+ ☕ Onsite Starbucks: Enjoy your favorite coffee and snacks without leaving the hospital.

+ 🚗 Convenient Free Parking: Enjoy hassle-free parking

Recognitions & Awards:

• Becker’s 150 Top Places to Work 2024 & 🏅 Forbes Best Employers For Women 2024

Who We Are:

Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, located in Sayre, PA, is a 288-bed tertiary care teaching hospital dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services. With a rich history dating back to 1885, we are the oldest hospital in the Twin Tiers region of northern Pennsylvania and upstate New York.

At Guthrie, we believe in fostering a supportive and dynamic work environment where RNs can thrive. As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact, enjoy a diverse and friendly work family, and benefit from comprehensive support and resources. Join us at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, where your expertise and dedication will be valued, and your career can flourish.

Position Summary:

Provides Employee Health Office (EHO) services and administers programs, policies, and procedures for The Guthrie Clinic (TGC) and Guthrie Medical Group (GMG) providers, employees, students, and volunteers. The Employee Health Registered Nurse (EHO RN) possesses excellent communication skills; is skillful in mentoring and teaching; and may participate on committees or projects. The EHO RN utilizes a holistic system approach to protect and promote client wellness and safety in the physiological, psychological, social-cultural, developmental, and spiritual domains. Nursing interventions are interdisciplinary, age specific, and directed toward optimum wellness.

Education, License, & Certification:

The RN must be a registered nurse currently licensed by both Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing and New York State Board Of Nursing. The EHO RN must complete Drug Screening Certification for DOT and Non-DOT, Breath Alcohol Certification, CPR, and Respirator Fit Test Certification within six months of employment. Hearing Conservation Certification will be completed by one year of employment. Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

POPULATION SERVED

The RN will serve all Guthrie Employee’s including but not limited to: providers, students, employees, and volunteers at various locations across the Guthrie system.

EXPERIENCE

The EHO RN will have 2-3 years’ experience is preferred in an equivalent setting wherein independent judgement was required in assessing patient conditions and determined. The EHO RN will demonstrate competence in the following areas:

+ Ability to problem solve complex problems

+ The RN will have the ability to self-reflection on skills and attributes with the ability to identify strength and weakness for ongoing knowledge and skill improvement.

+ The RN will have the ability to develop and implement comprehensive Employee Health programs and assist in policy development and revision.

+ The RN will have the ability to manage independent departmental functions.

+ The RN will have excellent communication and collaboration skills.

+ The RN will have computer skills and previous Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience.

+ The RN will be able to work flexible hours, which may include days, nights, holidays, weekends, and on-call.

+ The RN must demonstrate leadership skills that contribute to a positive team work environment, effective communication skills, and excellent critical thinking skills.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

+ Demonstrates competency in performance of nursing skills and procedures relative to EHO including:

Performance Levels

+ Assuring compliance with all standards set by JCAHO, PA & NY Department of Health (DOH), and other relevant regulatory bodies.

+ Administers and participates in updating department policies and procedures.

+ Vaccine administration-injections including IM, SQ, ID per current practice guidelines.

+ Ensures immunization requirements are met for all entities to maintain compliance with DOH, CDC, JCAHO, and OSHA while practicing within the scope of current policies and procedures of the EHO.

+ Ensure PPD administration, evaluation, and compliance with for Guthrie Corning Hospital (GCH) employees, Big Flats Same Day Surgery Employees, and all employees who travel to the NYS Sites or are credentialed in areas that an annual PPD is required (Home Health Etc.).

+ Assist with the Annual Influenza Program ensuring policy compliance throughout all Guthrie Organization.

+ Competent and certified in DOT, Non-DOT, Reasonable Suspicion, and Post Accident urine drug and breath alcohol collection and policy.

+ Visual acuity testing including peripheral vision.

+ Certified and competent in hearing testing including the forced whisper and administer testing when required.

+ Competent in bloodborne pathogen exposure work-up and follow-up criteria including all components of the policy. Ensures HIV counseling, post exposure counseling (includes necessary follow-up), schedules follow-up testing, coordinates treatment prophylaxis, coordinates appointments with infectious disease, and ensure the appropriate follow-up occurs.

+ Proficient phlebotomy skills, specimen handling, N95 Respirator Fit Testing, and PAPR instructions.

+ Demonstrates the ability to follow policies and complete annual training.

+ Collecting accurate vital signs and other required demographic information.

+ Ensure the appropriate charge entry occurs.

+ Order Supplies as designed by the Department Manager.

+ Ensures complete and records priot to submitting the information to the health care provider.

+ Maintains complete, accurate, up to date, medical records on all employees that is compliant with all regulatory agencies.

+ Ensures complete and accurate documentation, assessment, and referral of any injured employee in the absence of the Employee Health Medical Provider.

+ Review work related injury reports and appropriately documents the services provided to the injured employee in the designated database (example: ReadySet).

+ Performs respiratory fit testing to assigned locations across the Guthrie System.

+ NY State Employees: Notification and tracking employee’s annual health assessments. Schedule appointments for annual health assessments, PPD, and annual immunization review as designated by policy. Notify the EHO department manager of all employees who are not complaint in responding to your communication efforts after the second employee contact. Document the employee compliance communication via email return receipt.

+ (Corning Hospital) Schedule employees who report a musculoskeletal injury to attend Education and Prevention class per policy.

+ Arrange employee return to work physical exams with Guthrie Occupational Medicine Department per policy. Any employee who has been out of work for an extended period of time (per policy) will need a return to work physical prior returning to work.

+ Enter data in the Employee Health Data Base.

+ Completes and tracks annual surveillance programs (annual blood work and other required testing (prior to appointment), physicals, form completion (prior to physical), and scheduling physicals).

+ Travelers/students: Reviews immunizations, physical records, and ensures all institutional requirements are met prior to starting work.

+ Keep work areas clean and free from clutter.

+ Contributes ideas and suggestions and participates in activities that improve systems, processes, regulatory compliance, and services for patients, employees, and customers.

+ Closely monitor RL Solutions and document work exposure and injury follow up and plan of care.

2. Continuously improves processes and services that support patient/employee care, education, and research.

Performance Levels

+ Demonstrates customer-centered health care services by treating customers as top priority to meet or exceed needs and expectations.

+ Contributes ideas and suggestions and participates in activities that improve systems, processes, and service for patients, employees, and customers.

+ Engages in monitoring and evaluating feedback and data from patients, employees, and customers to improve service and team performances.

3. Fosters mutual respect and supports Guthrie's commitment to diversity.

+ Demonstrates mutual respect of individual differences by contributing to the recruitment, retention, and support of a diverse work force.

+ Supports an inclusive work environment by actively discouraging negative cultural, racial, religious, age, disability, socioeconomic, educational, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or gender stereotypes.

+ Treats others with dignity and contributes to a work place free from harassment.

+ Performs job specific competencies in a culturally sensitive manner.

4. Promotes teamwork, personal responsibility, integrity, innovation, excellence, trust, and communication.

+ Exhibits an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of team members and recognizes individuals for their contributions.

+ Contributes to the enhancement of team effectiveness by exchanging information, collaborating with other team members, and providing constructive feedback to the manager.

+ Creates opportunities for a culture that promotes Guthrie values, supports learning, and growth.

+ Engages in problem solving methodology for continual improvement on an individual and team level.

+ Listens attentively to patients, employee, and customers to ensure understanding and delivery of personalized service.

+ Accepts feedback and uses it to improve service and individual and team performance.

+ Helps develop team cohesiveness by offering assistance to team members and align individual work efforts to meet work unit and organizational goals for service excellence.

+ Maintains a patient/employee-centered, positive, and helpful orientation when working with individuals within and outside the team.

+ Effectively manages emotions, including anger and frustration.

+ Adjusts to change in a positive and supportive manner.

+ Completes assignments on time, contributing extra effort to meet employee, customers', and team member needs.

+ Utilizes the appropriate channels of communication (chain of command) to resolve conflicts or concerns.

+ Communicates departmental problems and concerns in a professional manner within the department and following the chain of command.

+ Supports the philosophy and objectives of the Guthrie Human Resource Division.

+ Promotes an environment of team work and encourage interprofessional communications.

+ Greet employees and answer phones.

5. Adheres to high standards of personal and professional conduct.

+ Adheres to patient confidentiality.

+ Understands the necessity for maintaining confidentiality of all sensitive oral, paper-based and electronic information and restricts the flow protected health information.

+ Conducts discussions of confidential information in appropriate settings to avoid unintentional disclosure. The RN will ensuring all exam room doors are closed when interacting with employee/patient. The RN will ensure employee/patient conversation take place “behind closed doors”.

+ Conducts work-related activities in accordance with the Guthrie Code of Conduct and Integrity Program.

+ Complies with all Guthrie policies, procedures, department guidelines, and applicable laws in the conduct of routine activities and the solution of problems.

+ Complies with Guthrie’s absence policy (excludes absences related to Family Medical Leave).

+ Performs activities in a manner that ensures a safe environment for patients, employees, and the public.

6. Maintains and enhances professional/competency skills.

+ Attends and participates in classes, seminars, workshops, and other continuing education as appropriate to maintain and enhance professional knowledge and/or job skills.

+ If applicable, maintains competence in the provision of care and services to patients/employee of various ages, populations, and abilities served.

+ Freely shares knowledge and information to assist in educating and training allied health staff and physicians.

7. Health Teaching and Health Promotion

+ Provides opportunity to the patient/employee to identify health teaching and health promotion needs.

+ Uses technology to communicate health promotion and disease prevention to patients/employee and provides them with information about potential adverse effects of their plan of care.

+ Provides anticipatory guidance to patients/employees to promote health and reduce the risk of negative health outcomes.

+ Preform counseling or at minimum recognize emotional or psychiatric symptoms and ensure the employee receives the appropriate treatment, referrals, and continued care (follow-up).

8. Evaluation: The EHO RN evaluates progress toward the attainment of employee and departmental goals and outcomes.

+ Conducts ongoing evaluations which are holistic, systematic and criterion based, with effective collaboration.

+ Works with the employee and interprofessional team to determine the employee-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, safety, timeliness and equitability of the plan and attainment of outcomes.

+ Communicates the evaluation and conclusion of employee plan of care to the employee and other key stakeholders.

+ Documents the results of the outcomes.

9. Performs nursing care in compliance with nursing standards of practice, standards of professional performance, the American Nurses’ Association Code of Ethics for Nurses and the organization’s policies and procedures.

+ Reports and documents accurately.

+ Demonstrates competence in both identification of an emergency situation and in initiating appropriate plan of action safely and effectively.

+ Demonstrates procedures and interprets policy to other members of the healthcare team

10.Fulfills professional role expectations and requirements.

+ Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues by recognizing and utilizing opportunities to teach other staff members, participating in orientation of new employees and collaborating with the interprofessional team.

+ Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning by assessing and identifying personal learning needs, developing a plan to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance, and then completing the plan. Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competency.

+ Participates in performance improvement activities to initiate positive changes within the working environment and in the healthcare delivery system.

+ Participates in efforts to minimize costs and unnecessary duplication in employee care.

OTHER FUNCTIONS

+ Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs.

+ It is understood that this description is not intended to be all-inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of this position.

EQUIPMENT USED

Medical equipment

CONTACTS

+ A. Internal:

+ Daily contacts with employee, providers, students, volunteers, other levels of the Guthrie Healthcare System employees.

+ B. External:

+ Visitors, guests, representatives from other organizations.

+ C. Employee Care:

+ Provides direct and indirect care to employee, student, and volunteers of all age groups.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Walking, bending, stooping, lifting 10-20 pounds frequently, manual dexterity, and prolonged standing.

MENTAL DEMANDS

Concentrated/Complex duties; general field; policy application; independent judgment; develops action plans for general objectives.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Works in artificially, well-lighted, well-ventilated areas, frequently exposed to disagreeable sights, sounds, odors, body waste, etc.

RISK CLASSIFICATION

+ A. Risk Category:

Category I - Tasks that involve regular exposure to blood, body fluid, or tissues.

+ B. Job Hazards:

Some exposure to hazards that might cause relatively serious injury or illness (accidents involving recuperation time), or frequent exposure to minor hazards.

VALUES

Demonstrates behaviors and actions that are consistent with Guthrie’s Vision, mission, and values.

SAFETY

Follows hospital and department specific safety policies/procedures and emergency plans. Identifies actual or potential safety hazards and utilizes appropriate reporting mechanisms.

QUALTIY/EXCELLENCE

Demonstrates personal responsibility in delivering service excellence. Participates in efforts that lead to improved processes, products, and/or services.

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Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.