| JOB DESCRIPTION: Specialty Nurse II- Musculoskeletal Wound Care LOCATION: Lewistown DEPARTMENT: Surgical Musculoskeletal Wound Care WORK SCHEDULE: Days WORK TYPE: Part Time ***JOINING INCENTIVE AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS*** JOB SUMMARY: Provides education and care for adult patients and their families. Serves as a team member in assessing needs, planning and providing education, and coordinating follow-up care for patients. Performs patient assessment and triage. Provides primary clinical support to the providers and patient to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the patients condition. Follows up on diagnostic testing to ensure completion, accuracy, and filing in medical record to ensure continuity of care. Meets the qualifications to provide care for patients in specific age range on their assigned clinical area. Performs duties to provide the highest level of patient care and maximize patient satisfaction. Reports to the Operations Manager. COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: Demonstrates understanding of complex chronic disease states common to wound care patients. Demonstrates working knowledge of nursing management of patients with diseases treated in the specific department. Demonstrates the flexibility to perform duties both independently and as a team member. Demonstrates strong organizational, interpersonal, and computer skills. Demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate and provide patient education. Demonstrates caring and compassionate attitude. Demonstrates ability to be a champion for the patient and interdisciplinary team care. Demonstrates skills in program development and education. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: RN with current Pennsylvania licensure or eligibility required. Graduate of an approved school of nursing required. BSN preferred. Minimum two years experience in wound care required. Requires six months on-the-job to become familiar with all duties. WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is typically performed in a clinic or hospital environment. Lifting patients, bending, and extended periods of standing involved in job duties. The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. 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. GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC),located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus. About Geisinger One of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. ** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. *Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit. | 
