Transfer Team Technician
3 weeks ago
Location: Danville, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Nursing Support Services, Nursing and Nursing Support
Schedule: Rotation
Work Type: Full time
Department: Advanced Acute Care Transplant & Lift Team Division
Date Posted: 09/05/2024
Job ID: R-58641
Job SummaryGeisinger is proud to offer a full time Transfer Team Technician a minimum hiring rate of $15.75, with increased rates for experienced individuals and up to $3 shift differentials for evening, nights, and weekend shifts Also offering up to $40,000 in financial support to become a nurse
Job Duties
Benefits of working at Geisinger:
- 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
- Shared governance structure that empowers our nursing support staff
- On the job training and education
- Professional opportunities for growth and advancement
- Support and mentorship from a full range of dedicated nursing leaders
- Community involvement through our Employee Resource Groups
- Employee referral incentive program
- Geisinger values and prioritizes the safety and security of our staff by investing in a Strongline Alert Notification system worn by our staff, robust camera surveillance system, metal detectors at certain locations and security guards/K9 program on campus.
Join the Geisinger Family Apply now To learn more about Geisinger opportunities, please contact Jennifer Craven at jlcraven@geisinger.edu.
Job Description:
Serves as the Primary Source for Best Practice techniques in the mobilization of patients. Ensures patient's and care givers safety at all times. Responsible for planning, prioritizing, organizing and performing patient lifts or patient repositioning, utilizing appropriate lifting devices and equipment. Assumes responsibility for reporting equipment maintenance needs to Clinical Engineering and monitoring inventory of patient lifting and transfer equipment, along with maintaining proper hygiene of equipment on each unit. Assists nurse educators with staff education and training in use of patient lifting equipment and appropriate lifting techniques and making specialty chairs available whenever able and needed. Maintains database or other documentation of key functions, and daily tasks.
- Serves as the Primary Resource for Best Practice techniques in the mobilization of patients as the primary source of clinical education on equipment and techniques when applicable.
- Ensures patient's safety at all times.
- Plans, prioritizes, organizes and performs requests for patient lifting or repositioning as requested by the assigned nursing staff or other personnel.
- Provides accurate documentation of daily patient lifting or repositioning activity on the Patient Transfer and Lift Team work log and database.
- Identifies appropriate lifting and repositioning technique and device for each patient.
- Communicates plan to nursing staff for documentation in the patient's plan of care.
- Maintains visibility on patient care units in order to offer assistance with patient movement, between calls and scheduled lifts.
- Assists nurse educators with training programs for staff related to lifting techniques and devices.
- Independently assumes role of mentor to nursing staff for the utilization of all available lifting equipment in an appropriate and effective manner.
- Educates nursing teams on use of equipment.
- Promotes use of proper body mechanics and technique when lifting or repositioning patients.
- Maintains listing of all available lifting and repositioning equipment available and conducts quarterly inventory of equipment.
- Maintains cleanliness of the equipment.
- Assesses need for new or additional equipment and assumes responsibility for testing equipment.
- Responds appropriately in emergency situations.
- Promotes positive image of the Patient Transfer and Lift Team and the nursing department, through professional conduct, appearance, and communication.
- Possesses interpersonal skills necessary for communicating effectively and positively with patients, families, and other care delivery team members.
- Assumes responsibility for identifying processes or systems that could potentially lead to errors and adverse events.
- Knows and follows organizational and departmental policies and procedures applicable to assigned duties.
- Promptly reports serious events and incidents in accordance with established hospital policy and procedure.
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
Schedule: Day/Evening shift rotation (Days 8am-4:30pm and evenings 1pm to 9:30pm) including every second and third weekend and holiday rotation.
Opportunity to work independently and as a team transferring patients using specialized equipment.
No experience required. Comprehensive on the job training provided.
EducationHigh School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)
Our Purpose & ValuesOUR 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.
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