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Dear Nursing Professional,


If you are committed to providing quality, compassionate care in an innovative hospital where your talents and contributions are appreciated daily, Genesis HealthCare System is the employer for you.


We’re a progressive healthcare organization on the leading edge of technologies such as electronic health records, cardiovascular procedures and robotic surgeries. The high quality of care and value we provide is proven through the numerous awards we’ve achieved.


Our commitment to you …


Genesis understands the critical importance of nursing care in our patients’ treatment and recovery.  That’s why we recruit only the best nurses to become part of our team. 


Genesis has much to offer you, and we hope you’ll learn more about our nursing opportunities, and our wonderful community.
If you are interested, you may apply HERE today. 

 

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Department highlights

    Acute Care

    Acute Care Services is made up of six medical and surgical units:

    • 4 West - Comprehensive Medical Unit
    • 4 East - Surgical Unit/Med Surg/Trauma
    • 4 South - Cardiac Unit - post cardiac procedures
    • 3 East - Respiratory unit, pneumonia, COPD
    • 3 West - Stroke/Oncology unit - Chemo patients, Comprehensive Medical Unit
    • 1 West - Ortho/Neuro/Geriatric Trauma

    Schedule:

    • Shifts are 12 hours: day shift is 7 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. and night shift is 7 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.
    • Only work every third weekend
    • Holiday rotation is assigned per weekend (work two holidays a year: a summer and a winter holiday; holidays rotate yearly.)
    • Modified self-scheduling available
    • Availability for overtime and bonus

    Educational/growth opportunities:

    • Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Stroke Life Support
    • Chemotherapy administration certification
    • Ultrasound guided IV insertion
    • Shared governance councils and other nursing committee participation
    • Open units - float to other medical-surgical units and care for a variety of patient populations

    R.N. Role:

    Patient ratio: 1:5

    Assessments

    Medication pass

    Monitor and read telemetry

    Care plans

    Patient and family education

    LPN oversite

    LPN Role:

    Patient ratio: 1:5

    Assessments

    Medication pass

    Education

     

    MST Role:

    Patient ratio: 1:10/12

    Bath

    Linen change

    Vitals

    Fingerstick blood sugars

    Bladder scan

     

    Orientation:

    Two weeks of “classroom” time and computer-based learning and check-offs.

    Two weeks rounding on other departments (if in residency program)

    8-12 weeks on the unit with a preceptor

    Orientation:

    Two weeks of “classroom” time and computer-based learning and check-offs.

    8-12 weeks on the unit with a preceptor

    Orientation:

    1.5 weeks of “classroom” time and computer-based learning and check-offs.

    4-8 weeks on the unit with a preceptor

    3 West & 4 West Comprehensive Medical Unit (CMU)

    Highly Collaborative Care Team

    • Highly organized professional team
    • High-quality patient outcomes
    • Dedicated physician, pharmacist and therapy staff
    • Increased patient and staff satisfaction
    • Decreased patient length of stay
    • Efficient, quiet and clean environment

    Medical-Surgical/Intermediate Patients

    • High acuity medical-surgical
    • Cardiac drips - non-Titratable

    Dedicated staff with an out-of-count charge nurse on 7A and 7P shifts

    • 7A Charge nurse rounding with the physician and pharmacist on all patients
    • ADT Nurse Coordinating timely discharges, assisting with admissions

    Nursing staffing ratios conducive to excellence

    • 4-5:1 Ratio 7A
    • 4-5:1 Ratio 7P

    Acute Care Services Culture Blueprint

    What we believe

    How we behave

    Outcome we achieve 

    Teamwork is everything

     

     

     

    Consistent commitment to helping each other

    Positive work environment.

    Outstanding patient experiences and outcomes.

    Every interaction is an opportunity for excellence

     

     

    Constant focus on performing above the line

    Positive work environment.

    Outstanding patient experiences and outcomes

    Our culture is what we believe, how we behave and
    the experience that our behavior creates for each other.

    Surgical Services

    The Surgical Services department consists of:

    • Endoscopy – Colonoscopies and bronchoscopies

    • Operating Room

      - General and Heart, Lung, and Vascular Surgery 

    • Genesis Surgery Center – Outpatient surgeries going home the same day
    • Genesis Coshocton Medical Center (GCMC) Surgery Center – Outpatient surgeries going home the same day
    • Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) – Waking up and recovering patients after surgery
    • Outpatient (Pre/Post) – Getting patients ready for surgery and providing care and education to discharge home
    • Preadmission Testing – Surgical optimization, preop instructions and medication evaluations

    Schedule is based on where you work

    • Each area has its own scheduling. We have 8, 9, 10 and 12-hour shifts depending on the area that you work
    • Modified self-scheduling – Staff can make their own schedule, changes may need to be made based on staffing

    • Endoscopy, Main OR and PACU have on-call time with holidays and weekends

      - On-call means that you are required to respond to the hospital for any emergency cases that arise. Surgery and PACU require a 30-minute response time, while Endoscopy requires a 45-minute response time

    Educational/growth opportunities: To enhance your knowledge and skills

    • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
    • Pediatric Advanced Life Support  
    • Trauma Nurse Core Course
    • Advanced Stroke Life Support
    • CAP – Clinical Advancement Program
    • Shared Governance
    • Activities Committees
    • Trauma in the First 48 Hours
    • Endoscopy offers a unique opportunity to learn all aspects of procedural care from pre-procedure, intra-procedure and post-procedure. We are a fast-paced environment performing procedures varying from diagnostic colonoscopies to advanced robotic bronchoscopies (one of two facilities in Ohio with this capability)
    • Opportunity to cross-train to another area within surgical services such as Admitting/Recovery to the OR for GSC and GCMC or PACU to Outpatient Surgery and vice versa at the main campus

    Surgical Services is a close-knit team of individuals who are committed to helping each other and our patients. We are committed to taking care of our patients and their families like they are our family members.

    Emergency Department

    Level 3 Trauma Center

    • 32 Main ED beds

    • 6 basic care rooms

    • 3 trauma bays

    • 4 behavioral health rooms

    • 1 sexual assault nurse exam room (SANE)

    • City jail

    • Sister Unit Clinical Decision Unit

    • Mobile ICU (MoICU)

                   - Hospital to hospital critical transport team

                   - Specialty trained and certified group of nurses

    Team nursing care model

    • R.N.s

    • LPNs

    • Clinical Technicians (CTs)

    • Trained Paramedics

    • Multi-skilled technicians

    Patient-to-nurse rations

    • R.N./LPN 3:1 (Based on acuity)

    • Basic Care 6:1

    • MST 8-10:1

    Scheduling

    • Self-scheduling

    • Six requests off per 6-week schedule

    • Choice of every third weekend or every other

    • Every other holiday

    • 12 or 8 hours shift

    • Shift start at all times of the day

    • Scheduling app

    Education/certification requirements

    • Basic Life Support

    • Advanced Cardiac Life Support

    • Pediatric Advanced Life Support

    • Trauma Nursing Core Course

    • Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course

    Additional education/opportunities

    • Advance Stroke Life Support

    • Ultrasound guided IV insertion

    • Unit Committees

                - Shared Governance

                - Trauma Nurse Leaders

                - Stemi

                - Stroke

                - Activities