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

Will provide oversight, expertise, and leadership efforts that support nurses by optimizing the work environment to address professional drivers of burnout. Through enhanced workplace efficiency and integration of well-being into organizational culture, the director’s work will positively contribute to nurse recruitment, engagement, and professional fulfillment while promoting safe, quality, and efficient clinical care.

This role is full-time, 40 hours weekly; Monday through Friday. Most shifts will be 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. but some shifts will vary between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. based on business need.

A Pennsylvania RN License is required, plus a Bachelor's of Nursing (BSN) is required.

A minimum of 3 years managing people, processes and projects and 5 years RN/clinical experience is required. Well-being or wellness experience is strongly preferred.

Benefits at Geisinger:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one, including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Three medical plan choices, including expanded network options
• Pre-tax savings plans (FSA & HSA)
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) with automatic Geisinger contributions
• Generous PTO that accrues quickly
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program with financial incentives
• Family-friendly support: adoption/fertility assistance, parental leave, military leave, and Care.com membership
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): mental health, legal guidance, childcare/eldercare referrals, and more
• Voluntary benefits: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more

Job Duties:

• Apply strategic approach to developing and maintaining employee well-being as an organizational priority, with specific focus on the nursing population, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategic plan for well-being.
• Spearheads organization’s nurse well-being efforts
• Apply change management and systems thinking skills to improve existing patterns and practices to promote health care professional well-being at all levels of the training process.
• Disseminate and champion enterprise well-being work broadly among nursing population to encourage utilization and peer support participation.
• Work collaboratively with academic and health system leaders to develop an interprofessional team-based organizational culture.
• Work closely with leadership and the division of nursing education to oversee the application, maintenance, and culture that supports the ANCC Well-being Excellence Designation
• Responsible for oversight of workplace innovation and optimization related to nursing professional practice that minimizes professional drivers of burnout while ensuring quality, safety, professionalism, and cost effectiveness are maintained.
• Oversee data analysis related to well-being, safety, and quality metrics. Use data to identify areas for improvement, set goals and monitor progress, using quantitative and qualitative research methods as appropriate.
• Cultivate nurse well-being including creating an efficient practice environment, promoting personal resilience, and developing an organizational culture that fosters engagement and professional fulfillment
• Works on strategy to support well-being strategic plan to build and sustain a nurse well-being program.
• Conduct and disseminate scholarship related to institutional well-being initiatives and programs for regional and national audiences.

Position Details

Work is typically performed in a clinical and office environment. Travel will be required. 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

Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Required), Master's Degree-Related Field of Study (Preferred)

Experience

Minimum of 5 years-Clinical (Required), Minimum of 3 years-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

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, 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.

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.

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