Student Nurse Care Partner - Float Pool - Per Diem

Student Nurse Care Partner – Float - Per Diem

Build Your Nursing Experience While Making a Difference in Patient Care

Gain valuable hands-on healthcare experience while supporting patients and collaborating with an experienced nursing team. As a PD Student Nurse Care Partner – Float, you’ll help deliver patient-centered care across patient populations while developing practical skills that complement your nursing education.

Organization Overview

Join a collaborative healthcare team committed to providing safe, compassionate, and high-quality patient care. Work alongside registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other healthcare professionals to support patient needs and contribute to a positive care experience.

Position Summary

The Student Nurse Care Partner works with other members of the patient care team to deliver care to specific patient populations. The employee will maintain competency for population-specific groups with consideration of physical, communication, safety, nutrition, and psychosocial needs.

Schedule Details

Position Type: Per Diem (PD)

Assignment: Float

Weekends and Holidays may be required

Key Benefits & Perks

Gain practical, hands-on patient care experience while enrolled in a licensed nursing program.

Develop clinical skills while working alongside experienced nursing professionals.

Build experience in patient safety, communication, and interdisciplinary teamwork.

Education & Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience: Must be currently enrolled in a licensed nursing program.

Additional Expectations: Must demonstrate effective communication, organizational skills, sound judgment, and the ability to follow established policies and procedures.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Participates in the delivery of patient care for population groups under the direction of an RN/LPN, including but not limited to the following:

Patient Care & Mobility

Lifting, turning, and positioning patients utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate.

Observing confused and difficult patients.

AM/PM hygiene care.

Toileting, shaving, washing, brushing hair, dental and mouth care.

Feeding.

Assisting with range of motion exercises.

Mobilizing patients - transfers and ambulation, utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate and following the Mobility protocol.

Exercise protocols.

Discontinuing Foley catheter.

Simple dressing changes.

Incentive spirometry supervision.

Surgical preps.

Postmortem care.

Administers cleansing enemas.

Removal of peripheral IV catheters.

Apply external catheter or incontinence device.

Sits with confused/disoriented patients or those requiring 1:1 observation for safety/suicide purposes, as assigned.

Monitoring, Documentation & Clinical Tasks

Performs and records accurately:

Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, heights and weights.

I & O.

Records bowel movements.

ADLs and activities.

Performs and records the following specimen collection:

Obtains urine, stool, and sputum specimens for patients; instructs patients in proper specimen collection technique.

Completes EKGs.

Glucose monitoring in Non-Critical Care Areas.

Conducts bladder scanning.

Basic ostomy care.

Patient Support & Unit Operations

Transports patients as needed.

Serves, sets up and retrieves trays.

Distributes water pitchers as appropriate.

Orders and distributes nourishment.

Transports equipment.

Transports blood products to and from the patient care area.

Participates in patient safety/patient satisfaction.

Answers call bells.

Participates in patient rounding.

Reports any signs of abuse to the nursing staff.

Recognizes, troubleshoots and initiates corrective action needed on equipment.

Maintains neat and tidy environment (empties laundry, delivers equipment, keeps patient rooms clean and safe).

Inventories and assures disposition of patients' belongings when admitted, transferred, and/or discharged.

Assures proper storage of equipment.

Recognizes emergency situations and initiates plan of action.

Notifies RN/LPN of any changes seen in patient's condition.

Complies with policies and procedures of the hospital/nursing department.

Supports the philosophy of the hospital and department of nursing.

Maintains CPR certification and practice.

Demonstrates cost-effective patient care by demonstrating proper use and care of equipment, appropriate and prudent use of supplies, accurate charging of supplies; performing other division-specific tasks, and appropriate utilization of available resources.

Participates in performance improvement activities to improve service and care. Demonstrates strong communication and organizational skills.

Ability to communicate using telephones, computer systems.

Answers telephone promptly and politely, identifying self, title, and department. Receives and sends messages in an accurate and timely fashion.

Communicates with the patients, family, and members of the healthcare team in a concise, tactful, and considerate manner. Must represent the hospital in a professional courteous manner, while being sensitive to how others perceive both verbal and non-verbal communications.

Other Duties

Assists in the orientation of new personnel and serves as a role model to other employees.

Demonstrates willingness to accept non-routine work assignments as appropriate.

Encouraged to participate in community activities.

Attends and participates in unit council (70% attendance).

Patient Contact

Provides direct care to patients of all ages and interacts with family members when needed.

Working Conditions

Works in a normal office environment with artificial lighting and ventilation.

Frequently exposed to disagreeable sights, sounds, odors, body waste, and similar conditions.

Mental Demands

Must be able to make decisions based on established policies, procedures, or guidelines.

Performs routine duties requiring judgment in priorities and decisions involving defined problems.

Quality & Performance

Caregivers must actively participate in quality improvement processes, including:

Identifying areas where quality improvement processes can be applied.

Collecting and organizing quality measurement data.

Participating on Quality Teams.

Job Hazards & Exposure Category

Some exposure to hazards that might cause serious injury requiring recovery time.

Occasional exposure to hazards that could cause minor injury or illness.

Tasks involve exposure to blood, body fluids, other tissues, and communicable diseases.

Physical Demands

Considerable walking, standing, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, and sitting.

Occasionally required to push, move, and/or lift 100+ pounds.

Internal Contacts

Daily contact with clients at all levels, including managers and employees.

External Contacts

Frequent contact with visitors, community agency representatives, and other healthcare-related organizations.

Compensation

Compensation is a contracted Guthrie rate

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.