| JOB TITLE:Patient Liaison Registered Nurse LOCATION: Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center DEPARTMENT:Patient Professional Advocacy WORK SCHEDULE: Days WORK TYPE: Full time JOB SUMMARY: To act as liaison and facilitates communication between patients, representatives, families, physicians, system employees, institutions, departments and community resources. Assist with providing a channel through which patients and representatives can resolve issues, concerns and unmet needs. Assist in coordinating the resolution of complaints and grievances within the system and the community. De-escalates situations which may cause harm within the system and provides a comforting and supportive atmosphere to patients, representatives, providers and staff. COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: Demonstrates a high-level of customer service skills and interpersonal interactions; ability to handle difficult and angry people constructively; savvy enough to interact with providers and senior leadership. Demonstrates effective mediation and conflict resolution skills to address awkward situations with tact and diplomacy. Demonstrates the ability to work with minimal supervision. Demonstrates ability to perform basic personal computer skills. Demonstrates strong written and oral communication skills. Must be able to function in a team and have proven success in applying a team approach to obtain resolution t an issue or successfully accomplish goals. Demonstrates critical thinking and analytical skills, including analysis, planning, organizing and troubleshooting. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to interact appropriately with the patient/representative. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Current Registered Nurse license required. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) required. A minimum of three years of relevant clinical and/or health care related experience required. Acute hospital experience preferred. Emergency Department experience preferred. WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is typically performed in a health care setting – office or hospital environment. 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 WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER: (GWV), located in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is an acute care hospital that is licensed for 274 beds, and houses the only Level II Trauma center in Luzerne County. The campus includes the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center, The Richard and Marion Pearsall Heart Hospital, the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Unit, a transplant program and the Brain & Spine Tumor Institute. Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre is GWV’s ambulatory 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. | 
