LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse Career Enhancement Program - CEP

Company: Geisinger
Location: Wilkes Barre
Posted on: March 18, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Summary Geisinger is proud to offer an enhanced salary for this role. At Geisinger through professional growth, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration, we’ve built an innovative culture that allows nurses to grow their skillsets and develop their practice to build a rewarding, lasting career with impact. Job Duties The LPN Career Enhancement Program (CEP) provides clinical support to the provider and patient to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient's condition. This role is full-time, 40 hours weekly, 8-hour shift between the hours of 7:30 am and 7 pm. There is a salary bonus for this Career Enhancement Program role. You'll earn more while learning and serving as a resource to your team. 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 Position Details - Provides nursing care to patients by identifying and addressing physical, social and psychological needs of the patient and family to the registered nurse. - Serves as a resource to patients, families, and healthcare team. - Performs all aspects of the Clinic Nurse position. - Mentors the professional development of novice team members. - Coordinates a consistent orientation by communication of orientee's progress and needs to other preceptors as appropriate. - Provides leadership, guidance, and support for staff members at the unit level. - Actively participates as a team member in working toward team goals of the unit and organization. - Supports and reinforces health teaching to patients. - Satisfactorily completes all aspects of the domain selected in the Career Enhancement Program (mentor, educator, performance improvement, clinical coordinator, or any other additional domain as identified by unit need). - Completes all unit based skill competencies on an annual basis. - Submits portfolio to reporting supervisor to document performance in the Career Enhancement Program prior to performance evaluation. - Serves as a unit preceptor for orientees. - Assists with completion or orientation paperwork. - Meets with orientee weekly during orientation period. - Reviews orientees progress weekly with clinical Nurse Educator. - Assists with unit based education. - Assists with review of unit based competencies and skills assessments. - Provides small group in-services or informal displays on the unit. - Assists with unit education for new products, procedures and equipment. - Responsible for actively participating in patient safety improvement initiatives and reporting. - Assumes responsibility for identifying processes or systems that could potentially lead to errors and adverse events. 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. Education Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required) About Geisinger 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.

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