Description

Currently Offering Sign-On Bonuses for those who qualify!

Experienced RNs may be eligible for up to $15,000 and Graduate RNs may be eligible for up to $10,000!

Seneca Place Verona, a part of UPMC Senior Services is looking for a Professional Staff Nurse to join the team!  In this role, you will have the authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for the delivery of nursing care through the use of the nursing process. The Professional Staff Nurse, in collaboration with the Unit Manager, and other health care professionals, applies competent clinical knowledge and skills to achieve quality care outcomes. 

Seneca Place, located in Penn Hills, is a rehab and personal care facility with a team dedicated to returning residents to their highest level of independence. Join us in walking alongside and enriching the lives of our residents as we strive to meet their physical, psychological, and social needs.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.
• Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives.
• Shows the ability to set priorities and demonstrates an understanding of shared governance and begins participating at the unit level.
• Begins to serve as an engaged member of a team supporting colleagues in service to patients and families and may participate in task forces or other initiatives.
• Applies basic nursing knowledge and skills within the framework of Relationship Based Care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, spiritual issues within the episode of care.
• Learns to incorporate national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that consider individual patient needs.
• Creates a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Identifies ethical situations within patient care or within the workplace and seeks assistance.
• Professionally accepts assignments that gradually increase patient load and complexity.
• Actively engages in clinical development and/or RN residency program for new hires.
• Requests opportunities to learn safe, accountable, and autonomous practice from more experienced nurses.
• Seeks, accepts, and utilizes performance feedback from peers, preceptors, and unit/department Leaders as a learning opportunity and to improve practice.
• Identifies patient and family needs for education and provides basic education to support the episode of care. 
• Seeks professional development and involvement through membership in a professional nursing organization and/or reading professional literature on a regular basis.
• Demonstrates a basic knowledge of research, how it affects practice and who/what resources are available to assist with evidence-based practice by asking questions, demonstrating interest, participating in unit-based journal clubs.
• Clinical practice demonstrates knowledge of how quality and innovation impacts patient satisfaction, safety, and clinical quality outcomes.
• Utilizes nursing process in managing the care of residents including assessment, interdisciplinary planning, and implementation, evaluation of resident care, teaching, and discharge planning utilizing evidence-based standards of nursing practices.
• Reports and records all changes observed in the condition or behavior of residents in accordance with documentation practices and policies.
• Complies with established medication use policies, safety policies, and procedures including standard infection control.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months nursing experience required
• Long term care experience preferred
• BSN preferred

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
CPR is required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN)

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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