Description
UPMC East is hiring a Casual Professional Staff Nurse to support 6 East Rehab at its Monroeville location.
Enjoy the flexibility of a Casual work-schedule!
Casual status requires 36 hours worked within 3 pay periods AND 1 holiday per year.
Purpose:
The Professional Staff Nurse provides highly competent patient care and treatment while demonstrating empathy and a passion for learning. A role that requires independent judgment, fluent communication, and candid partnership, the Staff Nurse establishes relationships with physicians, other care providers, patients, and patient's families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
A Professional Staff Nurse and a member of the care delivery team, you will set the standards for the level and quality of nursing care and possess authority and accountability for its provision. At all times, you will exemplify a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.
As a Professional Staff Nurse at UPMC, you will find:
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Competitive wages, with the highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area
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An incomparable benefits package, including tuition reimbursement
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Top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today
Responsibilities:
- Actively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts.
- Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.
- Takes personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service.
- Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care: identifies research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest, discusses opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds, and influences patients' plans of care.
- Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
- Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner.
- Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care.
- Practices solid communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices.
- Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers.
- Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction.
- Creates a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues.
- Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life.
- Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle.
- Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
- Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.
- Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment.
- Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership.
- Participates in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment.
- Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process.
- Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff.
- Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them through the episode of care as well as transition to another level of care and/or home.
- the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor.
- Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice.
Qualifications
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UPMC approved national certification preferred.
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Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
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CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
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ACLS required within 1 year of hire date
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NIH required within 6 months of hire date
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
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Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
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NIH Stroke Scale (NIH)
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Registered Nurse (RN)
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Act 33 with renewal
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Act 34 with renewal
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Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC’s COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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