Clinician/Clinician Fellow Labor and Delivery

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

3h • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is a Magnet-designated leader in women's health, providing comprehensive care from groundbreaking research to advanced treatments and compassionate, personalized support throughout a woman's life. The Labor & Delivery Department is an extraordinarily high-volume maternity unit dedicated to caring for patients experiencing normal/natural childbirth, complicated high-risk deliveries, substance abuse, and pregnancy loss. This department includes an OB emergency department, labor suite, OR, PACU, and ICU. Clinicians will collaborate with various OB disciplines and providers, including Resident physicians, family practice physicians, OB attending physicians, and midwives. While previous postpartum or labor & delivery experience is strongly preferred, candidates with Med Surg (Acute Care), ED, and/or ICU experience will be considered. The Clinician is a nurse leader responsible for fostering a culture of excellence and patient care, serving as a professional nursing practice role model. Under the direction of a Unit Director or department manager, the Clinician manages daily performance, conducts staff selection and hiring, and completes employee evaluations for a group of direct reports. They also provide service-based education, clinical expertise, orientation, training, and consultation on practice issues for staff, and may deliver nursing care when needed. Clinicians actively precept student nurses, nurse interns, graduate, and experienced nurses, and help develop new preceptors. They lead clinical nursing practice, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive change processes, assuming formal leadership in areas such as quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and new hire onboarding.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of nursing experience (for Clinician)
• Minimum 2 years experience (for Clinician Fellow)
• BS/BSN required
• If BS degree not in nursing, a master’s or higher degree in nursing required
• For Clinician Fellow: If BSN not at time of hire, must be enrolled in a program within one year of hire/transfer date and completed within three years of enrollment
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Act 34 clearance

Nice To Haves

• Previous OB nursing experience preferred
• Labor & Delivery experience strongly preferred
• Previous leadership/management experience preferred
• Master’s degree preferred
• MSN or CNL preferred (for Clinician Fellow)
• National Certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Achieve a culture of excellence and patient care
• Serve as a highly developed role model of professional nursing practice
• Complete and deliver employee evaluations for direct reports
• Conduct selection and hiring of staff
• Manage the daily performance for a group of direct reports
• Provide service-based education and clinical expertise for staff
• Provide orientation and training for staff
• Consult on practice issues
• Coordinate clinical activities
• Deliver nursing care when needed (shift accountability)
• Actively participate in the role of preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses
• Assist with the development of new preceptors in their role
• Serve as a leader in clinical nursing practice
• Identify patient and staff focused opportunities for improvement
• Lead the change process
• Assume formal leadership responsibilities for quality improvement
• Assume formal leadership responsibilities for evidence-based practice
• Assume formal leadership responsibilities for GN or new hire on-boarding
• Complete and/or assist with staff performance evaluations for direct reports as applicable

Benefits

• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually
• Seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated career ladders, including a brand-new nursing career ladder
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents
• Access to top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees