Clinician - Critical Care Unit

UPMC•Somerset, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Somerset is seeking a full-time Clinician to join their dynamic Critical Care Unit. The Clinician is a nurse leader responsible for fostering a culture of excellence and patient care, serving as a role model for professional nursing practice. This role involves completing employee evaluations, participating in staff selection and hiring, and managing the daily performance of direct reports. The Clinician also provides service-based education and clinical expertise, including orientation, training, consultation on practice issues, and coordination of clinical activities. Additionally, the Clinician may be accountable for delivering nursing care during shifts as needed.

Requirements

Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in practicing state
CPR 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)
Current 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.
Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

Nice To Haves

National Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as a leader in clinical nursing practice, identifying patient and staff focused opportunities for improvement and leading the change process.
Identifies, educates, and supports the psychological and learning needs of staff during change and transition.
Practices participatory leadership and is an active member of shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level.
Assumes formal leadership responsibilities for one or more of the following: quality improvement, evidence-based practice, GN or new hire on-boarding.
Completes and/or assists with staff performance evaluations for direct reports as applicable.
Applies 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 analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care.
Practices solid verbal and written communication skills and can 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.
Ensures 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 of the patient experience in daily work.
Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Disseminates new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
Demonstrates interest in the development of others and positively impacts the lives of patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing.
Actively participates in the role of preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses and assists with the development of new preceptors in their role.
Mentors and role models quest for continuous learning through formal education and the development of others.
Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and beyond the clinical unit/department.
Demonstrates knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques.
Continuously improves the quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the integration of research and best practices into daily work.
Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system.
Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication.
Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and impairment.
Demonstrates accountability to self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyles.