Clinician - Full-Time - 10EW at UPMC Presbyterian

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

The Clinician is a nurse leader who has direct responsibility for helping achieve a culture of excellence and high-quality patient care. As a highly developed role model of professional nursing practice, the Clinician works under the general direction of the Unit Director or another department manager. The role includes delivering 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 and training, consultation on practice issues, and coordination of clinical activities. The Clinician may be accountable for delivering nursing care during a shift when needed. The position is on 10 E/W, a 30-bed acuity-adaptable adult acute care unit serving a diverse patient population that may include hepatology, urology, endocrinology, post-surgical complications, pulmonary, and infectious disease patients. The teaching unit is suited to graduate nurses and nurses seeking inpatient experience or broader clinical knowledge. The unit partners with medical teaching teams through daily multidisciplinary bedside rounds and collaboration with discharge planning.

Requirements

At least 3 years of nursing experience.
BS/BSN required. If the bachelor’s degree is not in nursing, a master’s or higher degree in nursing is required.
Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the practicing state, or a qualifying multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact.
CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Act 34 clearance.
Knowledge and skills to provide care or interact appropriately with the ages of patients served by the assigned unit, including knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and the ability to assess and interpret age-specific patient needs.
Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients and families.
Ability to work effectively in a complex environment, manage multiple or changing priorities, and use specialized equipment.
Exemplary clinical judgment, critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
Critical-thinking skills to apply and lead others in applying the nursing process.
Mobility and visual-manual dexterity.
Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
National certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Build productive internal and external working relationships through teamwork, mentoring, and positive communication; coach colleagues on cultural diversity and address workplace horizontal violence and impairment.
Demonstrate accountability for safe work hours, time management, and healthy lifestyles.
Use performance-improvement tools and techniques to improve care quality, the work environment, outcomes, and integration of research and best practices; share improvement learning across units or the system.
Mentor, educate, and share knowledge with patients, families, peers, and healthcare team members; serve as a preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate nurses, and experienced nurses, and help develop new preceptors.
Promote continuous learning through formal education and development of others, and share expertise with healthcare team members within and beyond the unit.
Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals into daily work to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
Create a compassionate, patient-focused experience and healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Disseminate new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
Apply nursing knowledge and skills within Relationship Based Care and use the nursing process to address patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
Use critical thinking to analyze clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues in patient care; communicate and translate patient conditions to care providers and recommend changes to care or unit practices.
Ensure patient documentation is comprehensive and supports communication among caregivers.
Lead clinical nursing practice by identifying patient- and staff-focused improvement opportunities and guiding change; support staff psychological and learning needs during change and transition.
Participate in shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level.
Assume formal leadership responsibilities in one or more areas, such as quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or graduate nurse/new-hire onboarding.
Complete or assist with performance evaluations for direct reports, as applicable.
Provide nursing care when needed and, when accountable for a shift, deliver care.