Clinician-NICU (UPMC Harrisburg)

UPMC • Harrisburg, PA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Harrisburg is hiring a Clinician for its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This nurse leader has direct responsibility for fostering a culture of excellence and high-quality patient care and serves as a role model of professional nursing practice. Under the general direction of the Unit Director or another department manager, the Clinician conducts employee evaluations, participates in staff selection and hiring, and manages the daily performance of direct reports.

The Clinician provides staff education and clinical expertise, including orientation and training, consultation on practice issues, and coordination of clinical activities. The role may also include shift accountability for delivering nursing care when needed. The schedule is night shift, with scheduled hours that may include 7 p.m.–7 a.m. and 11 p.m.–7 a.m., occasional daytime meetings, an on-call rotation every four weeks, and weekend or holiday coverage as required by unit needs.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of nursing experience.
• BS/BSN required. If the bachelor's degree is not in nursing, a master's degree or higher in nursing is required.
• Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills needed to care for or appropriately interact 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 patients.
• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the practicing state, or an eligible multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact when applicable.
• CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
• Required credentials and clearances listed: Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP); Registered Nurse (RN); Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal; Act 33 with renewal; Act 34 with renewal; and Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.
• Employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later establish residency in the facility's state must apply for licensure in that state within 60 days of changing residency.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• National Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build productive internal and external working relationships through 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, and outcomes, and integrate research and best practices into daily work; share improvement learnings with other units or across the system.
• Mentor, educate, and share knowledge with patients, families, peers, and healthcare team members; precept student nurses, nurse interns, graduate nurses, and experienced nurses, and help develop new preceptors.
• Promote continuous learning and share expertise with healthcare team members within and beyond the clinical unit or department.
• Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals into work to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction; build compassionate, healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Disseminate new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
• Apply nursing knowledge and skills using Relationship Based Care and the nursing process to address patients' and families' clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
• Use critical thinking to analyze clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual concerns; communicate patient conditions to care providers and recommend changes to patient care and unit practices.
• Ensure patient documentation is comprehensive and supports communication between caregivers.
• Lead clinical nursing practice and identify and lead patient- and staff-focused improvement opportunities, supporting staff psychological and learning needs during change.
• Participate in shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level and assume formal leadership responsibilities in areas such as quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or onboarding graduate nurses or new hires.
• Complete or assist with performance evaluations for direct reports, as applicable.
• Participate in staff selection and hiring and manage the daily performance of direct reports.
• Provide staff orientation, training, practice consultation, and coordination of clinical activities; provide nursing care when required by shift needs.
• Participate in an on-call rotation every four weeks and provide weekend or holiday coverage as required by unit needs.

Benefits

• Generous sign-on bonus; amount and eligibility depend on nursing role and candidate experience.
• Up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually.
• Seven paid holidays each year.
• Career ladders that support advancement and recognize experience and advanced education.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents.
• Employee discounts, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior