Clinician

UPMC•Farrell, PA

About The Position

UPMC Horizon is hiring a Clinician or Clinician Fellow to join its Emergency Department team. The role serves as a leader in clinical nursing practice, guiding improvements in patient care and the work environment while supporting staff through change and professional development. The Clinician practices participatory leadership, contributes to shared leadership, and may take formal responsibility for quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or onboarding graduate nurses and new hires. The role also assists the Unit or Department Leader with peer review. The Clinician applies nursing knowledge within Relationship Based Care and uses the nursing process to address patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. The position requires clear communication and documentation, critical thinking, and collaboration with other care providers to recommend changes in care and unit practices. The Clinician supports patient safety, quality, and satisfaction goals; builds compassionate relationships; and shares knowledge through presentations, posters, and publications. The position promotes continuous improvement through performance-improvement methods and the integration of research and best practices. It also involves mentoring and modeling constructive communication, coaching colleagues on cultural diversity, addressing workplace horizontal violence and impairment, and supporting safe work practices. The Clinician serves as a preceptor and mentor to student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses, and new preceptors, and shares expertise across the clinical unit and healthcare team. Candidates must demonstrate competence as a Professional Staff Nurse and the ability to provide appropriate care across the ages served by the assigned unit. They must understand lifespan growth and development and assess and interpret patient information to meet age-specific needs in accordance with department policies and procedures. A minimum of two years of experience is required. Candidates without a BSN at hire must enroll in a program within one year of hire or transfer and complete it within three years of enrollment. An MSN or CNL is preferred. Required capabilities include building and maintaining positive working relationships, working effectively in a complex environment with changing priorities and specialized equipment, sound clinical judgment and problem-solving, and the ability to exercise and lead others in applying the nursing process. The position also requires mobility, visual-manual dexterity, and physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning patients. Required licensure, certifications, and clearances include RN licensure, CPR meeting AHA standards, ACLS, BLS or CPR, NIH Stroke Scale, PALS, and Act 33, Act 34, and Act 73 FBI clearances, with renewals as applicable. CPR must include didactic and skills-demonstration components and be obtained within 30 days of hire. RN licensure must be current in the facility’s state or, where applicable, through a participating Nursing Licensure Compact state. Employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who change residency to the facility’s state have 60 days to apply for licensure there. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Requirements

Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
Ability to provide care appropriate to the ages served by the assigned unit and knowledge of lifespan growth and development.
Ability to assess patient data, interpret patient status, and identify age-specific care requirements in accordance with department policies and procedures.
Minimum two years of experience.
If a BSN is not held at hire, enrollment in a program within one year of hire or transfer and completion within three years of enrollment.
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 work with 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.
Current RN licensure in the facility’s state or, where applicable, a multistate license issued by a participating Nursing Licensure Compact state.
CPR meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
NIH Stroke Scale (NIH).
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
Act 33 clearance with renewal.
Act 34 clearance with renewal.
Act 73 FBI clearance with renewal.
Employees with an out-of-state NLC license who change residency to the facility’s state must apply for licensure in that state within 60 days.

Nice To Haves

MSN or CNL preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead clinical nursing practice by identifying patient- and staff-focused improvement opportunities and guiding change.
Identify, educate, and support staff learning and psychological needs during change and transition.
Participate in shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level.
Assume formal leadership responsibility for one or more areas, including quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or graduate nurse/new-hire onboarding.
Assist the Unit or Department Leader with peer review.
Apply Relationship Based Care and the nursing process to meet patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
Communicate and document patient information comprehensively, and collaborate with care providers on recommendations for patient care and unit practices.
Use critical thinking to analyze clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual concerns during episodes of care.
Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals into daily work to improve safety, quality, and patient satisfaction.
Build caring, compassionate relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Share new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
Use performance-improvement tools and techniques to improve care quality, work-environment outcomes, and the integration of research and best practices; share improvements across units or the system.
Build productive working relationships and teams 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.
Mentor and educate colleagues and participate as a preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses; help develop new preceptors.
Promote continuous learning through formal education and the development of others, and share expertise across the healthcare team.