Clinician

UPMC•New Castle, PA

About The Position

UPMC Jameson is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to serve as a full-time Clinician Fellow/Clinician on its 2300 Cardiac Care and Telemetry Unit. The role is intended for a nurse ready to take the next step in a career as a nursing leader, with support from the leadership team. Final candidates will be assigned a career-ladder job title reflecting their education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer. The Clinician provides leadership in clinical nursing practice, patient care, staff development, and improvement efforts. The role applies nursing knowledge within Relationship Based Care and uses the nursing process to address patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. The Clinician mentors and educates colleagues, participates in shared leadership, and leads or supports initiatives such as quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and onboarding.

Requirements

At least 3 years of nursing experience.
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science in Nursing 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 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 productively and 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 exercise 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 Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse, or qualifying multistate licensure under the Nursing Licensure Compact; applicable residency-related state licensure requirements must be met.
UPMC-approved nursing certification required within one year of hire or transfer and must be maintained.
CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, required within 30 days of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
NIH Stroke Scale (NIH).
Registered Nurse (RN) credential.
Act 34 clearance.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain 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.
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 assist with developing new preceptors.
Promote continuous learning through formal education and development of others, and share expertise within and beyond the clinical unit or department.
Use performance-improvement tools and techniques to improve care quality, work environment, outcomes, and integration of research and best practices; share improvement learning across units or the business unit or system.
Apply nursing knowledge and skills within Relationship Based Care and use the nursing process to meet patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
Communicate effectively in writing and verbally; interpret and convey patients’ conditions to care providers and negotiate or recommend changes in patient care and unit practices.
Maintain comprehensive patient documentation that supports communication among caregivers.
Use critical thinking to analyze clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues during patient care.
Incorporate professional organization, business-unit, and health-system goals into daily work to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction with the patient experience.
Create a caring, compassionate, patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Disseminate new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
Identify patient- and staff-focused opportunities for improvement and lead change processes; identify, educate, and support staff psychological and learning needs during change and transition.
Practice participatory leadership and actively participate in shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level.
Assume formal leadership responsibilities in one or more areas, including quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or graduate nurse/new-hire onboarding.
Assist the Unit/Department Leader with the peer-review process.
Provide care and interact appropriately with patients across the ages served by the assigned unit, applying lifespan growth and development knowledge and age-specific assessment and care requirements.