Graduate Nurse 8A Surgical Transplant, Allegheny General

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Graduate Nurse is responsible and accountable for a designated patient population, providing care through the nursing process. This position is on Allegheny General Hospital’s 38-bed 8A Surgical/Transplant telemetry unit, which specializes in abdominal transplant and colorectal surgical patients. Transplant care primarily involves kidney and liver patients; abdominal care may also include surgical oncology, pancreas, and kidney patients. The unit also receives trauma overflow patients.

The nurse provides care consistent with regulatory requirements and collaborates with the multidisciplinary team on each patient’s plan of care from admission through discharge. The position is full-time, with 72 hours scheduled every two weeks and rotating weekends and holidays according to policy.

Employees must follow applicable ethical, legal, privacy, information-security, and company-policy requirements, including HIPAA and the Code of Business Conduct.

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate clinical assessment and care-planning skills.
• Provide safe and effective care for the age population served, in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Professionally direct and manage patient-care delivery activities performed by team members.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on the plan of care from admission through discharge.
• Assess the learning needs of patients and families and provide education based on age, culture, and willingness to learn.
• Protect covered information, cardholder data, and confidential customer information, and comply with HIPAA and company information-security policies.
• Comply with the Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws and regulations, company policies, and training requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed