Graduate Nurse Ortho Trauma Spine, Allegheny General

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

The Graduate Nurse is responsible and accountable for a designated patient population, providing care through the nursing process. This role is based in Allegheny General Hospital’s 57-bed telemetry Ortho/Trauma/Spine Unit, which cares for patients with complex orthopedic and trauma needs, joint replacements, and neurosurgical spine surgeries. The unit occasionally cares for adolescent pediatric trauma patients.

The nurse provides safe and effective care to the population served, directs and manages patient-care delivery activities with team members, collaborates with the multidisciplinary team on care from admission through discharge, and assesses and addresses patient and family learning needs. The position is full-time, with a schedule of 72 hours every two weeks and rotating weekends and holidays according to policy. The position is union-represented.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate clinical assessment and care-planning skills.
• Provide safe and effective care for the age population served, according to 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 patient and family learning needs and provide education based on age, culture, and willingness to learn.
• Comply with ethical and legal standards, company policies, privacy requirements, and information-security guidelines.

What This Job Offers

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