Professional Staff Nurse, Expert, Perianesthesia, UPMC Community Osteopathic

UPMC • Harrisburg, PA

8h

About The Position

The Professional Staff Nurse, Expert is a Registered Nurse and member of the care delivery team who seeks opportunities to improve practice and set standards for the level and quality of care. This role has responsibility, authority, and accountability for providing nursing care and manages patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through independent judgment, communication, and collaboration. The position encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, and establishes collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The nurse also demonstrates commitment to the community and nursing profession.

The Professional Staff Nurse, Expert applies Relationship Based Care and the nursing process to create a healing environment, develop individualized plans of care, communicate patient needs, and promote patient safety, quality, and satisfaction. The role includes supporting and developing colleagues, contributing to evidence-based practice and process improvement, and serving as a recognized unit leader. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with varied day/evening hours and call requirements on nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience.
• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the state where the facility is located, or a qualifying multistate license under the Nurse Licensure Compact.
• Complete an annual professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals and approved by the Unit Director.
• Obtain and maintain UPMC-approved nursing certification within one year of hire or transfer, unless exempt through a master's degree in nursing or DNP; if the nurse holds a BSN, a master's degree in a related field may substitute for certification.
• Complete CPR training within 30 days of hire, meeting AHA standards and including didactic and skills demonstration components.
• Maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher performance evaluation to be promoted to and remain at this level.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to care for or interact appropriately with the ages of patients served, including knowledge of lifespan growth and development and the ability to assess and interpret age-specific patient needs.
• Establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, other providers, staff, departments, patients, and families.
• Work effectively in a complex environment, manage multiple or changing priorities, and handle specialized equipment.
• Demonstrate exemplary clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care, including the ability to lead others in applying the nursing process.
• Have mobility, visual-manual dexterity, and physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
• Hold Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Registered Nurse (RN), Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting, Act 33, Act 34, and Act 73 FBI clearances, with renewals as applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Precept students, graduate nurses, and new hires; identify learning opportunities and support continuous learning in the clinical area.
• Seek feedback and apply continuous professional improvement; share research and professional resources and support presentations or journal clubs.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to formulate daily patient goals and individualized plans of care that involve patients as partners.
• Communicate and document patient conditions comprehensively, and collaborate with care providers on recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices.
• Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual patient-care issues.
• Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals into daily work to improve safety, quality, and patient experience.
• Build healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues and provide a caring, compassionate, patient-focused experience.
• Build and repair colleague relationships, model cultural awareness, and address horizontal violence and impairment; balance work and personal life through prioritization and delegation.
• Identify clinical quality and workplace improvement opportunities and apply evidence-based practice.
• Serve on or lead teams that implement patient-care innovations or support a healthy workforce.
• Model professional nursing practice as a recognized unit leader in clinical expertise, teaching, specialized nursing resources, and/or evidence-based practice.
• Give appropriate feedback to health care team members, participate in nursing peer review, and promote changes that enhance patient care and the unit environment.
• Serve on teams, lead successful teams, and participate in unit-level shared governance and hospital-wide councils.
• Meet system-wide competencies and behaviors and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000, with amount and eligibility based on nursing role and candidate experience.
• Up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually.
• Seven paid holidays each year.
• Nursing career ladders, including a new career ladder, with opportunities to advance and recognition for experience and advanced education.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at an accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents.
• UPMC employee discounts, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.

What This Job Offers

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