Professional Staff Nurse - Gastro Associates (Part-Time)

UPMC•Camp Hill, PA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC is seeking a Professional Staff Nurse (RN) for their Gastro Associates team in Camp Hill. This is a part-time role with a 32-hour per week schedule, operating Monday through Friday between 7:30 am and 4:30 pm. The role offers excellent benefits, PTO accrual, a pleasant work environment, and a friendly team. The nurse will be responsible for developing strong patient relationships, promoting an inclusive environment, delivering patient-centered care, utilizing critical thinking and communication skills, ensuring accurate documentation, providing patient education, guiding patients through their care, contributing to staff development, and participating in quality improvement initiatives. The individual must be able to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served and demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles. This role requires zero to two years of experience, with a BSN preferred. Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work in a complex environment with changing priorities, good clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities, mobility, visual manual dexterity, and physical stamina for walking, standing, lifting, and positioning patients are essential. ACLS, Telemetry, and IV training/experience are highly preferred.

Requirements

Zero to two years of experience.
Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.
Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
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Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
ACLS, Telemetry and IV training/experience highly preferred
UPMC approved national certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with patients, families, colleagues, and external partners by demonstrating accountability, professionalism, enthusiasm, and a commitment to high-quality care.
Promote a respectful, inclusive environment by recognizing cultural differences, fostering healthy team dynamics, and identifying and communicating safety concerns.
Model effective time management, work-life balance, and safe work practices.
Deliver patient-centered care by applying the nursing process within a Relationship-Based Care framework.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized, holistic care plans that partner with patients and address clinical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs.
Utilize critical thinking and strong communication skills to effectively convey patient conditions, collaborate with the care team, and recommend care plan adjustments.
Ensure accurate, timely, and comprehensive documentation to support continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.
Provide education to patients, families, and caregivers using evidence-based teaching strategies tailored to individual learning needs.
Guide patients through their care experience and support smooth transitions across care settings.
Contribute to the development of students, new staff, and team members, including serving as a preceptor as appropriate, while fostering an environment of open communication, feedback, and continuous learning.
Demonstrate ongoing commitment to professional growth and clinical excellence by participating in shared governance, unit initiatives, and organizational goals.
Actively support change initiatives, adapt to evolving clinical practices, and contribute as an engaged and collaborative member of the care team.
Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives by identifying opportunities for enhancement, supporting evidence-based practice, and contributing to multidisciplinary discussions.
Take an active role in improving patient satisfaction and care outcomes through the application of research, clinical expertise, and continuous improvement efforts.
Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
Performs other duties as assigned.