Professional Staff Nurse, Perianesthesia, UPMC Lititz

UPMC • Lititz, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a member of the care delivery team, responsible for setting standards for the level and quality of care and accountable for providing nursing care. The nurse manages and provides care for a group of patients and their families using independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with team members. The role encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision. The nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes throughout the continuum of care, while demonstrating commitment to the community and nursing profession.

The position is in Perianesthesia at UPMC Lititz and includes PACU call. The posted schedule is open Monday through Friday, 0530–1830, with call from 1830 to 0730 the next morning. Staff work a variety of 8-, 9-, 10-, and 12-hour shifts. Call requirements include five of six weekday shifts of night call and one weekend every six weeks. Holidays are rotated, alternating major and minor holidays. On-call response is required within one hour of receiving the call.

The nurse must be able to provide appropriate care to the ages served by the assigned unit, understand growth and development across the life span, and assess and interpret patient information to identify age-specific care needs. UPMC also describes flexible shift programs, including options to work primarily nights or weekends with a premium pay differential; eligibility requires at least six months of nursing experience, and orientation may need to occur during regular business hours.

Requirements

• At least two years of experience.
• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the state where the facility is located, or an eligible multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact; a Temporary Practice Permit is listed as an alternative credential.
• CPR is required based on AHA standards, including didactic instruction and a skills demonstration, within 30 days of hire.
• Graduate nurses must complete the licensure examination within six months of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first; UPMC states that graduate nurses who do not take the examination within six months of their start date may be terminated or demoted from the graduate nurse position at the business unit's discretion.
• Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to care for or interact appropriately with the ages served by the assigned unit, including knowledge of life-span growth and development and age-specific assessment and care needs.
• 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 in a complex environment, manage multiple or changing priorities, and work with specialized equipment.
• Good clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care; critical thinking skills to apply and lead others in applying the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual-manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting, with renewal.
• Act 33 clearance, with renewal.
• Act 34 clearance, with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI clearance, with renewal.
• Required clearances must be dated within 90 days.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• UPMC-approved national certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide nursing care activities for a group of patients and their families, applying independent judgment and collaborating with the care team.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and external partners; demonstrate accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
• Promote healthy working relationships, balance work and personal life, model safe work hours and time management, and communicate workplace safety hazards.
• Teach patients and families about their care and transitions, and support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues; may serve as a preceptor.
• Apply adult learning principles, or child-teaching principles where applicable, and seek feedback to improve practice.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care, formulate daily goals and plans of care, and involve patients as partners while considering their holistic needs.
• Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues; communicate patient conditions and make recommendations about care and unit practices.
• Maintain comprehensive patient documentation that promotes communication among caregivers.
• Build healing relationships and create a caring, compassionate, patient-focused experience.
• Participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, change and transition processes, and work to improve patient care and the professional practice environment.
• Participate in department- or unit-specific quality improvement efforts, identify improvement opportunities, and take responsibility for improving patient satisfaction.
• Use research and evidence-based practice to support clinical improvement, discuss opportunities at multidisciplinary rounds, and influence patient plans of care.
• Respond to PACU call within one hour when called.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000; amount and eligibility depend on nursing role and candidate experience.
• Up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually.
• Seven paid holidays each year.
• Dedicated nursing career ladders, including a new nursing career ladder, with opportunities to advance and recognition for experience and advanced education.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents.
• Employee discounts, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.
• Premium pay differential for employees in primarily night-shift or weekend-shift programs.

What This Job Offers

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