Professional Staff Nurse, Skilled Nursing

UPMC • Muncy, PA

2h • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Muncy Place Skilled Nursing is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for its Skilled Nursing team. The position offers 36 hours per week, primarily on 7:00 PM–7:00 AM shifts, with every-other-weekend and holiday rotation. A sign-on bonus is available: up to $15,000 for experienced RNs and up to $10,000 for new graduate or inexperienced RNs with less than one year of RN experience. Final candidates are placed within the UPMC nursing career ladder based on education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer.

The nurse uses the nursing process and Relationship Based Care to meet residents’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. The role includes resident assessment, interdisciplinary care planning and implementation, evaluation, teaching, and discharge planning using evidence-based nursing standards. The nurse collaborates with physicians and the care team, communicates and documents effectively, reports changes in residents’ condition or behavior, and follows medication-use, safety, and infection-control policies.

The position also involves ongoing clinical development, seeking and using feedback, supporting quality improvement and patient safety, building healthy working relationships, and providing basic education and psychosocial support to residents and families. Long-term care experience and a BSN are preferred.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) or Temporary Practice Permit (TPP).
• Current licensure in the state where the facility is located, or a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state if the facility is in an NLC state. Employees who change residency to the facility’s state while working under an out-of-state NLC license must apply for licensure in that state within 60 days.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); CPR must meet AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
• Act 34 clearance.
• OAPSA clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Long-term care experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Apply nursing knowledge and skills within Relationship Based Care, using the nursing process to address residents’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
• Assess residents; contribute to interdisciplinary planning; implement and evaluate care; and support teaching and discharge planning using evidence-based nursing standards.
• Collaborate with physicians and the care team to ensure quality resident care.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with residents, families, and members of the health care team, and document care appropriately.
• Report and record observed changes in residents’ condition or behavior in accordance with documentation practices and policies.
• Follow established medication-use policies, safety policies and procedures, and standard infection-control practices.
• Provide basic psychosocial support and counseling, and identify resident and family education needs and provide basic education.
• Develop professionally through clinical development or an RN residency program, learning from experienced nurses and seeking, accepting, and using feedback.
• Participate in professional development, quality improvement, change initiatives, and activities that support patient safety, satisfaction, and clinical quality.
• Build healthy relationships with colleagues and other disciplines, support colleagues, and contribute to a safe workplace.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000 for experienced RNs.
• Sign-on bonus of up to $10,000 for new graduate or inexperienced RNs with less than one year of RN experience.

What This Job Offers

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