Professional Staff Nurse, OR UPMC West Shore

UPMC • Mechanicsburg, PA

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About The Position

The Professional Staff Nurse OR is a Registered Nurse and 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. The role includes leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, and requires maintaining collaborative relationships with physicians, other healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The nurse demonstrates commitment to the community and the nursing profession.

The position applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care, develops patient-centered plans, communicates patient conditions and recommendations to care providers, maintains comprehensive documentation, and supports patient safety, quality, and satisfaction. It also includes patient and family education, support for students and colleagues, participation in quality improvement and shared governance, and professional development. Nurses hired on or after July 1, 2023, are required to perform the scrub role.

The schedule includes rotating shifts, predominantly days, with rotation to evening and night shifts. Weekends, holidays, and call are required; frequency and additional details will be discussed during the interview. UPMC also describes optional programs focused primarily on night or weekend shifts, subject to eligibility requirements.

Requirements

• Zero to two years of experience.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement; a Temporary Practice Permit may apply to graduate nurses.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or CPR, with CPR meeting AHA standards that include didactic and skills-demonstration components, required 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 failure to take the examination within six months of the start date may result in termination or demotion from the graduate nurse position.
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting, with renewal; Act 33, with renewal; Act 34, with renewal; and Act 73 FBI Clearance, with renewal.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, providers, 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 the nursing process.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills for the ages of patients served, including knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and age-specific assessment and care needs.
• Mobility, visual-manual dexterity, and physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred.
• UPMC-approved national certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set and uphold standards for the level and quality of nursing care; manage and provide care for a group of patients and their families.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care, formulate daily goals and plans of care, and address patients’ clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual needs.
• Communicate and collaborate with care providers, patients, and families; maintain comprehensive documentation and recommend changes to patient care or unit practices as appropriate.
• Provide appropriate teaching to patients and families and support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues; may serve as a preceptor.
• Participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, care-team partnership, and efforts to improve quality of care and the professional practice environment.
• Participate in quality improvement efforts, identify improvement opportunities, use research and evidence-based practice, and promote patient satisfaction and safety.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships, demonstrate accountability, and communicate workplace safety hazards to peers and management.
• Perform the scrub role if hired on or after July 1, 2023.
• Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors and other duties as assigned.

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 newly added nursing career ladder.
• 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.
• Optional primarily night-shift or weekend-shift programs with premium pay differential, subject to eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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