Professional Staff Nurse, Expert, BSN, Endoscopy UPMC Harrisburg

UPMC • Harrisburg, PA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

The Professional Staff Nurse, BSN, Expert is a Registered Nurse and member of the care delivery team who is responsible for identifying opportunities to improve practice and setting standards for the level and quality of care. The nurse has responsibility, authority, and accountability for providing nursing care, and manages patient care for a group of patients and their families using independent judgment, communication, and collaboration. The role encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, while establishing relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The nurse demonstrates commitment to the community and nursing profession.

The role includes developing others through precepting students, graduate nurses, and new hires; supporting ongoing learning; applying evidence-based practice; promoting quality improvement; and serving as a unit role model and leader. Care is provided within the framework of Relationship Based Care, with attention to patients’ individual and holistic needs, clear communication and documentation, critical thinking, and a compassionate patient experience.

The work schedule is standard Monday–Friday, either 0700–1530 or 0800–1630, with 2–4 weekdays of on-call duty per month, every eighth weekend on-call, and one holiday on-call.

UPMC offers up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually, seven paid holidays each year, nursing career ladders, tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year for employees and dependents, and employee discounts including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.

Requirements

• At least four years of experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Complete an annual professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals and approved by the Unit Director.
• Obtain a UPMC-approved nursing certification within one year of hire or transfer and maintain it, unless exempt through a master's degree in nursing or DNP; a master's degree in a related field may substitute for certification when the nurse holds a BSN.
• Earn a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level and maintain that rating on annual evaluations.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills to provide care or interact appropriately with the age groups served by the assigned unit, 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, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, patients, and families.
• Work productively and effectively in a complex environment, manage multiple and 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.
• Demonstrate mobility and visual-manual dexterity, and have the physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning patients.
• Hold current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the facility's state or a license covered by an applicable multistate licensure compact.
• Complete CPR training meeting AHA standards, including didactic instruction and skills demonstration, within 30 days of hire.
• Hold required 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, including renewals where required.

Responsibilities

• Precept students, graduate nurses, and new hires; identify learning opportunities from clinical and behavioral situations and support their development.
• Seek feedback and apply continuous professional improvement; promote learning by sharing research and professional resources, presenting on the unit, and supporting journal clubs.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment and formulate daily patient goals and plans of care in partnership with patients, considering their holistic needs.
• Communicate and document patient conditions and care comprehensively; make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices.
• Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues within an episode of care.
• Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals into daily work to improve patient safety, quality, and patient satisfaction.
• Build compassionate, healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Build and mend colleague relationships, model cultural awareness, and prevent and address horizontal violence and impairment.
• Maintain balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation.
• Identify opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement; regularly apply evidence-based practice.
• Serve on or lead teams that implement patient-care innovations or support a healthy workforce.
• Act as a recognized unit leader in clinical expertise, teaching, specialized resource nursing, and/or evidence-based practice.
• Provide appropriate feedback to health care team members and participate in nursing peer review.
• Promote changes that enhance patient-care quality and the unit environment; serve on teams and lead successful teams.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical assessment and analytical skills within Relationship Based Care.
• Participate actively in unit-level shared governance and serve on hospital-wide councils.
• Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors, and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution for employees and their dependents.
• Employee discounts, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior