Professional Staff Nurse - Med Surg Float Pool

UPMC • Erie, PA

10h

About The Position

UPMC Hamot is hiring an experienced Professional Staff Nurse for its Med Surg Float Pool. This is a full-time role with a 50/50 day/night rotation. Two or more years of experience are highly preferred. Experienced external candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $15,000 for full-time roles. The final job title and rate of pay will depend on individual qualifications and candidate choice. Required certifications and contributions associated with the selected job title will be afforded a timeframe to obtain. UPMC’s nursing career ladder offers opportunities to advance from Professional Staff Nurse to Expert Nurse and beyond; the career ladder and Total Rewards package will be discussed at the time of offer.

The nurse applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to develop patient-centered plans, provide safe and compassionate care, educate patients and families, and support transitions between care settings. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, colleagues, and other care providers; contributes to quality improvement and evidence-based practice; and supports the development of students, new staff, and colleagues. The role requires age-appropriate patient care knowledge, sound clinical judgment, adaptability, and the ability to work effectively in a complex environment with changing priorities.

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
• CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
• ACLS within one year of hire or transfer.
• PALS within one year of hire or transfer.
• NIH within six months of hire or transfer.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Act 33 clearance with renewal.
• Act 34 clearance with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI clearance with renewal.
• Ability to provide age-appropriate care and demonstrate knowledge of growth and development across the life span.
• 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 use specialized equipment.
• Good clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
• Critical thinking skills to exercise and lead others in applying the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual-manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Nice To Haves

• Two or more years of nursing experience are strongly preferred.
• UPMC-approved national certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, patients, families, and external partners, demonstrating accountability, motivation, and commitment.
• Promote healthy relationships and demonstrate understanding of cultural differences.
• Maintain a healthy balance between work and personal life, and model safe work hours, time management, and healthy lifestyle practices.
• Communicate identified workplace safety hazards to peers and management.
• Apply adult learning principles when teaching patients, families, students, and new staff; provide detailed education to guide patients through care and transitions.
• Support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and may serve as a preceptor.
• Seek feedback and contribute to an environment of open dialogue and continuous development.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment and develop holistic, patient-partnered plans of care.
• Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual patient-care concerns.
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with other care providers, including explaining patient conditions and recommending changes to care or unit practices.
• Complete comprehensive patient documentation that supports communication between caregivers.
• Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Build healing relationships and provide a caring, compassionate, patient-focused experience.
• Pursue professional development that improves nursing practice and patient care quality.
• Participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, change processes, quality improvement efforts, and work to improve the professional practice environment.
• Act as an engaged care-team partner and respond to colleagues’ needs for assistance and collaboration.
• Adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility.
• Identify quality improvement opportunities and take responsibility for improving patient satisfaction.
• Use research and evidence-based practice to improve clinical care, including discussing quality improvement opportunities and influencing patient plans of care.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000 may be available to eligible experienced external candidates in full-time roles.
• UPMC Total Rewards package; details will be discussed at the time of offer.
• Nursing career ladder with opportunities to advance from Professional Staff Nurse to Expert Nurse and beyond.

What This Job Offers

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