Professional Staff Nurse, CTICU, UPMC Harrisburg

UPMC • Harrisburg, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and member of the care delivery team, responsible for setting standards for the level and quality of care. The nurse has responsibility, authority, and accountability for providing nursing care and manages patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through independent judgment, communication, and collaboration. 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 nurse works in the CTICU at UPMC Harrisburg. The work schedule rotates between three weeks of day shifts and three weeks of night shifts within each six-week schedule period, including rotating holidays. UPMC also describes optional programs primarily focused on night or weekend shifts, subject to eligibility and orientation requirements.

The position requires the knowledge and skills to care for or appropriately interact with patients across the ages served by the assigned unit. The nurse must understand growth and development across the lifespan and assess and interpret patient information to identify age-specific needs and provide care in accordance with department policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Zero to two years of experience.
• 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 effectively 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, visual-manual dexterity, and physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the state where the facility is located or a qualifying multistate license under a licensure compact agreement.
• CPR meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, 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 meet its examination deadline may result in termination or demotion from the graduate nurse position.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Registered Nurse (RN) or Temporary Practice Permit (TPP).
• Act 34 clearance.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and external partners; demonstrate accountability, motivation, enthusiasm, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
• Promote healthy professional relationships, understand cultural differences, maintain work-life balance, model safe work hours and time management, and communicate workplace safety hazards.
• Apply adult learning principles when teaching patients, families, students, and new staff; provide appropriate care and transition education; support the development of others and potentially serve as a preceptor.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment; develop daily patient goals and plans of care that involve patients and address their holistic needs.
• Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues; communicate patient conditions to care providers and recommend changes to patient care and unit practices.
• Maintain 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 caring relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Pursue professional development and participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, change processes, and efforts to improve care and the professional practice environment.
• Partner with the care team, respond to colleagues' needs for assistance, and adapt flexibly to change.
• Participate in department- or unit-specific quality improvement efforts; identify improvement opportunities and take responsibility for patient satisfaction.
• Use research and evidence-based practice to support clinical improvement, discuss quality improvement opportunities at multidisciplinary rounds, and influence patient care plans.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000, with amount and eligibility based on nursing role and candidate experience.
• Up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually.
• Seven paid holidays each year.
• Dedicated career ladders, including a nursing career ladder that recognizes 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 eligible employees in primarily night-shift or weekend-shift programs.

What This Job Offers

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