Professional Staff Nurse, Casual

UPMC•Greenville, PA

About The Position

UPMC Horizon - Greenville is hiring a casual Professional Staff Nurse to join the Emergency Department team. The role offers opportunities to develop individually and collaboratively while providing care for the community’s urgent healthcare needs in a fast-paced environment. UPMC Horizon provides a community-based atmosphere with the resources of a large health system. Nurses work a rotating schedule to provide round-the-clock coverage. Final candidates will be selected for a job title within the nursing career ladder based on education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer. The nurse applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care, develops patient-centered plans, supports safe and effective care, and communicates patient needs and condition to the care team. The position also involves professional development, participation in quality improvement and shared governance, patient and family education, support for students and colleagues, and maintaining productive working relationships. The nurse must be able to assess and provide care appropriate to the ages and developmental needs of patients served by the assigned unit. Minimum two years of experience is required. A BSN and UPMC-approved nursing certification are preferred. The role requires current Registered Professional Nurse licensure, CPR/BLS as applicable, and specified clearances. CPR must be completed within 30 days of hire when required by AHA standards.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years’ experience.
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the practicing state, or an applicable multistate license issued by a participating Nursing Licensure Compact state.
CPR required according to AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Registered Nurse (RN).
Act 33 clearance with renewal.
Act 34 clearance with renewal.
Act 73 FBI clearance with renewal.
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, handle multiple or changing priorities, and use specialized equipment.
Exemplary clinical judgment, critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
Critical-thinking skills to apply and lead others in application of the nursing process.
Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills for care and interaction appropriate to the ages of patients served, understand growth and development across the lifespan, and assess and interpret patient data to identify age-specific care needs.
Maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher rating on annual performance evaluations to maintain career-ladder status.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
UPMC-approved nursing certification preferred.
A Master’s degree in nursing or DNP satisfies the stated exception to the certification requirement for the professional-contribution pathway.
A Solid/Strong/Good or higher Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation is required for promotion to this career-ladder level.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate accountability for professional development to improve professional practice and patient care quality.
Participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, and change and transition processes that improve care quality and the practice environment.
Partner with the care team and respond to colleagues’ needs for assistance and collaboration.
Participate in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment; adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility.
Participate in department- or unit-specific quality improvement efforts, identify improvement opportunities, and take responsibility for improving patient satisfaction.
Use research and evidence-based practice to support clinical care improvements, discuss opportunities at multidisciplinary rounds, and influence patients’ plans of care.
Apply adult learning principles when teaching patients, families, students, and new staff; provide appropriate patient and family education throughout care and transitions.
Support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, potentially serving as a preceptor; seek feedback and improve practice.
Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care, formulate daily goals and patient-centered plans, and consider patients’ holistic needs.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues affecting patient care.
Communicate and document patient conditions and care comprehensively, and make recommendations for changes to patient care or unit practices.
Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
Build caring, compassionate, healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
Maintain productive working relationships and demonstrate accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
Understand cultural differences and support healthy relationships among peers.
Maintain a conscious balance between work and personal life; model safe work hours, time management, and a healthy lifestyle.
Communicate workplace safety hazards to peers and management.
Assess patient data and provide care appropriate to patients’ ages and developmental needs as specified for the assigned unit.
Complete annual professional contributions selected from department, hospital, or system goals and approved by the Unit Director, or meet the stated certification and contribution alternative through UPMC’s My Nursing Career Ladder.