Experienced Professional Staff Nurse - CVICU

UPMC • Erie, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Hamot is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for its 16-bed CVICU, located on the second floor of the new patient care tower. The unit specializes in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, and stroke. Its care contributes to UPMC Hamot’s certifications as a Comprehensive Cardiac Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center. The CVICU is also a Gold Level Beacon Award of Excellence recipient.

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and member of the care delivery team, accountable for setting standards and 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 involves maintaining collaborative 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.

A $15,000 sign-on bonus is offered to RNs with at least one year of experience. UPMC offers flexible options in addition to traditional rotating or flexible shifts, including programs focused primarily on night shifts or weekend shifts with a premium pay differential. Employees entering these programs must have at least six months of nursing experience and may need to complete orientation during regular business hours.

Requirements

• At least one year of experience.
• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the state where the facility is located, or licensure through a state covered by a compact agreement with that state; a Temporary Practice Permit is also listed as an accepted credential.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• 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 and effectively in a complex environment, handle multiple or changing priorities, and work with specialized equipment.
• Good clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities as 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.
• Graduate nurses must complete the licensure examination within six months of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first; UPMC requires the examination within six months of the start date for graduate nurses.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain productive internal and external working relationships, demonstrating accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
• Understand cultural differences and hold peers accountable for healthy relationships; maintain work-life balance and model safe work hours, time management, and a healthy lifestyle.
• Communicate workplace safety hazards to peers and management.
• Apply adult learning principles when teaching patients, families, students, and new staff; provide appropriate patient and family education for the care episode and transitions to another level of care or home.
• Support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and may serve as a preceptor.
• Promote open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by seeking feedback and improving practice.
• Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
• Set daily patient goals and develop plans of care that involve patients as partners and consider their individual holistic needs.
• Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues related to patient care.
• Communicate and translate patient conditions to other care providers and make recommendations regarding 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.
• Create a caring, compassionate, patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

Benefits

• $15,000 sign-on bonus for RNs with at least one year of experience.
• Flexible shift options, including programs primarily focused on night shifts or weekend shifts with a premium pay differential.

What This Job Offers

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