Professional Staff Nurse, OP - CCP Allegheny RIDC

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics is hiring a Part-Time Professional Staff Nurse, OP to support the offices in RIDC and Natrona Heights. This role involves setting standards for quality care, managing patient activities, and collaborating with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve excellent outcomes. The nurse will participate in quality improvement efforts, use evidence-based practices, build positive relationships, apply critical thinking and clinical judgment, teach and support patients and families, formulate care plans, communicate effectively, document patient care, engage in professional development, and adapt to change while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Requirements

• Knowledge and skills for age-specific patient care.
• Current RN licensure or Temporary Practice Permit (TPP).
• BLS or CPR certification required within 30 days of hire.
• Current RN licensure in the state or multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC).
• Graduate nurses must complete licensure examination within six months of hire.
• Act 31, Act 33, Act 34, Act 73.
• Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

Nice To Haves

• Pediatric experience preferred.
• Minimum six months experience preferred.
• BSN preferred.
• UPMC approved national certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in quality improvement efforts and use evidence-based practices.
• Build positive relationships with all team members and patients.
• Apply critical thinking and clinical judgment in patient care.
• Teach and support patients, families, students, and new staff.
• Formulate holistic care plans and assist physicians.
• Communicate effectively and document patient care comprehensively.
• Engage in professional development and shared governance.
• Adapt to change and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level