Registered Nurse, Recovery Room

UPMC•Cumberland, MD

About The Position

UPMC Western Maryland is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Recovery Room. This Flex Full-time position schedules 28–40 hours per week based on business needs and includes full-time benefits. The position is a day/evening role with rotating weekend and holiday coverage, on-call coverage, and occasional weekend shifts. The RN applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care, develops individualized plans of care with patients, documents care comprehensively, teaches patients and families, and collaborates with the care team to support safe, high-quality care. The role also contributes to quality improvement, evidence-based practice, shared governance, and the development of students and colleagues. UPMC offers a nursing career ladder with opportunities for continued growth and advancement.

Requirements

Zero to two years of experience.
Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with that state.
CPR within 30 days of hire, meeting AHA standards that include didactic instruction and a skills demonstration.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Graduate Nurses must obtain an RN license within 120 days of graduation.
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.

Nice To Haves

Previous Critical Care experience is highly preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
UPMC-approved national certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Model safe work hours, effective time management, and a healthy lifestyle.
Communicate identified workplace safety hazards to peers and management.
Apply adult learning principles when teaching patients, families, students, and new staff.
Provide appropriate, detailed teaching to patients and families to guide them through care and transitions to another level of care or home.
Support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and potentially serve as a preceptor.
Seek feedback and improve practice to foster open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development.
Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
Formulate daily patient goals and plans of care that involve patients as partners and address their holistic needs.
Maintain comprehensive patient documentation that promotes communication between caregivers.
Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
Participate in unit-based shared governance and goal setting, and support changes that improve quality of care and the practice environment.
Participate as a full partner on the care team and respond to colleagues' needs for assistance and partnership.
Identify quality improvement opportunities for colleagues and management.
Take personal responsibility for improving patient satisfaction with care and service.
Use research and evidence-based practice to improve clinical care, identify relevant research, discuss improvement opportunities at multidisciplinary rounds, and influence patient care plans.