Experienced Registered Nurse - Resource Pool

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

UPMC St. Margaret is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join its Resource Pool team in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania. Resource Pool RNs support a variety of inpatient areas based on hospital needs, primarily acute rehabilitation, telemetry/stepdown, medical-surgical, and general surgery. The position offers a 10% differential in addition to the base rate and works rotating 12-hour shifts with weekend and holiday rotations. A minimum of two years of RN experience is required. This position reflects the qualifications and salary of a Senior Professional Staff Nurse, BSN, within UPMC's Nursing Career Ladder. The final candidate will be placed in the appropriate title and salary based on experience and education. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and member of the care delivery team, accountable for setting standards for the level and quality of care and managing and providing care to patients and their families. The role includes leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, and requires maintaining collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The nurse applies Relationship Based Care and the nursing process to develop patient-centered plans, communicate patient conditions, document care, and identify clinical and other patient needs. The role also contributes to quality and workplace improvement, evidence-based practice, staff development, professional learning, shared governance, and a healthy workplace. The nurse serves as a professional role model and supports colleagues, students, graduate nurses, and new hires. Candidates must have current RN licensure in the state where the facility is located or an applicable compact-state license. CPR is required within 30 days of hire, and ACLS and PALS are required within one year of hire or transfer into the department. UPMC-approved nursing certification is preferred; certification or professional contributions are required under the stated conditions, with specified exemptions for certain graduate degrees.

Requirements

At least two years of RN experience.
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the state where the facility is located, or an applicable multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact.
Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, other providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, patients, and families.
Ability to work productively in a complex environment, manage multiple or changing priorities, and handle specialized equipment.
Exemplary clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
Critical-thinking skills sufficient 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 the ages served by the assigned unit, including life-span growth and development, assessment, and interpretation of age-specific patient needs.
Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation for promotion to this level and maintain that rating on annual evaluations.
Complete annual professional contributions selected from department, hospital, or system goals and approved by the Unit Director, or obtain and maintain UPMC-approved nursing certification within one year of hire or transfer, subject to the stated degree-based exemptions.
CPR meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
ACLS and PALS within one year of hire or transfer into the department.
Meet applicable state licensure requirements; employees with an out-of-state compact license who change residency to the facility's state must apply for that state's licensure within 60 days.

Nice To Haves

UPMC-approved nursing certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage and provide patient care for a group of patients and their families, using independent judgment and collaborating with the care team.
Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment and formulate daily goals and holistic plans of care with patients as partners.
Communicate and document patient conditions comprehensively to promote coordination among caregivers; negotiate and recommend changes in patient care and unit practices as appropriate.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual patient needs and provide age-appropriate care.
Incorporate professional, business-unit, and health-system goals into daily work to improve patient safety, care quality, and patient satisfaction.
Build caring relationships with patients, families, and colleagues and contribute to a compassionate, patient-focused experience.
Identify opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement and apply evidence-based practice.
Serve on or lead teams that introduce innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.
Precept students, graduate nurses, and new hires; identify learning opportunities and support continuous learning in the clinical area.
Seek feedback and apply continuous professional improvement; share research and professional resources and contribute to presentations or journal clubs.
Serve as a role model and recognized unit leader in areas such as clinical expertise, teaching, specialized resource nursing, or evidence-based practice.
Provide appropriate feedback to health care team members and participate in nursing peer review.
Promote improvements in patient care and the unit environment; participate in and lead teams and shared governance at the unit level, and serve on hospital-wide councils.
Build and repair colleague relationships, model cultural awareness, and help prevent and address horizontal violence and impairment.
Balance work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.
Maintain required professional performance standards, professional contributions or applicable nursing certification, and required licensure and certifications.