Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, Labor & Delivery (Harrisburg)

UPMC•Harrisburg, PA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Harrisburg Labor & Delivery is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse is a member of the care delivery team and is responsible for setting standards for the level and quality of care, with accountability for providing nursing care. The nurse manages and provides care for a group of patients and their families through independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with the care team. The role includes leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, as well as building and maintaining relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and families to support desired outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The nurse demonstrates commitment to the community and the nursing profession. The position works rotating day and night shifts, including every third weekend and a holiday rotation. The nurse applies Relationship Based Care, evidence-based practice, and the nursing process to provide holistic, patient-focused care; sets daily goals and plans with patients as partners; communicates patient conditions and recommendations to care providers; and maintains comprehensive documentation. The nurse also supports quality and workplace improvements, leads and participates in teams and shared governance, serves as a unit role model and resource, and helps develop students, graduate nurses, and new hires. The role requires attention to patient safety, quality, satisfaction, cultural awareness, healthy workplace relationships, and continuous professional development. The nurse must be able to provide care appropriate to the ages served by the assigned unit and understand lifespan growth and development. They must assess and interpret patient data to determine age-specific care needs in accordance with department policies and procedures.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years of experience.
Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the state where the facility is located or a qualifying multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact.
Ability to provide care appropriate to the ages served by the assigned unit and to assess and interpret patient data in light of lifespan growth and development and age-specific needs.
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, 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 needed 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.
Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level and maintain that rating on annual performance evaluations.
Complete an annual professional contribution 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. Certification is not required for a Master's degree in nursing or DNP; for a BSN holder, a Master's degree in a related field may substitute for certification.
CPR required based on AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
Complete NRP within 90 days from the hire date.
Meet the listed clearance and renewal requirements: Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting, Act 33, Act 34, and Act 73 FBI Clearance.
Employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who change residency to the state where the facility is located must apply for in-state licensure within 60 days of the residency change.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
UPMC-approved nursing certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Set standards for the level and quality of nursing care and remain accountable for its provision.
Manage and provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families using independent judgment, communication, and collaboration.
Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and families to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Identify opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement, apply evidence-based practice, and serve on or lead teams introducing patient-care innovations or supporting a healthy workforce.
Serve as a professional nursing role model and recognized unit leader through clinical expertise, teaching, specialized resource nursing, and/or evidence-based practice.
Give appropriate feedback to members of the health care team and participate in nursing peer review.
Promote changes that improve patient care quality and the unit environment; serve on teams, lead teams, and participate in unit-level shared governance and hospital-wide councils.
Precept students, graduate nurses, and new hires; identify learning opportunities and support continuous learning by sharing research and professional resources and participating in presentations or journal clubs.
Apply the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment and formulate daily patient goals and holistic plans of care in partnership with patients.
Communicate and translate patient conditions to other care providers, make recommendations regarding patient care and unit practices, and maintain comprehensive documentation.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues and incorporate professional, business-unit, and health-system goals into daily work.
Build caring relationships with patients, families, and colleagues and promote a healthy workplace through cultural awareness and attention to horizontal violence and impairment.
Maintain balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation.
Complete an annual professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals and approved by the Unit Director, or meet the stated certification or degree alternative.
Complete the NRP within 90 days of hire.
Complete CPR within 30 days of hire.