Sr. Clinician - IV Therapy - Harrisburg

UPMC • Harrisburg, PA

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About The Position

The Senior Clinician is a highly developed professional nursing role with focused expertise in clinical practice, teaching and development, and/or evidence-based practice. The position supports clinical practice, vascular access expertise, staff education, quality initiatives, and operational goals across the IV Therapy program at multiple UPMC Central PA locations. The Senior Clinician serves as a clinical resource and leader, supporting staff development, competency validation, quality and patient safety initiatives, policy implementation, and vascular access best practices.

Under the direction of the Unit Director or Department Manager, the Senior Clinician leads complex evidence-based practice and process-improvement efforts, partners with management to advance professional nursing practice and patient care, and may assist with employee evaluations, staff selection and hiring, and performance management. The role has responsibility and shift accountability for nursing care delivered through the nursing process. In collaboration with other healthcare professionals, the Senior Clinician applies advanced clinical knowledge and best practices to improve care quality and work-environment outcomes.

The position provides service-based education and clinical expertise, including orientation, training, consultation on practice issues, and coordination of clinical activities. It also requires assessing patient data and providing care relevant to patients’ age-specific needs, while applying principles of growth and development across the lifespan. The schedule is primarily Monday through Friday during daylight hours, with flexibility based on operational needs. Participation in meetings, education activities, and quality initiatives, as well as travel between UPMC Central PA locations, is required.

Requirements

• Four years of nursing experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or BSN required.
• A master’s degree in nursing is required if the bachelor’s degree is not in nursing; a master’s degree in a related field is required if the candidate holds a BSN. Employees with a BSN may substitute a master’s degree with a UPMC-approved nursing certification, which must be obtained within one year of hire or transfer and maintained.
• Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse, or an eligible multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact as described in the posting.
• UPMC-approved nursing certification required within one year of hire or transfer and must be maintained.
• CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, required within 30 days of hire.
• Required credentials and clearances listed: Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Registered Nurse (RN); Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal; Act 33 with renewal; Act 34 with renewal; and Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.
• 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, handle multiple or changing priorities, and work with specialized equipment.
• Exemplary clinical judgment, critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
• Critical-thinking skills to apply and lead others in applying the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual-manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
• Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
• Knowledge and skills to care for or interact appropriately with patients across the ages served by the assigned unit, including knowledge of lifespan growth and development and the ability to assess and interpret patient data to identify age-specific care needs.

Nice To Haves

• Strong vascular access and infusion therapy experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in staff education, quality improvement, ultrasound-guided peripheral IV insertion, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clinical leadership.
• Prior progressive leadership experience is strongly preferred for external hires.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain productive internal and external working relationships through team-building, mentoring, and positive communication.
• Coach colleagues on cultural diversity and address workplace horizontal violence and impairment.
• Model accountability for safe work hours, time management, and healthy lifestyles.
• Mentor and educate patients, families, peers, and healthcare team members; serve as a preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate nurses, and experienced nurses, and assist in developing new preceptors.
• Promote continuous learning and share expertise with healthcare team members within and beyond the clinical unit or department.
• Use performance-improvement tools and techniques to improve care quality and work-environment outcomes, integrating research and best practices into daily work and sharing improvements across units or the health system.
• Apply nursing knowledge within Relationship Based Care and the nursing process to address patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
• Communicate patient conditions effectively to care providers, make recommendations about patient care and unit practices, and maintain comprehensive documentation that supports communication between caregivers.
• Use critical thinking to analyze clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues during patient care.
• Incorporate professional organization, business unit, and health system goals into daily work to improve patient safety, quality, and patient experience.
• Build caring and compassionate relationships with patients, families, and colleagues, and disseminate new knowledge through presentations, posters, and publications.
• Lead clinical nursing practice by identifying patient- and staff-focused improvement opportunities and leading change processes.
• Support staff psychological and learning needs during change and transition; participate in shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level.
• Assume formal leadership responsibilities in one or more areas, including quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or graduate nurse/new-hire onboarding.
• Assist the Unit or Department Leader with the peer-review process.
• Support IV Therapy staff development, competency validation, quality and patient-safety initiatives, policy implementation, and vascular access best practices across multiple hospital locations.
• Participate in meetings, education activities, and quality initiatives, and travel between UPMC Central PA locations.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000; amount and eligibility depend on nursing role and candidate experience.
• Dedicated career ladders, including a newly added nursing career ladder, with opportunities to advance and recognition for experience and advanced education.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at an accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents.
• Employee discounts, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.
• Up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually.
• Seven paid holidays each year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior