Sr. Professional Staff Nurse II - Heart Institute

UPMC•Erie, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Full-Time Senior Professional Staff Nurse II – Stress Lab | UPMC Hamot Heart Institute Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No nights, weekends, holidays, or on-call responsibilities. Join the UPMC Hamot Heart Institute as a Senior Professional Staff Nurse II in our Stress Lab, where you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional cardiovascular care to both inpatient and outpatient populations. This position offers the opportunity to work alongside a collaborative team dedicated to clinical excellence, patient safety, and outstanding patient experiences. Position Overview The Stress Lab Nurse supports the safe and efficient delivery of cardiac stress testing services through comprehensive patient assessment, monitoring, medication administration, patient education, and clinical intervention when needed. This role collaborates closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary team members to ensure high-quality care and optimal patient outcomes. In addition to direct patient care responsibilities, the Stress Lab Nurse contributes to departmental operations by promoting efficient patient flow, maintaining scheduling effectiveness, supporting quality and safety initiatives, and ensuring continuity of care across the cardiovascular service line. This position is instrumental in helping meet the growing cardiac care needs of our community while maintaining a patient-centered approach. Why UPMC? UPMC is committed to investing in nurses from day one. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, tuition assistance, career advancement opportunities, and ongoing professional development to help you build a rewarding and successful nursing career. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II is a Registered Nurse and member of the care delivery team who actively seeks opportunities to improve practice through process improvement initiatives. This role helps establish and uphold standards for the quality of patient care while assuming responsibility, authority, and accountability for nursing practice. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II provides and manages patient care for a designated group of patients and families through the application of independent judgment, effective communication, and collaboration with interdisciplinary team members. The role encompasses leadership, mentorship, partnership, collaboration, and clinical oversight. This nurse develops and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, healthcare professionals, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes across the continuum of care. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II also demonstrates a strong commitment to the nursing profession, professional growth, and the communities we serve. Title and salary will be determined based on education, experience, and career ladder qualifications.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years experience.
BSN preferred.
Completion of 1 contribution as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder.
UPMC approved nursing certification required.
Certification not required if Master's in nursing or DNP is held. If a BSN is held, a Master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of Certification.
The individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately to the ages of the patients served by his/her assigned unit as specified below. They must also demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.
Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level.
Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status.
Must have VP approval for promotion.
Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.
Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
ACLS within 1 year of hire or transfer
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) OR My Nursing Career Approved Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Registered Nurse (RN)
Act 33 with renewal
Act 34 with renewal
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
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

Five years of nursing experience strongly preferred
Previous cardiac, cardiovascular, or stress testing experience preferred
BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates a passion for developing others, enthusiastically and expertly precepts students, graduate nurses and new hires.
Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations, identifying learning opportunities to improve patient care practices.
Regularly seeks feedback on performance and applies continuous professional improvement.
Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, presenting on the unit, supporting journal clubs, etc.
Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner.
Practices solid communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work. Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within the framework of a healthy workplace. Role models keen cultural awareness including preventing and addressing horizontal violence and impairment. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.
Identifies opportunities for clinical quality as well as workplace improvement. Applies evidence based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice. Serves on or leads teams that launch innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.
Serves as a role model of professional nursing practice by serving as a recognized unit leader in one or more of the following areas: clinical expertise, teacher, specialized resource nurse, and/or evidence based practice. Consistently gives appropriate feedback to all members of the health care team and participates in the nursing peer review process. Promotes change that enhances the quality of patient care and the unit environment. Serves on teams and leads successful teams as a part of daily practice. Demonstrates highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skills within the context of Relationship Based Care. Actively participates in shared governance at unit level and serves on hospital-wide councils.
Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
Performs other duties as assigned.