Sr. Professional Staff Nurse - Same Day Services - UPMC Muncy - Full-Time Days

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center • Muncy, PA

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About The Position

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse at UPMC Muncy is a full-time role focused on providing high-quality nursing care in the Same Day Services department. This position involves leadership, collaboration, and accountability in patient care, ensuring that standards of care are met while fostering a healing environment. The nurse will engage with patients, families, and healthcare teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes and will also play a key role in mentoring and developing other nursing staff.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the state of practice or a state covered by a licensure compact agreement.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for patients of various ages.
• Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities required.
• Ability to work productively in a complex environment and handle multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• UPMC approved nursing certification preferred.
• Master's degree in nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) may substitute for certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a role model of professional nursing practice and recognized unit leader in clinical expertise, teaching, or evidence-based practice.
• Promote changes that enhance the quality of patient care and the unit environment.
• Demonstrate highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skills within the context of Relationship Based Care.
• Formulate daily goals and a plan of care for patients, involving them as partners in their care.
• Practice solid communication skills to articulate patient conditions and negotiate changes in care.
• Document patient care comprehensively to promote communication between caregivers.
• Demonstrate critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues for patients.
• Create a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Precept students, graduate nurses, and new hires, fostering their development.
• Identify opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement, applying evidence-based practice.
• Build and mend relationships among colleagues, role modeling cultural awareness and addressing workplace issues.
• Maintain a balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation.

Benefits

• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents.
• Discounts for UPMC employees including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree