RN II- 3 Main Acute Care- (7a-7p)

UPMC • Coudersport, PA

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About The Position

UPMC Cole is hiring a full-time Staff RN for its 3 Main Acute Care department. This is a day-shift position, 7 a.m.–7 p.m., with off-shift coverage as needed. The role requires working every other weekend and participating in holiday rotation.

The Staff RN coordinates total nursing care, participates in patient and family teaching, and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary, nursing, and other patient-care team personnel to maintain professional nursing practice standards in the clinical setting. Final candidates will be selected for a job title within the career ladder based on education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer.

A sign-on bonus of $20,000 is available for nurses with more than one year of experience. A $7,500 sign-on bonus is available for graduate nurses and nurses with one year or less of experience.

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania RN nursing license, or qualifying multistate licensure under the Nursing Licensure Compact as described in the posting.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Registered Nurse (RN) credential.
• Act 34 clearance.
• Provide care and services appropriate to the ages of patients served.
• For telemetry monitoring in the ICU when floated there, a basic arrhythmia class and completed competency are expected.

Responsibilities

• Maintain nursing-care standards and implement hospital and Nursing Department policies and procedures, including the organization’s philosophy, mission, and values.
• Assess patients’ conditions and nursing needs; determine outcomes and prescribe appropriate nursing actions addressing physical, psychological, social, rehabilitative, and discharge-planning needs; collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Report relevant patient observations and reactions to appropriate personnel and document them accurately and concisely.
• Assign nursing care and other duties to team members according to patient needs and personnel capabilities and qualifications.
• Administer medications and perform treatments for assigned patients.
• Direct, supervise, and evaluate nursing care provided to patients.
• Assist physicians with special tests and procedures, such as thoracentesis and lumbar tap.
• Use supplies economically and help ensure equipment is clean and safe.
• Participate in orientation of new personnel and performance evaluations of nursing staff.
• Assist team members with patient care or provide direct care when professional nursing skills and judgment are needed.
• Coordinate patient nursing care when patients are scheduled for therapy or procedures in other departments.
• Communicate with patients and significant others and use teaching opportunities.
• Assist with or initiate emergency measures when patients experience sudden adverse developments, such as cardiac arrest.
• Participate in committees focused on improving nursing care.
• Provide care and services appropriate to the ages of patients served.
• Support patient safety surveillance and culture at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital; report patient safety concerns and events; and demonstrate accountability for patient safety.
• Assess and monitor patients’ pain levels and responses, and educate patients about pain management and its impact on outcomes.
• Perform telemetry monitoring as required; nurses who have completed a basic arrhythmia class and competency may be expected to monitor telemetry in the ICU when floated there.
• Perform hourly rounding on assigned patients.
• For PACU, ICU, SPU, and OB assignments: demonstrate knowledge of anesthetic agents, narcotic analgesics, reversal drugs, and other drugs used in post-anesthesia care; understand surgical procedures and implications for postoperative care; and recognize surgical or anesthesia complications and when to notify the surgeon or anesthesia staff.
• For ER and ICU assignments: recognize arrhythmias and perform 12-lead EKGs.
• For ICU assignments: function as Code Team leader as required, perform defibrillation, monitor vital signs through central and arterial lines, and care for patients on ventilators.
• For oncology assignments: demonstrate knowledge of disease processes and their effects; chemotherapy agents and administration; medi-port/port-a-cath assessment for chemotherapy administration and blood sampling; monitoring patients and managing treatment side effects and pain; evaluating treatment side effects; differences between vesicant and non-vesicant chemotherapy administration; treatment of infiltration or extravasation; and toxic-spill management and chemotherapy-waste disposal. Assess and reassess pain for adequate pain management.
• For the inpatient behavioral health unit specializing in geriatrics: apply knowledge of psychodynamics and therapeutic processes, growth and development, psychopathology, and psychosocial systems; conduct assessments and nursing care planning; participate in staffing and case conferences; recognize and respond appropriately to symptoms and behavior; set appropriate limits in a caring, consistent manner; and maintain patient integrity, confidentiality, and rights.

Benefits

• $20,000 sign-on bonus for nurses with more than one year of experience.
• $7,500 sign-on bonus for graduate nurses and nurses with one year or less of experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed