Staff RN, Emergency Department

UPMC • Coudersport, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Cole is hiring a full-time Staff RN for its Emergency Department. The position is scheduled for night shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., including every other weekend and rotating holidays. Final candidates will be selected for a career-ladder job title based on education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer.

The Staff RN assesses patients’ conditions and nursing needs, plans and delivers care, evaluates outcomes, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, and documents and communicates patient observations. The role includes administering medications and treatments, supervising and assigning care, assisting with procedures and emergency measures, supporting patient education and discharge planning, and contributing to patient safety and improvements in nursing care. The position also includes hourly rounding and requires care and services appropriate to the ages and needs of patients served.

Depending on assignment or when floated, the nurse may be expected to perform telemetry monitoring, recognize arrhythmias, and perform 12-lead EKGs. Other specialty duties described in the posting include PACU, ICU, oncology, and inpatient behavioral health care. ACLS and PALS must be obtained within 90 days of hire or transfer.

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania RN nursing license, or a qualifying multistate license under the Nursing Licensure Compact for a facility in a participating state.
• ACLS and PALS required within 90 days of hire or transfer.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure.
• Act 33 clearance with renewal.
• Act 34 clearance with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI clearance with renewal.
• Out-of-state NLC license holders who change residency to the state where the facility is located must apply for licensure in that state within 60 days of the residency change.

Responsibilities

• Maintain nursing care standards and implement hospital and nursing department policies, philosophy, mission, and values.
• Assess patients’ conditions and nursing needs; determine outcomes and prescribe appropriate nursing actions, including discharge planning.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to meet individual patient outcome needs.
• Report and accurately document pertinent patient observations and reactions.
• Assign nursing care and other duties to team members according to patient needs and staff 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.
• Use supplies economically and maintain equipment in a clean and safe manner.
• 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 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 institute emergency measures when patients experience sudden adverse developments.
• Participate in committees to improve nursing care.
• Provide care appropriate to the ages and needs of patients served and contribute to patient safety surveillance and culture.
• Report patient safety concerns and events and demonstrate accountability for patient safety.
• Assess and monitor patients’ pain and responses, and educate patients about pain management and its impact on outcomes.
• Perform telemetry monitoring when required, including when floated to the ICU after completing a basic arrhythmia class and competency.
• Perform hourly rounding on assigned patients.
• When assigned to the ER or ICU, recognize arrhythmias and perform 12-lead EKGs.
• When assigned to the ICU, perform code team leadership as required, defibrillation, central and arterial line vital-sign monitoring, and care for patients on ventilators.
• When assigned to oncology, apply knowledge of disease processes, chemotherapy agents and administration, medi-port/port-a-cath assessment, treatment side effects and pain, vesicant and non-vesicant drug administration and infiltration/extravasation, and chemotherapy spill and waste procedures.
• When assigned to inpatient behavioral health, apply knowledge of psychodynamics, therapeutic processes, growth and development, psychopathology, and psychosocial systems; participate in staffing and case conferences; respond appropriately to symptoms and behavior; maintain appropriate limits; and respect patient integrity, confidentiality, and rights.
• Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• $15,000 sign-on bonus for nurses with over 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