Professional Staff Nurse- 3G Acute Care

Join Our Team at UPMC Greene's 3G Acute Care Unit!

Position: Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse Unit: 3G Acute Care Unit

Sign-On Bonus:

• $20,000 with a 2-year commitment for experienced Registered Nurses (1+ year of experience)
• Up to $15,000 for Graduate Nurses starting 1/1/2024 or later, with a 2-year commitment

Why Choose UPMC Greene? As a nurse at UPMC, you will benefit from:

• Competitive Wages: Highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area
• Exceptional Benefits: Including tuition reimbursement
• Top-Notch Resources: Access to leading clinicians, researchers, and state-of-the-art equipment and technology

Our Commitment to You: UPMC is dedicated to investing in nurses like you financially, personally, and professionally from day one. Whether you're tackling student loans or advancing your career, UPMC is here to support your success and growth.

Support for Our Nurses Includes:

• Generous Sign-On Bonus: Up to $20,000
• Comprehensive PTO and Benefits Package
• Career Advancement: Dedicated career ladders, including a new nursing career ladder introduced this year
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (plus discounts for UPMC employees, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options)

The Professional Staff Nurse role is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, offering opportunities for continued growth and advancement.

Purpose:

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and an integral member of the care delivery team. This role is pivotal in setting the standards for the level and quality of care provided. The Professional Staff Nurse holds responsibility, authority, and accountability for nursing care provision. They manage and deliver patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members. The role encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision. The Professional Staff Nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other healthcare providers, patients, and their families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. They demonstrate a commitment to the community and the nursing profession.

Responsibilities:

• Relationship Building: Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues. Understands cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a balance between work and personal life, modeling safe work hours, time management, and a healthy lifestyle. Communicates any safety hazards identified in the workplace to peers and management.

• Education and Teaching: Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies them in teaching patients, families, students, and new staff. Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to guide them through the episode of care and transition to another level of care or home. Supports the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and may serve as a preceptor. Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice.

• Patient Care: 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 involve the patient as a partner and consider the individual needs of the patient holistically. Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues for patient care within an episode of care. Practices solid communication skills, articulating and translating the patient's condition to other care providers, negotiating, and making recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote communication between caregivers. Incorporates national professional organization goals as well as business unit and health system goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction. Creates a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

• Professional Development: Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and patient care. Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment. Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team, responding willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership. Participates in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment. Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process.

• Quality Improvement: Actively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts. Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management. Takes personal responsibility for improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service. Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care: identifies research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest, discusses opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds, and influences patients' plans of care.

The individual must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and interact appropriately with patients of all ages served by their assigned unit. They must also understand the principles of growth and development across the lifespan and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status. This includes interpreting the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age-specific needs and providing the care as described in department policies and procedures.

Experience and Education:

• Zero to two years of experience.
• BSN preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• 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, handling multiple and changing priorities and specialized equipment.
• Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to various aspects of patient care.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and lead others in the application of the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Flexible Work Options: UPMC offers a variety of flexible options. In addition to traditional rotating/flexible shifts, special programs exist to work primarily night shifts or weekend shifts with a premium pay differential. Employees hired into or who choose to transition into one of these programs must have at least 6 months of nursing experience to qualify and may be required to complete any necessary orientation during regular business hours. If you are interested in these programs, please alert your recruiter when contacted for an interview.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• UPMC-approved national certification preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.
• CPR required based on AHA standards, including both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
• Graduate nurses must complete the licensure examination within six months of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first. Though temporary permits are valid for one year from the date of graduation, UPMC requires that GNs take the licensure examination within six months of their start date or they will be terminated or demoted from the GN position, at the discretion of the BU.

Required Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) within 30 days of hire/transfer.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within one year of hire/transfer.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within one year of hire/transfer.
• Registered Nurse (RN) or Temporary Practice Permit (TPP).
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