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SalaryUPMC Hamot is seeking confident and skilled nurses to join our Special Procedures Lab team. The ideal candidate will adeptly apply their critical thinking skills and demonstrate a passion for delivering exceptional care, particularly during procedures involving Interventional Neurology, Interventional Radiology, and Vascular Surgery.
Candidates with 2 or more years of experience in IU or ICU are highly preferred.
This position offers Monday through Friday day shift hours, with the flexibility to choose between (5) 8-hour shifts or (4) 10-hour shifts (7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.). There is a rotating evening, weekend, and holiday call requirement. Call pay is included, along with guaranteed time and a half for call-ins. To meet the on-call requirement, candidates must reside within a 30-minute radius of the hospital.
$15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with over one year of experience
At UPMC, we're passionate about continuing to support your growth throughout your nursing journey. We offer a robust career ladder for bedside nursing that starts with Professional Staff Nurse and leads to Expert Nurse and beyond. The final job title and rate of pay will be based upon both individual qualifications and candidate choice. Any required certifications and contributions based on job title will be afforded a timeframe to obtain. Our competitive career ladder, as well as our Total Rewards package, will be discussed at time of offer to ensure you can make the choices that are right for you.
UPMC is committed to investing in nurses like you – financially, personally, and professionally – starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your nursing career.
Here's how we support our nurses:
- Generous Sign-On Bonus for experienced nurses of up to $15,000 (Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)
- Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
- Dedicated career ladders allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education
- Tuition reimbursement of 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!)
Title and salary will be determined based upon education and nursing experience.
The Senior Professional Staff Nurse, as a Registered Nurse and integral member of the care delivery team, actively seeks opportunities for improving practice through process enhancement. They establish and uphold standards for the level and quality of care, with responsibility, authority, and accountability for nursing provision. This role involves managing and delivering patient care for a designated group, utilizing independent judgment, effective communication, and collaboration with the entire team. Embracing leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, the Senior Professional Staff Nurse fosters collaborative relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to ensure optimal patient outcomes across the care continuum. They also demonstrate a strong commitment to both the community and the nursing profession.
Responsibilities:
- Passionately mentors students, graduate nurses, and new hires, fostering their development.
- Identifies learning opportunities to enhance patient care practices through analysis of clinical and behavioral situations.
- Actively seeks feedback for continuous professional improvement.
- Promotes continuous learning in the clinical area through sharing research, facilitating presentations, and supporting journal clubs.
- Applies Relationship Based Care framework in nursing process to create a healing environment.
- Collaborates effectively in care coordination, utilizing solid communication skills for patient condition articulation and care negotiation.
- Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to facilitate caregiver communication.
- Demonstrates critical thinking in addressing clinical, social, safety, and psychological issues.
- Integrates evidence-based practice to enhance patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
- Builds compassionate patient-focused relationships and fosters a healthy workplace culture.
- Models cultural awareness and addresses workplace conflicts.
- Maintains work-life balance through effective prioritization and delegation.
- Identifies opportunities for clinical quality improvement and leads innovations in patient care.
- Participates in shared governance and contributes to hospital-wide councils.
- Demonstrates leadership in clinical expertise, education, resource utilization, and evidence-based practice.
- Provides constructive feedback and actively participates in nursing peer review.
- Initiates and promotes changes to enhance patient care quality and unit environment.
- Actively engages in team participation and leadership within daily practice.
- Demonstrates advanced clinical assessment and analytical skills within Relationship Based Care context.
- Performs in alignment with system-wide competencies and behaviors.
- Performs additional assigned duties as needed.
- 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.
- Annual completion of a professional contributions selected from department, hospital or system goals, and approved by Unit Director OR UPMC approved nursing certification required within 1 year of hire/transfer and must be maintained. OR 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.
- 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.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIH)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
