Full-Time Cardiopulmonary Rehab Nurse (UPMC Shadyside)
Join the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation team at UPMC Shadyside, a Magnet-designated hospital, and use your nursing experience to help patients regain strength, confidence, and independence. This unique role combines nursing care, patient education, exercise and rehabilitation across cardiac, pulmonary, and vascular programs.
Why You’ll Love This Opportunity
- Monday-Friday daylight schedule
- No holidays
- Occasional inpatient weekend rotation
- Work with both inpatient and outpatient populations
- Build meaningful relationships while helping patients progress through recovery
- Combine your nursing expertise with education, exercise, mobility, and rehabilitation
The role supports inpatient and outpatient cardiac, pulmonary, and vascular rehabilitation and includes individualized and group exercise and education programs.
What You’ll Do
As a Cardiopulmonary Rehab RN, you’ll be an important partner in helping patients move forward in their recovery. You will:
- Assess patients and develop individualized plans to support their rehabilitation goals.
- Monitor patient progress and adjust care based on individual needs.
- Lead and support individual and group exercise and education programs.
- Help inpatient patients safely increase mobility and activity.
- Educate patients and families so they feel informed and confident throughout their care journey.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team to support safe, coordinated care.
- Contribute to evidence-based practice and quality improvement efforts.
- Support a positive, collaborative environment focused on excellent patient care and professional growth.
- Minimum of 3 years nursing experience.
Graduate of an approved school for registered nurses.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Exercise Specialist Certification or CEP preferred
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- 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
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 34
*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran