Hours: 4 - 10 Hour Weekday Shifts / Weekend & Holiday Call
Dept: Dialysis
The Professional Staff Nurse II, BSN is a Registered Nurse responsible for setting care standards and ensuring high-quality nursing care. They manage patient care for a group of patients and their families, using independent judgment and collaborating with the care team. This role involves leadership, partnership, and supervision, while maintaining collaborative relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve optimal outcomes. The Professional Staff Nurse is committed to the community and the nursing profession.
UPMC offers a robust Nursing Career ladder - Title and Rate of Pay will be based on Education & Experience
Responsibilities:
- Use the nursing process within Relationship-Based Care to create a healing environment, set care goals, and address patients' clinical, social, and emotional needs.
- Participate in quality improvement efforts, identifying opportunities for improvement and enhancing patient satisfaction and care.
- Apply evidence-based practices to improve clinical care and patient outcomes.
- Communicate effectively with the care team and document patient information clearly.
- Build productive relationships with colleagues and patients, promoting teamwork, accountability, and work-life balance.
- Identify safety hazards and contribute to a positive work environment.
- Take responsibility for professional development, engage in unit-based goal setting, and support care team needs.
- Adapt to change and contribute to improving patient care and the practice environment.
- Apply adult learning principles in patient and family education, and support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues through mentorship and feedback.
- Minimum 3 years experience.
- BSN preferred.
- Completion of 1 contribution as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder.
- UPMC approved nursing certification required.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level. Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status.
- 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:
- Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
- Registered Nurse (RN)*
Act 33 / 34 / 73 with renewal
*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