Graduate Nurse: UPMC Mercy

Are you a current student nurse graduating in Fall/Winter 2026, Spring 2027 or Summer 2027 and looking to continue your nursing career at UPMC?  

UPMC Mercy is pleased to announce we are NOW HIRING Graduate Nurses as full-time Professional Staff Nurses. Secure a role up to a year prior to graduation!

Located in downtown Pittsburgh, UPMC Mercy is the region’s only combined Level 1 Trauma Center and Comprehensive Burn Center. It is also the home and hub of the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute, which is one of the leading rehabilitation programs in the United States as well as a Comprehensive Stroke Center accredited by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. As Pittsburgh’s only Catholic hospital, UPMC Mercy works to provide compassionate quality health care to all people.

Find your perfect fit within our inpatient nursing divisions:

• Trauma Burn/Emergency Division: 12E Integrated Medicine, 11E Trauma Ortho Acute Care, 5F Trauma Burn Acute Care, 4F Trauma Burn ICU and 6A Withdrawal Management
• Neuro Division: 10E Neuro/Medical Acute Care, 7F Neuro Trauma Stepdown and 8A Neuro ICU
• Medical/Surgical Division: 8E Surgical Acute Care, 9E Cardiology/Thoracic Surgical Acute Care and Med/Surg ICU 3
• Inpatient Rehab Division: 7A General Rehab, 7E Spinal Cord Injury, 6E Brain Injury, 6F Stroke

Interested in rotating through multiple units? Consider our Graduate Nurse Rotational Programs or our Resource (Float Pool) department!

What can you Expect as a Professional Staff Nurse?

The Professional Staff Nurse provides highly competent patient care and treatment while demonstrating empathy and a passion for learning. A role that requires independent judgment, fluent communication, and candid partnership, the Professional Staff Nurse establishes relationships with physicians, other care providers, patients, and patients’ families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.

As a Professional Staff Nurse and a member of the care delivery team, you will set the standards for the level and quality of nursing care and possess authority and accountability for its provision. At all times, you will exemplify a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.

How does UPMC Support our Nurses?

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 are a few examples of how we support our nurses:

• Generous sign-on bonus for roles on select units
• UPMC’s Monthly Loan Repayment program, available to 2026 & 2027 nursing graduates, offering $20,000* in loan repayment paid over three years (*Eligible flex full-time RN roles to receive prorated amount)
• Generous Paid Time Off accrual, plus seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated nursing career ladder- 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!)
• Top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today

Shifts/Hours: Our nurses work 3, 12-hour rotating shifts each week to ensure 24/7 coverage on the floor. Typical start times are 7am and 7pm. 

Graduate Nurses must be eligible for State Board Licensure and successfully pass the examination before beginning this role OR ability to start with TPP and must obtain license within 6 months of beginning position. Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary from the My Nursing Career Ladder based on their individual experience and education.

• Diploma, Associate, Bachelor’s and Direct-Entry Master’s degree levels all welcome!
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide care and interact with all ages of patients.
• Understand the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Assess data on patients’ statuses to identify each patient’s specific care.
• Establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with patients and their families, executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, and other departments.
• Work productively and effectively in an environment with changing priorities that require specialized skills.
• Think critically to analyze and problem-solve to deliver the best patient care.
• Use sound clinical judgment, think critically, and problem-solve to deliver quality patient care when it matters most.
• Understand, apply, and champion nursing best practices.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse
• CPR is required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Must complete 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, not one year from issue of permit (or until the results of the examination are known at which time it becomes null and void), UPMC requires that GNs take the licensure examination within 6 months of their start date or they will be terminated or demoted from the GN position, at the discretion of the BU.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP) 
• Act 34 Criminal Clearance
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance (unit specific)
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Clearance (unit specific)

*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.
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