UPMC Presbyterian Emergency Department is looking for an experienced nurse to join our team of Life Changers!
Shift: Rotating daylights, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Employment Status: Casual
Previous nursing experience in acute or emergency care is highly preferred.
About the Unit – 44-bed Emergency Department
Advanced Care – Treating everything from heart attacks & strokes to minor illnesses
24/7 Services – On-site lab & imaging for fast diagnostics
❤️ Patient & Family-Centered Care – Keeping families involved & informed
⏳ Flexible Scheduling – Rotating shifts, including weekends & holidays
Your Role
✔ Deliver compassionate, patient-centered care and foster diversity, inclusion, and a safe workplace for all team members
✔ Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team
✔ Engage in continuous learning & career advancement
- Education: BSN preferred; UPMC student internship or clinical transitions course preferred.
- Experience: 1 year of inpatient nursing experience required (emergency department experience preferred)
- Skills: Critical thinking, problem-solving, clinical judgment, multitasking, and use of specialized equipment.
- Interpersonal: Build positive relationships with staff, patients, and families.
- Physical: Mobility, dexterity, and stamina for patient care tasks.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
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 that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance 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.
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