Casual Professional Staff Nurse, NICU

Join Our NICU Team as a Registered Nurse - Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit!

Make a meaningful impact as a NICU nurse, delivering expert, compassionate care to premature and critically ill newborns in a fast-paced, highly specialized environment. You'll monitor vital signs, manage ventilators and IVs, support family bonding, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the best outcomes. Our NICU nurses educate and comfort families and uphold the highest standards of safety and developmental care.

Ideal candidates are calm under pressure, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering exceptional care aligned with UPMC's values.

This position is casual, per diem. At least one year of NICU nursing experience required.

Title and Salary will be determined based upon education and experience.

Purpose:

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a member of the care delivery team. The Professional Staff Nurse is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care. The Professional Staff Nurse has responsibility, authority and accountability for the provision of nursing care. The Professional Staff Nurse manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members.

The role of the Professional Staff Nurse encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration and supervision. The Professional Staff Nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The Professional Staff Nurse demonstrates a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.

Responsibilities:

* Actively engages in quality improvement initiatives and identifies opportunities for enhancement.

* Takes responsibility for improving patient satisfaction and care quality.

* Uses research and evidence-based practices to support clinical improvements and influence care plans.

* Applies the nursing process within Relationship-Based Care to create a healing environment.

* Develops individualized, holistic care plans with patient involvement.

* Demonstrates critical thinking in addressing clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual needs.

* Communicates effectively with care teams, negotiates changes, and ensures comprehensive documentation.

* Aligns care with organizational and national goals for safety, quality, and satisfaction.

* Builds compassionate, patient-focused relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

* Maintains productive, accountable, and culturally sensitive working relationships.

* Models healthy work-life balance, time management, and safe work practices.

* Reports workplace safety hazards promptly.

* Commits to professional development and participates in shared governance and change initiatives.

* Acts as an engaged team member, supporting colleagues and adapting to change.

* Applies adult learning principles in patient, family, and staff education.

* Provides clear, detailed teaching for care transitions and recovery.

* Supports development of students and new staff; may serve as a preceptor.

* Promotes open dialogue, feedback, and continuous improvement in practice.

Qualifications:

* Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and interact appropriately with patients of all ages served by the assigned unit.

* Understand principles of growth and development across the life span.

* Ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret information to identify age-specific needs.

* Provide care as described in department policies and procedures.

* Zero to two years of experience.

* BSN required.

* 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 in a complex environment.

* Handle multiple and changing priorities and specialized equipment.

* Good clinical judgment with critical…