Professional Staff Nurse - Emergency Department (Experience Required

UPMC Hamot's Emergency Department is seeking a full-time experienced (6 months of experience required) Professional Staff Nurse to join our team!

Apply now to become part of our dynamic Emergency Services team at UPMC Hamot and contribute to our mission of Life Changing Medicine!

About UPMC Hamot Emergency Department:
UPMC Hamot Emergency Department is the largest in the Erie region, providing 24/7 care for both minor and major injuries. As a Level 2 Trauma Center, Cardiac Center, and Comprehensive Stroke Center, we offer exceptional care. We are proud recipients of the Emergency Nurse Association Lantern Award for excellence in leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research.

This position is full-time, rotating evenings and nights. Shifts range from 9a-9p, 11a-11p, 3p-3a, and 7p-7a.

Title and salary will be determined based upon education and nursing experience.

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse who plays a crucial role in the care delivery team. They set standards for care quality, hold responsibility and accountability for nursing care, and manage patient care activities using independent judgment and collaboration. Their role includes leadership, partnership, and supervision, and they maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes.

Additionally, they demonstrate a commitment to the community and 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:

• This role may be eligible for a sign-on bonus!
• UPMC’s Monthly Loan Repayment program,exclusively for eligible 2025 and 2026 nursing graduates, offering $20,000
  * in loan repayment paid over three years
• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated career ladders allow you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education

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:

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues. Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life. Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle. Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
• Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff. Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them through the episode of care as well as transition to another level of care and/or home. Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may…