Professional Staff Nurse, Heart & Vascular Institute

UPMC Hamot is hiring a Professional Staff Nurse to join our Heart Institute team! If you're passionate about providing exceptional patient care in a collaborative healthcare environment, we encourage you to apply today.

This position is full-time, Monday
- Friday 8am-4:30pm. Two years of previous nursing experience highly preferred.

Purpose: The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse is 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 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:

• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and promotes evidence-based practice to enhance patient care and satisfaction.
• Identifies opportunities for clinical and operational improvements and shares recommendations with colleagues and leadership.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with patients, families, physicians, providers, leaders, and support staff.
• Demonstrates strong critical thinking, clinical judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Effectively manages multiple priorities in a complex healthcare environment.
• Educates and supports patients, families, students, new staff, and colleagues using adult learning principles.
• Encourages open communication, feedback, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Develops and coordinates individualized patient care plans in collaboration with patients and physicians.
• Assists with patient assessment, evaluation, education, triage, and care coordination.
• Identifies and addresses clinical, social, psychological, safety, and spiritual patient care needs.
• Communicates patient information effectively and maintains comprehensive documentation.
• Supports patient safety, quality, and satisfaction initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
• Creates a compassionate, patient-centered care experience.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional development and ongoing improvement of patient care.
• Participates in shared governance, goal setting, and change management initiatives.
• Collaborates effectively as an engaged member of the care team and provides support when needed.
• Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility in a dynamic environment.
• Promotes a positive, respectful, and culturally inclusive workplace.
• Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
• Supports workplace safety, healthy work-life balance, and effective time management.
• Maintains the physical abilities required for patient care, including walking, standing, lifting, and patient positioning.

• The individual 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.
• They 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.
• Minimum six months experience preferred. BSN preferred.
  
  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• 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) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Graduate…