Unit Director-CardioThoracic Post-Surgical and Intervention Care, Harrisburg

Position: Unit Director-Cardio Thoracic Post-Surgical and Intervention Care, UPMC Harrisburg
Unit Director - Cardiothoracic Post-Surgical & Interventional CareUPMC Harrisburg | Day Shift Are you a passionate healthcare leader ready to make a lasting impact? As the Unit Director, you will provide leadership and oversight for the Cardiothoracic Post-Surgical & Interventional Care Unit, driving exceptional patient outcomes, operational excellence, and staff engagement. This day-shift role carries 24-hour accountability for unit operations, clinical performance, and team success.

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's how we support our nurses:

+ Generous Sign-On Bonus (
* Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)

+ Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year

+ Dedicated career ladders, including a brand-new nursing career ladder added just this year, 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!)

Main 6 is a 31bed Cardiac-Thoracic Interventional Unit. We care for cardiac, thoracic, and vascular patients. We provide care to patients who underwent open heart surgery-bypass, valve, vascular and thoracic surgery. We work with the research team and care from patients involved in many cardiac research studies. We receive patients from operating room, cardiac processing unit and cardiac intensive care unit. We

are a high energy, fast-paced unit that works with multiple disciplines to coordinate our overall care for each patient individually. We care for many different surgical populations; therefore, we provide a great opportunity for new nurses to fine tune their skills and really be able to "pull it all together" from what they learned in school. Your experiences as a new nurse or seasoned nurse will grow your knowledge, teach you time management and make you an expert on admissions and discharges and everything in between.

The foundations learned on Main 6 will set you up to be a successful nurse. We foster a team approach, shared governance, and offer multiple educational opportunities for career growth. We look forward to meeting you.

The Unit Director maintains 24-hour accountability for leading and managing their assigned area in order to ensure an outstanding experience for patients and employees by continuously improving the quality of patient care, creating a healthy workplace for staff, and overseeing clinical, and administrative/business functions. The Unit Director is responsible for collaborating with medical staff to monitor patient outcomes and setting clinical quality priorities, supporting shared governance through a unit-based professional practice council and using staff feedback to implement professional and patient safety improvements, and developing a best practice climate for the growth and development of students as well as all unit employees.

The Unit Director has responsibility for the oversight of selection and hiring of staff, department orientation, and fostering a culture of continuous performance management. This includes completing and delivering employee evaluations, managing daily unit and employee performance, as well as the department budget.

Responsibilities:

+ Collaborates with medical staff to monitor patient outcomes; set clinical quality priorities, recommend and implement professional improvements and initiatives and implement unit based patient safety initiatives. Monitors dashboard indicators and quality in unit/department to meet organizational goals and develops action plans to address specific concerns and improve quality. Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care. Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system.

Analyzes nurse and patient satisfaction outcome data and develops action plan to address as needed. Supports and encourages involvement of staff nurses in the development and implementation of evidence based practice and quality improvement initiatives.

+ Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication. Resolves and manages conflict effectively and in a timely manner. Extends trust by acknowledging the contributions of others; listens first, creates transparency in communications, confronts reality, and clarifies expectations. Cares for patients and self by planning a department work schedule in collaboration with team members that supports…