Professional Staff Nurse, Casual-Acute Care

UPMC East is seeking a nurse to join the team in a casual or limited casual status. Apply today if interested!

Purpose:

* The Professional Staff Nurse (PSN) is a Registered Nurse and part of the care delivery team.

* Sets standards for the level and quality of care.

* Holds responsibility, authority, and accountability for nursing care.

* Manages and provides patient care for a group of patients and their families.

* Uses independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with team members.

* Encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision.

* Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other healthcare providers, patients, and families.

* Demonstrates commitment to the community and the nursing profession.

* Responsibilities:

* Applies knowledge of adult learning principles (or teaching children) in patient, family, student, and new staff education.

* Provides detailed teaching to guide patients and families through care episodes and transitions.

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

* Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development.

* Demonstrates accountability for professional development to improve practice and patient care quality.

* Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, and change processes.

* Serves as an engaged partner on the care team, responding to team member needs.

* Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility.

* Develops and maintains productive working relationships, demonstrating accountability, enthusiasm, and commitment.

* Understands cultural differences and promotes healthy relationships.

* Maintains a balance between work and personal life, modeling safe work hours and time management.

* Communicates safety hazards to peers and management.

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

* Formulates daily goals and care plans with patient involvement, considering holistic needs.

* Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues.

* Practices solid communication skills, articulating patient conditions and making care recommendations.

* Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote caregiver communication.

* Incorporates goals from national organizations, business units, and health systems to improve safety, quality, and satisfaction.

* Creates a compassionate, patient-focused experience by building healing relationships.

* Participates in quality improvement efforts and identifies opportunities for improvement.

* Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support clinical care improvements.

* Discusses quality improvement opportunities at multidisciplinary rounds and influences patient care plans.

Qualifications:

* Demonstrate knowledge and skills to provide care and interact appropriately with patients of various ages.

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

* Assess data reflective of patient status and interpret information to identify age-specific needs.

* Provide care as described in department policy and procedures.

* Minimum 1 year of experience.

* Limited Casual Nurses:
Commit to just 30 shifts per calendar year-choose from 8-, 10-, or 12-hour shifts to meet your needs.

* Regular Casual Nurses:
Work 36 hours across 3 pay periods, with one holiday shift per year. This role includes access to a dedicated career ladder with opportunities for rate adjustments and professional growth, hiring from Professional Staff Nurses to Sr Professional Staff Nurse II's

* BSN preferred.

* Establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.

* Work productively and effectively within a complex environment.

* Handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.

* Exhibit good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.

* Exercise and lead others in the application of the nursing process.

* Mobility and visual manual dexterity.

* Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

UPMC approved national certification preferred. 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 34

* 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…