Staff RN - Resource Pool - Shifts

Join the nursing team at UPMC Cole!

UPMC Cole has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Staff RN to join the Resource Pool. This position offers the opportunity to support a variety of patient care needs while working rotating shifts, with a weekend and holiday rotation. Qualified candidates will also be eligible for a float differential.

Sign-On Bonus Details:

• $20,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with over one year of experience

** Final candidates will be selected for a job title within the career ladder that reflects level of education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer.**

Purpose

Coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching, and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary, nursing, and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.

General Nursing Responsibilities

• Maintains the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the Hospital and Nursing Department, including its philosophy, mission, and values.
• Assesses the patient’s condition and nursing needs, determines outcomes, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those outcomes and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient, including discharge planning. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to meet the outcome needs of the individual patient.
• Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding the patient to the appropriate person (i.e., physicians, director, nurse manager, charge nurse, and/or nursing supervisor) and records those observations accurately and concisely.
• Assigns nursing care to team members in accordance with patient needs and the personnel’s capabilities and qualifications and assigns other duties as needed.
• Administers medications to and performs treatments on assigned patients.
• Directs, supervises, and evaluates nursing care provided to patients.
• Assists physicians with special tests and procedures, such as thoracentesis, lumbar tap, etc.
• Participates in the economical utilization of supplies and ensures that equipment is maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Participates in the orientation of new personnel and performance evaluations of the nursing staff.
• Assists team members in giving care to patients or administers direct care when professional nursing skills and judgment are needed.
• Coordinates nursing care of patients when scheduled for therapy or procedures by other departments.
• Establishes and maintains communications and utilizes teaching opportunities with patients and other significant individuals.
• Assists with or institutes emergency measures for sudden adverse developments in patients, such as cardiac arrest.
• Participates actively in committees for the improvement of nursing care.
• Possesses skills necessary to provide care/services appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Is involved in surveillance and ensuring the patient safety culture at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital. Reports patient safety concerns and events.
• Exhibits accountability and contributes to patient safety.
• Assesses and monitors the patient’s level and response to pain.
• Educates patients in pain management and its impact on patient outcomes.
• A Registered Nurse who has taken a basic arrhythmia class and completed the competency will be expected to perform telemetry monitoring in the ICU, if floated there.
• Performs telemetry monitoring, as required.
• Performs hourly rounding on assigned patients.

• Displays knowledge of anesthetic agents, narcotic analgesics, reversal drugs, and other drugs commonly utilized in Post Anesthesia Care.
• Is familiar with surgical procedures and…