Professional Staff Nurse, BSN - Joint & Spine Unit - Nights

Join the Total Joint & Spine Team at UPMC Williamsport!

UPMC Williamsport is hiring a Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse for the Total Joint & Spine Unit (TJU). The position is 36 hours per week working night shifts, including every other weekend and holiday. In this role, you'll deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while helping drive practice improvement and set standards for clinical excellence.

About the Unit:TJU is our primary surgical unit. The unit specializes in orthopedic surgeries. We have a robust Total Joint Program with several of our nurses receiving Total Joint Nurse Certifications. In addition, the unit accepts all other post-operative cases and provides care to those patients until they can be sent to inpatient/outpatient rehab or home with post-surgical resources.

Why UPMC?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.

• Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $20,000 (
  * Amount and eligibility based on role and experience)
• UPMC's new Monthly Loan Repayment Program, exclusively for 2025/2026 nursing graduates, offering up to $20,000 in loan repayment over three years (
  * Eligible flex full-time RN roles receive a prorated amount)
• Up to 5.5 weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated career ladders, including a brand-new nursing career ladder added this year, designed to recognize experience and advanced education
• Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution for employees and dependents (plus UPMC employee discounts, including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options)

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

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:

• Actively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts. Identifies opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management. Takes personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service. Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care: identifies research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest, discusses opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds, and influences patients' plans of care.
• Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment. Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner. Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care.
  
  Practices solid communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Patient…