Professional Staff Nurse- Full Time 6 Rehab
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Job Description: UPMC East is hiring a Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse to support the Rehab Unit at our Monroeville location. \nWe are looking for a Full-Time candidate who is willing to work rotating shifts. There is also a weekend and holiday requirement.\n\nThis position is eligible for a generous sign-on bonus! \nSign-On Bonus Details:\n$15,000 for graduate nurses $20,000 for registered nurses with one or more years of experienceCandidates hired into a sign-on bonus eligible role will be asked to make a two-year work commitment.\n \nUPMC 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.\nHere's how we support our nurses:- Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $20,000- UPMC's brand new Monthly Loan Repayment program, exclusively for 2022-2024 nursing graduates, offering $20,000* in loan repayment paid over three years (*Eligible flex full-time RN roles to receive prorated amount)- 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!)\n \n The Professional Staff Nurse provides highly competent patient care and treatment while demonstrating empathy and a passion for learning. A role that requires independent judgment, fluent communication, and candid partnership, the Staff Nurse establishes relationships with physicians, other care providers, patients, and patient's families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.\n A Professional Staff Nurse and a member of the care delivery team, you will set the standards for the level and quality of nursing care and possess authority and accountability for its provision. At all times, you will exemplify a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.\n \n As a Professional Staff Nurse at UPMC, you will find:\n\nCompetitive wages, with the highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area\nAn incomparable benefits package, including tuition reimbursement\nTop clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today\n\n \n The Professional Staff Nurse is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, with opportunities for continued growth and advancement; Graduate Nurses are encouraged to apply.\n Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary from the My Nursing Career Ladder based on their individual experience and education.\n Responsibilities:\n\nDevelops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues.\nDemonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life.\nModels safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle.\nCommunicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.\nDemonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff.\nProvides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them through the episode of care as well as transition to another level of care and/or home.\nSupports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor.\nCreates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice.\nApplies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.\nFormulates 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.\nDemonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care.\nPractices 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.\nPatient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction.\nCreates a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.\nDemonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.\nActively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment.\nServes as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership.\nParticipates in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment.\nAdapts to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process.\nActively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts.\nIdentifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.\nTakes personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service.\nUtilizes 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.\n Qualifications:\n\nBSN preferred.\nAbility to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.\nAbility to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.\nGood clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.\nCritical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.\nMobility and visual manual dexterity.\nPhysical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients. \n\n Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:\n\nUPMC approved national certification preferred.\nCurrent Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.\nCPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire\nNIH required within 6 months of hire date\nBasic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\nRegistered Nurse (RN)\nAct 34\n\n \n UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran