UPMC: Professional Staff Nurse - Nursing Supplemental Staff

Company: UPMC
Location: Pittsburgh
Posted on: September 14, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description:Located in downtown Pittsburgh, UPMC Mercy is an urban facility full of opportunities for seasoned nurses looking to take the next step in their career! We are hiring full-time Professional Staff Nurses to join our Nursing Supplemental Staff department! Supplemental nurses work in a group of units specific to their experience and receive a 10% differential in their hourly rate for floating. A minimum of one year of bedside experience is strongly preferred. The Nursing Supplemental Staff Department provides ad hoc staffing solutions for special needs or disruptions in the hospital's workforce, such as in the case of vacancies, call-offs, and surges in patient census. Working in the Nursing Supplemental Staff Department you must be especially flexible, knowledgeable, and responsive! 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 patients' families in order to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. As 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. As a Professional Staff Nurse at UPMC, you will find: * Competitive wages, with the highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area * An incomparable benefits package, including tuition reimbursement * Top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today The Professional Staff Nurse is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, with opportunities for continued growth and advancement! Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary from the My Nursing Career Ladder based on their individual experience and education. Responsibilities: * Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues. * Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. * Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life. * Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle. * Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace. * Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff. * Provides 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. * Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor. * Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice. * 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 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. * Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues. * Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. * Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment. * Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership. * Participates in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment. * Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process. * Actively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts. * Identifies opportunity for

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