Professional Staff Nurse, Mom-Baby Unit

UPMC Hamot's Women's Hospital is hiring a Professional Staff Nurse to join the Mom-Baby unit!\n\nThe Mother-Baby Unit is a Level 3 nursery with 24 beds, offering family-centered couplet care. Our skilled nurses provide a wide range of maternal and infant care, from blood administration and IV medications to lactation support and patient education. We prioritize trust, assess individual needs, and ensure a safe transition to parenthood and home.\n\nAt least one year of nursing experience in women's health highly preferred.\n\nAt UPMC, we're passionate about continuing to support your growth throughout your nursing journey. We offer a robust career ladder for bedside nursing that starts with Professional Staff Nurse and leads to Expert Nurse and beyond. The final job title and rate of pay will be based upon both individual qualifications and candidate choice. Any required certifications and contributions based on job title will be afforded a timeframe to obtain. Our competitive career ladder, as well as our Total Rewards package, will be discussed at time of offer to ensure you can make the choices that are right for you. The minimum rate of pay for a non-BSN Professional Staff Nurse is $33.75.\n\nHere's how we support our nurses : \n

• Generous Sign-On Bonus for experienced nurses of up to $15,000 (Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)\n
• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year\n
• Dedicated career ladders allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education\n
• 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\nTitle and Salary will be determined based upon education and experience.\n\nPurpose : The Professional Staff Nurse, a Registered Nurse, is a key member of the care delivery team. They set care standards, hold responsibility and accountability for nursing care, and manage patient care activities. Their role involves leadership, collaboration, and supervision, working closely with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes. They are committed to the community and the nursing profession.\n\nResponsibilities : \n
• Develops and maintains productive relationships internally and externally, demonstrating accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.\n
• Understands cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships.\n
• Maintains a balance between work and personal life, models safe work hours, time management, and a healthy lifestyle. Communicates safety hazards to peers and management.\n
• Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles and applies them in teaching patients, families, students, and new staff.\n
• Provides detailed teaching to guide patients and families through care episodes and transitions.\n
• Supports the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and may serve as a preceptor.\n
• Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by seeking feedback and improving practice.\n
• Applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.\n
• Formulates daily goals and care plans involving patients as partners, considering their holistic needs.\n
• Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues.\n
• Practices solid communication skills, articulates patient conditions to other care providers, and recommends changes in care.\n
• Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote communication between caregivers.\n
• Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.\n
• Builds healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues to create a compassionate patient-focused experience.\n
• Demonstrates accountability for professional development to improve practice and patient care quality. Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting, and supports change processes.\n
• Serves as an engaged partner on the care team, responding to team needs for assistance and partnership.\n
• Participates in work to improve patient care and the professional practice environment, adapting to change and demonstrating flexibility.\n
• Actively participates in quality improvement efforts, identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes responsibility for enhancing patient satisfaction.\n
• Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support clinical care improvements, discusses quality improvement opportunities, and influences patient care plans.\n\na{text-decoration : none;color : #464feb}\n
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and interact appropriately with patients of varying ages as assigned.\n
• Understands principles of growth and development across the life span.\n
• Able to assess and interpret patient data to identify age-specific needs.\n
• Provides care according to department policies and procedures.\n
• Has zero to two years of experience.\n
• BSN is preferred.\n
• Capable of establishing and maintaining positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary / support staff, other departments, and patients / families.\n
• Works productively and effectively in complex environments.\n
• Handles multiple and changing priorities, including specialized equipment.\n
• Demonstrates good clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.\n
• Possesses critical thinking skills to apply and lead others in the nursing process.\n
• Has mobility and visual manual dexterity.\n
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.\n
• UPMC offers flexible scheduling options including night and weekend shift programs with premium pay.\n
• Employees must have at least 6 months of nursing experience to qualify for these programs.\n
• Orientation for these programs may occur during regular business hours.\n
• Interested candidates should inform their recruiter during the interview process.\n\nLicensure, Certifications, and Clearances : \n
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.\n
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)\n
• Graduate nurses must complete licensure examination within SIX MONTHS of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first. Though temporary permits are valid for one year from the date of graduation, not one year from issue of permit (or until the results of the examination are known at which time it becomes null and void), UPMC requires that GNs take the licensure examination within 6 months of their start date or they will be terminated or demoted from the GN position, at the discretion of the BU.\n
• Act 33 with renewal\n
• Act 34 with renewal\n
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal\n
• UPMC approved national certification preferred.\n
• 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 participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.\n\nUPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran