Title: Professional Staff Nurse, OP - Heart and Vascular
Location: Erie United States
Job ID: 6651455758
Status: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Shift: Day Job
Facility: UPMC Hamot
Department: UPMC Hamot HeartVascular
Location: 120 East 2nd St, Erie, PA
Union Position: No
Salary Range: $ 27.65-40.43 USD
Job Description:
Join UPMC Hamot's Heart and Vascular department as a valued member of our nursing team, where your expertise and compassion will make a lasting impact. This role offers the opportunity to provide exceptional, patient-centered care while collaborating with a dedicated team of healthcare professionals to achieve optimal outcomes. At UPMC Hamot, we're committed to fostering professional growth, innovation, and a supportive environment where you can thrive. If you're passionate about advancing nursing excellence and making a difference in the lives of patients and their families, we invite you to apply today!
This full-time position will be scheduled Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:30pm, with a possibility of hybrid/remote hours during the week. No holidays, evenings or weekends are required. Two years of prior clinical experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
Participate in quality improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities and contributing to enhanced patient care.
Foster positive, collaborative relationships with colleagues, staff, patients, and families in a complex healthcare environment.
Utilize critical thinking and clinical judgment to address patient care needs and solve problems effectively.
Educate patients, families, and colleagues, applying adult learning principles to support understanding and development.
Develop and implement individualized care plans, considering patients' holistic needs and coordinating with physicians.
Demonstrate accountability through comprehensive documentation, solid communication, and collaboration with the care team.
Commit to professional growth through shared governance, goal setting, and adapting to change in the practice environment.
Support a caring, patient-centered experience by building compassionate relationships and maintaining open dialogue.
Promote a safe, balanced workplace by addressing safety concerns, managing time effectively, and modeling healthy practices.
Respect cultural diversity and maintain productive relationships, holding peers accountable for positive interactions.
Qualifications:
The individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately to the ages of the patients served by his/her assigned unit as specified below.
They must also demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.
Minimum six months experience preferred.
BSN preferred.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
UPMC approved national certification preferred.
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
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.
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
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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.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
