Sr. Professional Staff Nurse II, BSN, Casual - 3 South

Join Our Team as a Casual Professional Staff Nurse on 3 South at UPMC Hamot!

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a difference? UPMC Hamot is seeking a Casual Professional Staff Nurse to join our exceptional team on 3 South, a fast-paced Observation and Short Stay Acute Care Unit. This role offers the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population while collaborating with a skilled interdisciplinary team committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care.

About 3 South

3 South is a 23-bed Observation and Short Stay Acute Care Unit that provides specialized care for adult medical-surgical patients requiring ongoing stabilization, assessment, and treatment. Patients on this unit may be recovering from procedures, experiencing failed outpatient treatment, or requiring additional evaluation and monitoring following an Emergency Department visit.

Our patient population includes, but is not limited to:

• Low-level trauma patients
• Ambulatory dysfunction cases
• Low-risk chest pain patients
• Respiratory conditions
• Post-surgical patients
• Infusion therapy patients

Nurses on 3 South develop strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills while caring for patients with a wide variety of medical and surgical needs. The unit offers a dynamic environment focused on patient stabilization, discharge planning, and seamless transitions of care.

Title and salary will be determined based on education and experience.

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II is a Registered Nurse, a member of the care delivery team, and responsible for seeking opportunities to assist in changing practice through process improvement. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II has responsibility, authority and accountability for the provision of nursing care. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II 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 Senior Professional Staff Nurse II encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration and supervision. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse II 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 Senior Professional Staff Nurse II demonstrates a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a role model of professional nursing practice by serving as a recognized unit leader in one or more of the following areas: clinical expertise, teacher, specialized resource nurse, and/or evidence-based practice. 
• Consistently gives appropriate feedback to all members of the health care team and participates in the nursing peer review process. 
• Promotes change that enhances the quality of patient care and the unit environment. 
• Serves on teams and leads successful teams as a part of daily practice. 
• Demonstrates highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skills within the context of Relationship Based Care. 
• Actively participates in shared governance at unit level and serves on hospital-wide councils.
• Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within the framework of a healthy workplace. 
• Role models keen cultural awareness including preventing and addressing horizontal violence and impairment. 
• Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care. 
• Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work. 
• Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• Identifies opportunities for clinical quality as well as workplace improvement. 
• Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice. 
• Serves on or leads teams that launch innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.
• Demonstrates a passion for developing others, enthusiastically and expertly precepts students, graduate nurses and new hires. 
• Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations, identifying learning opportunities to improve patient care practices. 
• Regularly seeks feedback on performance and applies continuous professional improvement. 
• Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, presenting on the unit, supporting journal clubs, etc.

• Minimum 3 years' experience.
• BSN preferred.
• Completion of 1 contribution as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder.

• UPMC approved nursing certification required. 

  Certification not required if master's in nursing or DNP is held. If a BSN is held, a master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of Certification.

• 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. 
• Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level. 
• Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status. 
• Must have VP approval for promotion. 
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families. 
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment. 
• Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care. 
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process. 
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity. 
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.

  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
   

• Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse. 
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• ACLS within one year of hire or transfer
• NIH Stroke within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• My Nursing Career Approved Certification
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIH)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Act 34

*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.

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