Experienced Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Join UPMC St. Margaret as a Full-Time Experienced Nurse for Our Emergency Department!

Are you an experienced nurse looking for a new opportunity in a fast-paced environment? UPMC St. Margaret is hiring a Full-Time Experienced Nurse for our Emergency Department. This position involves rotating 12-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays.

This position offers a generous Sign-On Bonus!

$15,000 to eligible candidates with a 2-year commitment for experienced nurses with at least 1 year of RN experience.

About the Emergency Department:

Our Emergency Department provides exceptional care to patients in urgent need. Our staff excel in handling a variety of medical emergencies with skill and compassion.

What you can expect:

• Engaged leadership that values your growth and development.
• Comprehensive orientation to ensure you are well-prepared for the dynamic environment of emergency care.

Our mission is to provide the highest quality care in a compassionate environment for patients and their families. Our skilled and dedicated staff members work together in a collaborative setting that fosters respect, accountability, honesty, and professionalism to enhance the patient experience.

As a nurse at UPMC, you will find:

• Competitive wages, with the highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area.
• An unparalleled benefits package, including tuition reimbursement.
• Access to top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most advanced equipment and technology in healthcare today.

How UPMC Supports Our Nurses:

At UPMC, we invest in our nursesfinancially, personally, and professionallystarting from day one. Whether you're tackling student loans or advancing your career, UPMC is your partner in success. Here's how we support our nurses:

• Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $15,000.
• Comprehensive PTO and Benefit Package.
• Dedicated career ladders, including a new nursing career ladder introduced this year, allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding 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!).

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.
• 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.

1 year of experience required, preferably in Med Surg or Emergency Department.

• 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 patients status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.
• 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.
• Good 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 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. UPMC approved nursing certification preferred. Annual completion of a professional contributions selected from department, hospital or system goals, and approved by Unit Director OR UPMC approved nursing certification required within 1 year of hire/transfer and must be maintained. OR 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. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. ACLS and PALS required within one year of hire or transfer into department.

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• UPMC Wolff Learning Academy Certificate of Completion
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

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