Acute Care RN

Join Our Team at UPMC Greene!

Position: Part-Time Professional Staff Nurse

Department: Emergency Department

Shift: Rotating 12-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays

Sign-On Bonus:

• Up to $15,000 with a 2-year commitment for experienced Registered Nurses (1+ years of experience)
• Up to $10,000 for Graduate Nurses starting on or after 1/1/2024 with a 2-year commitment

Why Choose UPMC?

• Competitive Wages: Including the highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area.
• Exceptional Benefits: Comprehensive package including tuition reimbursement.
• Top-Notch Resources: Work alongside leading clinicians and researchers with the latest technology in healthcare.
• Career Investment: From day one, we support your financial, personal, and professional growth.

Our Commitment to You:

• Generous Sign-On Bonus: Up to $15,000.
• Comprehensive PTO and Benefits Package.
• Career Ladders: Including a new nursing career ladder to help you reach your highest potential.
• Tuition Reimbursement: 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).

About UPMC Greene:

UPMC Greene is a community hospital where our greatest asset is our amazing team. If you thrive in a setting where you can build meaningful interdepartmental relationships, UPMC Greene is the place for you! Grow your career and professional practice in a supportive and engaging environment.

About the Role:

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a key member of the care delivery team. This role involves setting the standards for the level and quality of care, managing patient care activities, and collaborating with team members to achieve the best patient outcomes. The Professional Staff Nurse embodies leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, maintaining strong relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and their families.

Responsibilities:

• Professional Development: Engage in continuous learning to improve practice and patient care quality.
• Shared Governance: Actively participate in unit-based governance and goal setting.
• Patient Care: Apply the nursing process within the Relationship-Based Care framework to create a healing environment.
• Communication: Practice solid communication skills to articulate patient conditions and negotiate care changes.
• Teaching: Educate patients, families, students, and new staff, supporting their development.
• Quality Improvement: Participate in department-specific quality improvement efforts.
• Collaboration: Build productive working relationships and maintain a balance between work and personal life.
• Safety: Communicate any safety hazards identified in the workplace.

Join us at UPMC Greene and make a difference in the lives of our patients and community!

The individual must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and interact appropriately with patients of all ages served by their assigned unit. They must also possess an understanding of the principles of growth and development across the lifespan and the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status. This includes interpreting the necessary information to identify each patient's age-specific needs and providing care as described in the department's policies and procedures.

Experience and Education:

• 0 to 2 years of experience.
• BSN preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• 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 operate specialized equipment.
• Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to various aspects of patient care.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and lead others in the application of the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Flexible Work Options:

UPMC offers a variety of flexible options. In addition to traditional rotating/flexible shifts, special programs exist to work primarily night shifts or weekend shifts with a premium pay differential. Employees hired into or transitioning to these programs must have at least 6 months of nursing experience and may need to complete any necessary orientation during regular business hours. If interested in these programs, please inform your recruiter when contacted for an interview.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• UPMC-approved national certification preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement.
• CPR certification based on AHA standards, including both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
• Graduate nurses must complete the licensure examination within six months of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first. Temporary permits are valid for one year from the date of graduation, not from the issue date of the permit. UPMC requires that GNs take the licensure examination within six months of their start date or face termination or demotion from the GN position, at the discretion of the BU.

Required Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN) or Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Act 33
• Act 34
• Act 73 FBI Clearance

Current licensure is required 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 located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran