Professional Staff Nurse, Endoscopy

UPMC Hamot is hiring a Professional Staff Nurse to join our Endoscopy Department!

Our Endoscopy Department is recognized for the second time for our commitment to quality and safety by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). The Endoscopy Department has a great culture with low turnover and immense opportunities for learning and personal growth. You will have the opportunity to work in innovative procedures and new technology such as Robotic Bronchoscopy, CelTivity, Pediatric Endoscopy, and ERCPs.

Overview: In this role, you will be part of a team that cares for both inpatients and outpatients needing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures. You will learn both the documentation role and how to assist the physician during numerous, specialized procedures, as well as being trained in the preoperative and postoperative settings.

Hours: This position is full time, mostly day shift with occasional evening/weekend on-call requirements.

UPMC is committed to investing in nurses like you - financially, personally, and professionally - starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your nursing career.

Here’s how we support our nurses:

• Generous Sign-On Bonus for experienced nurses of up to $15,000 (Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)
• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated career ladders allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for 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:

• The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse who sets the standards for care quality and is accountable for nursing care. They manage patient care activities through independent judgment and collaboration with the healthcare team, embodying leadership, partnership, and supervision to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally.
• Demonstrates accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues. Understands cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a balance between work and personal life, modeling safe work hours and healthy lifestyle.
• Communicates safety hazards identified in the workplace to peers and management. Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles and applies them in teaching patients, families, students, and new staff.
• Provides detailed teaching to guide patients and families through care transitions. Supports the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and may serve as a preceptor.
• Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development. Applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
• Formulates daily goals and care plans involving patients as partners. Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues. Practices solid communication skills and translates patient conditions to other care providers.
• Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote communication between caregivers. Incorporates goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Builds healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues. Demonstrates accountability for professional development to improve practice and patient care.
• Actively participates in unit-based shared governance and supports change processes. Serves as an engaged partner on the care team and responds to team member needs. Participates in work to improve patient care and the professional practice environment. Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility. Actively participates in quality improvement efforts.
• Identifies opportunities for quality improvement and communicates them to colleagues and management. Takes personal responsibility for improving patient satisfaction with care and service.
• Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support clinical care improvements. Discusses quality improvement opportunities at multidisciplinary rounds and influences patient care plans.
• Zero to two years of experience; BSN preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills for age-appropriate care and interaction. Understands growth and development principles over the lifespan.
• Assesses patient data to identify age-specific needs and provide appropriate care. Establishes positive, caring relationships with various healthcare professionals and patients/families.
• Works productively in a complex environment, handling multiple priorities and specialized equipment.
• Exhibits good clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities. Leads others in applying the nursing process.
• Requires mobility, visual manual dexterity, and physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
  
  

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within one year of hire/transfer
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Act 34
• UPMC approved national certification preferred.
• 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.
• 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