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Professional Staff Nurse - 2MN Acute Care | UPMC Muncy | Full-Time Days/Evenings

UPMC Muncy is seeking a Professional Staff Nurse (RN) to join our 2MN Acute Care team. This full-time role offers 12-hour daylight and evening shifts (36 hours/week), including every third weekend and every other holiday. Med-surg experience is preferred.

As a key member of the care team, you'll deliver high-quality patient care, manage patient activities, and collaborate with physicians, families, and colleagues to achieve optimal outcomes. You'll provide leadership, mentorship, and support to peers while setting the standard for nursing excellence. The Professional Staff Nurse is accountable for patient care, applies independent judgment, and fosters strong collaborative relationships throughout the care continuum.

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

Here's how we support our nurses:

* Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $15,000 ( _Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)_

_*_ UPMC's brand new Monthly Loan Repayment program, exclusively for qualifying 2025/2026 nursing graduates, offering $20,000 in loan repayment paid over three years (*Eligible flex full-time RN roles to receive prorated amount)

* Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year

* Dedicated career ladders, including a brand-new nursing career ladder added just this year, 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!)

_*Final candidates will be selected for a job title within the career ladder that reflects level of education, experience and manager discretion at time of offer._

The Professional Staff Nurse is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, with opportunities for advancement and continued growth. Apply today!

Responsibilities:

+ Builds and maintains productive, culturally aware relationships with patients, colleagues, and external partners.

+ Demonstrates accountability, motivation, and commitment while maintaining work-life balance and modeling safe practices.

+ Applies adult learning principles to teach patients, families, students, and new staff; may serve as a preceptor.

+ Provides thorough patient and family education to guide care episodes and transitions.

+ Creates a supportive, open environment that encourages feedback, continuous learning, and professional development.

+ Applies the nursing process within Relationship-Based Care to deliver holistic, patient-centered care.

+ Demonstrates critical thinking, effective communication, and accurate documentation to optimize patient outcomes.

+ Participates actively in unit-based shared governance, quality improvement initiatives, and practice environment enhancements.

+ Uses research and evidence-based practice to inform patient care, improve safety, and enhance satisfaction.

+ Adapts to change, collaborates fully with the care team, and supports colleagues and the overall mission of quality care.

+ Zero to two years of experience.

+ BSN preferred.

+ 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.

*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 as or who choose to transition into one of these programs at a later time must have at least 6 months of nursing experience to qualify and may be required to complete any necessary orientation during regular business hours. If you are interested in these programs, please alert your recruiter when you are contacted for an interview.*

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.

ACLS required within 90 days of hire or transfer

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)

+ 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.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran