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Professional Staff Nurse - Operating Room (RN)

Evening Shifts | No Weekends | No Call

Why You'll Love This Role

If you're an OR nurse who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment-and values work-life balance-this role is for you. As a Professional Staff Nurse - Operating Room, you'll be a key member of an exceptional surgical team, delivering high-quality, patient-centered care while working a predictable Monday-Friday schedule with no weekends and no call.

Schedule That Works for You

+ 2 eight-hour shifts: 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM

+ 2 twelve-hour shifts: 10:30 AM - 11:00 PM

+ Monday - Friday only

+ No weekends. No call.

What You'll Do

Deliver Outstanding Perioperative Care

+ Provide comprehensive nursing care to surgical patients using sound clinical judgment and accountability.

+ Apply the nursing process within a Relationship-Based Care model to support safe, holistic healing.

+ Develop daily goals and individualized plans of care that address clinical, emotional, safety, and spiritual needs.

+ Maintain accurate, timely documentation to ensure seamless communication across the care team.

Collaborate, Lead & Make an Impact

+ Work side-by-side with surgeons, anesthesia, and interdisciplinary partners to drive excellent patient outcomes.

+ Serve as an engaged, supportive teammate who contributes to a positive and high-performing OR environment.

+ Participate in shared governance, unit initiatives, and quality improvement efforts that truly shape practice.

Teach, Mentor & Grow

+ Educate patients and families throughout the surgical experience and transition of care.

+ Support students, new hires, and colleagues-opportunities to serve as a preceptor available.

+ Embrace feedback, continuous learning, and professional growth.

Advance Quality & Safety

+ Champion patient safety, satisfaction, and evidence-based practice.

+ Identify opportunities to improve workflows, outcomes, and the patient experience.

+ Contribute to multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives.

Additional Responsibilities

+ Perform the scrub role (required for RNs hired on or after July 1, 2023).

+ Perform duties in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.

+ Other duties as assigned.

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 patients requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.

Zero to two years of experience.

BSN preferred.

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.

+ 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.

_Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary from the career ladder, based on their individual experience and education._

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran