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Join UPMC's Harborcreek Family Practice as a Professional Outpatient Staff Nurse and make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients and their families. As a member of our care delivery team, you'll play a vital role in providing high-quality care, establishing collaborative relationships with physicians and other healthcare providers, and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse to join our team, where your clinical expertise and commitment to patient care will make a difference in our community. If you're passionate about providing patient-centered care in a supportive, dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding opportunity.

This position is Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm. No weekends or holidays are required. Experience with Epic, triage, medications, wound care, and phlebotomy is preferred, but not required.

_Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $6,000._

Responsibilities:

+ Actively participate in department-specific quality improvement efforts.

+ Identify opportunities for quality improvement and share with colleagues and management.

+ Take responsibility for enhancing patient satisfaction through quality care and service.

+ Utilize research and evidence-based practice to improve clinical care.

+ Establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with all healthcare team members and patients.

+ Work effectively in a complex environment, managing multiple priorities and specialized equipment.

+ Apply clinical judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to patient care.

+ Teach patients, families, students, and staff using adult learning principles.

+ Formulate individualized care plans and collaborate with physicians for patient care coordination.

+ Demonstrate accountability for professional development and contribute to improving the practice environment.

Requirements:

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

+ Minimum six months experience preferred.

+ BSN preferred.

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)

*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