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Clinician/Clinician Fellow – Adult Acute Care (UPMC Presbyterian / 12S)

Step into leadership! Combine your nursing experience and leadership skills to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. As a Clinician/Clinician Fellow, you'll guide and inspire our Adult Acute Care Unit (12S) at UPMC Presbyterian, a Magnet-designated hospital. ✨

Why This Role?

+ A key leadership step in the UPMC Nursing Career Ladder

+ Be a change agent and shape clinical practices

+ Opportunities for growth, mentorship, and advancement

+ Make a difference in the patient experience and staff development

•⚕️ Key Responsibilities

+ Lead the daily performance of direct reports, including:

+ Employee evaluations

+ Hiring and onboarding

+ Coaching and performance support

+ Serve as a clinical educator, guiding:

+ Orientation and training for staff

+ Best practice consultations

+ Coordination of clinical activities ️

+ ️ Provide nursing care when needed — shift accountability

Leadership & Improvement

+ Demonstrate knowledge in performance improvement tools

+ Continuously seek opportunities to:

+ Enhance care quality

+ Improve work environment ‍♀️

+ Integrate evidence-based practices

+ Share learnings across units or the broader health system

Champion of Change

+ Identify and lead clinical nursing improvements

+ ❤️ Support psychological and learning needs during transitions

+ ️ Practice participatory leadership and engage in shared governance

Formal Leadership Duties

+ Quality Improvement Initiatives

+ Evidence-Based Practice Projects

+ Graduate Nurse or New Hire Onboarding

+ ‍⚖️ Support the peer review process

Clinical Expertise & Documentation

+ Demonstrate critical thinking in patient care

+ Maintain comprehensive, collaborative documentation

+ Align practice with professional, unit, and system-wide goals

Patient & Team Relationships

+ Build healing relationships with patients, families, and team members

+ Coach peers on cultural sensitivity and conflict resolution

+ ✅ Promote accountability and healthy lifestyle balance

Mentorship & Learning

+ Impact others through mentoring and education

+ ‍ Act as a preceptor for:

+ Student nurses ‍

+ Nurse interns ‍⚕️

+ Graduate & experienced nurses

+ Mentor new preceptors and encourage continuous learning

Ready to lead with purpose and passion? ✨ Apply today and join a team where your expertise uplifts care, culture, and community.

+ Minimum 2 years of nursing experience. _BS/BSN required._

+ If BSN not at time of hire, must be enrolled in a program within one year of hire/transfer date and complted within three years of enrollment. MSN or CNL preferred.

+ Master's degree preferred. If BS degree not in nursing, a Master's or higher degree in Nursing is required.

+ Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.

+ 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. Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.

+ Mobility and visual manual dexterity. Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in practicing state. National Certification preferred.CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

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

+ Registered Nurse (RN)

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran