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Purpose:

UPMC is looking for a Professional Staff Nurse to join their Ambulatory Detox program. Ambulatory Detox is a program working in conjunction with the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services to provide outpatient withdrawal management to individuals with substance use disorders. This position provides screening patients for ambulatory detox while working collaboratively with psychiatrists as well as other providers within the clinic.

Responsibilities:

+ Participates in quality improvement initiatives and promotes evidence-based practice.

+ Identifies and communicates opportunities to enhance patient care and satisfaction.

+ Builds positive, collaborative relationships across all levels of staff and with patients/families.

+ Demonstrates strong clinical judgment, critical thinking, and adaptability in complex environments.

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

+ Supports staff development and fosters a culture of continuous learning and feedback.

+ Develops holistic, patient-centered care plans and coordinates care with physicians.

+ Communicates effectively to ensure continuity and quality of care; maintains thorough documentation.

+ Engages in professional development and shared governance to improve care and work environment.

+ Adapts to change and actively contributes to team goals and transitions.

+ Maintains accountability, cultural sensitivity, and a healthy work-life balance.

+ Promotes workplace safety and models responsible time management and self-care.

RN required, BSN preferred

Minimum six months experience 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 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.

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)

+ Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)

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

+ Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

+ Act 33 with renewal

+ Act 34 with renewal

+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

*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