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Ready to take your nursing career to the next level?

UPMC Altoona is hiring a Resource Pool Registered Nurses to support our cutting-edge Interventional Radiology departments, Procedural Areas and Critical Care units!

If you have 2+ years of experience in critical care, interventional radiology, or a related RN specialty, this is your chance to join a high-impact team where your skills will truly shine.

Flexibility, variety, and the opportunity to make a difference every day - it's all here.

Make your move. Apply today and be part of something extraordinary!

This is a full-time rotating position: 7am-7pm, and 11a-11pm with a minimum of 24 hours of on-call time per week and weekend call rotation - must be able to respond to call within 30 minutes.

Why choose UPMC Altoona?

+ Competitive wages, with a BSN differential

+ Starting pay based on rates below + years of RN experience

+ BSN minimum pay: $34.30

+ Non-BSN minimum pay: $32.80

+ Internal, SEIU RNs will receive a 10% pay increase

Sign-On Bonus Details

+ $15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with two years or more of experience

Purpose:

Provides direct and indirect care to patients utilizing the nursing process. Provides leadership for the nursing team, and contributes to the education of a variety of members of the staff and students.

Responsibilities:

+ Maintains proficiency and competency in point of care testing as defined in the evaluation criteria established by the laboratory.

+ Serves as a consultant to other members of the health-care team.

+ Complies with established occupational exposure policies.

+ Implementation:

+ Utilizes nursing care protocols and standards.

+ Carries out and documents procedures according to Hospital Policy.

+ Performs technical skills safely and accurately, and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment.

+ Transcribes and implements physicians' orders appropriately.

+ Demonstrates knowledge of the physiological basis for the nursing care delivery.

+ Demonstrates knowledge of medication and IV therapy administration according to policy.

+ Initiates and coordinates health teaching for patients and families/significant other based on individual needs

+ Utilizes Bed Management System, Alpha, CPOE, and all other computer systems appropriately,

+ Completes annual competency validation activities.

+ Planning:

+ Includes the patient and family/significant other in the formulation of the plan of care.

+ Prioritizes patient's needs appropriately.

+ Plans, conducts, and documents patient care conferences.

+ Maintains a current plan of care for each assigned patient.

+ Utilizes appropriate community agencies and other health care professionals in planning care.

+ Evaluation:

+ Revises plan of care, as necessary based on daily evaluation of patient.

+ Evaluates patient's outcome based on previously defined goals.

+ Evaluates and documents the patient's response to care, teaching, and treatment.

+ Demonstrates professionalism in providing patient care.

+ Engages the medical staff and other professionals in discussion of patient care problems resulting in mutually developed plans of care.

+ Assessment:

+ Assesses patient and family needs and documents this information appropriately in the computer or on appropriate form.

+ Reassesses patient every eight hours, and, as necessary.

+ Adheres to universal precautions. Identified potential problems and initiates appropriate measures. Identifies environmental factors which deter effective patient care, initiates action, and contributes ideas towards resolution.

Experience Required:

+ Must have a minimum of 2 years of either critical care, interventional radiology or related RN experience.

Education and Formal Training Required:

+ Must hold a current license to practice nursing in the State of Pennsylvania or multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC)

+ Must satisfactorily complete the Nursing Department's orientation program and probationary period.

+ Must complete NIHSS education prior to the end of orientation period, if required.

+ BLS, ACLS and PALS required

+ Must maintain 6 stroke competencies per year Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

+ Must obtain one of the eight certifications within two years of hire/transfer:

+ Acute/Critical Care RN (CCRN) OR Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses OR Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) OR Certified Flight Nurse OR Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse OR Certified Progressive Care Nurse OR Emergency Nursing Pediatric OR Trauma Certified Registered Nurse

+ National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

+ Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

+ Registered Nurse (RN)

+ 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