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Professional Staff Nurse - Float Pool (Part Time)UPMC Senior Communities • Washington, PA, United States
Professional Staff Nurse - Float Pool (Part Time)

Professional Staff Nurse - Float Pool (Part Time)

UPMC Senior Communities • Washington, PA, United States
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
Job description

The Float Pool at UPMC Washington is seeking a Professional Staff Nurse to join our dynamic team!

We're in search of a candidate who demonstrates adaptability, teamwork, and a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. Graduate Nurses (GNs) are encouraged to apply, as this role offers a structured career ladder with opportunities for further education and basic arrhythmia training.

Our Float Pool provides hands-on, fulfilling opportunities for Professional Staff Nurses to build confidence in their nursing abilities. Ideal for nurses who thrive in fast-paced and unpredictable environments, this role offers a rotating schedule to ensure round-the-clock coverage. Our team fosters a supportive, collaborative environment focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes. Nurses in our Float Pool have the chance to acquire a wide range of skills and knowledge, supported by experienced colleagues who promote excellent teamwork. Join us in delivering exceptional care and advancing your nursing career alongside some of the most experienced professionals in the field!

The Professional Staff Nurse, a Registered Nurse and integral member of the care delivery team, sets the bar for care standards and quality. With responsibility, authority, and accountability for nursing provision, they manage patient care for a group and their families, employing independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with colleagues. This role embodies leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision, fostering collaborative relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to ensure optimal patient outcomes across the care spectrum. Moreover, the Professional Staff Nurse exhibits unwavering dedication to both the community and the nursing profession.

This position is eligible for up to a generous $15,000 Sign-On Bonus with a 2-year commitment for experienced Registered Nurses with more than 1 year of experience!

As a nurse at UPMC, you will find :

  • Competitive wages, with the highest BSN differential in the greater Pittsburgh area.
  • An incomparable benefits package, including tuition reimbursement.
  • Top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today

UPMC is committed to investing in nurses like you - financially, personally, and professionally - starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your nursing career.

Here's how we support our nurses :

  • Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $20,000
  • UPMC's brand new Monthly Loan Repayment program, exclusively for 2024 nursing graduates, offering $20,000
  • in loan repayment paid over three years (
  • Eligible flex full-time RN roles to receive prorated amount)
  • Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
  • Dedicated career ladders, including a brand-new nursing career ladder added just this year, allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education
  • Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (plus discounts for UPMC employees including no cost RN-BSN / MSN options!)
  • The Professional Staff Nurse is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, with opportunities for advancement and continued growth. Apply today!

    Final candidates will be selected for a job title within the career ladder that reflects level of education, experience and manager discretion at time of offer.

    Responsibilities :

  • Actively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts. Identifies opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management. Takes personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service. Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care : identifies research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest, discusses opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds, and influences patients' plans of care.
  • Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment. Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner. Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care. Practices solid communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction. Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
  • Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues. Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life. Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle. Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
  • Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment. Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership. Participates in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment. Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and / or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff. Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them through the episode of care as well as transition to another level of care and / or home. Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor. Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice.
  • Qualifications :

  • Zero to two years of experience.
  • 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 patients 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.
  • 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
  • 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, Act 33, Act 73
  • UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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