Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, Casual - L&D (Lititz)

Job Description

Now Hiring : Professional Staff Nurse – Labor & Delivery (Casual)

Bring your skill, compassion, and energy to where new life begins every day. UPMC Lititz is looking for an experienced Professional Staff Nurse to join our Labor and Delivery team on a casual, rotating-shift schedule. If you have at least two years of nursing experience and a passion for empowering patients and families through life’s most unforgettable moments, we want you on our team. Grow your career in a supportive environment where every shift makes a difference.

Apply today and be part of something truly special!

Responsibilities :

• Commit to growth and excellence. Take ownership of your professional development to continually enhance your skills, strengthen your practice, and elevate the quality of care you deliver every day.
• Be a voice for progress. Actively participate in shared governance and goal setting, helping to shape positive change within the unit and across the organization.
• Thrive as part of a collaborative team. Serve as a trusted and engaged partner on the care team—offering support, communication, and partnership to colleagues while ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care.
• Drive quality and innovation. Participate in department and unit-based quality improvement efforts, identify opportunities for enhanced outcomes, and use evidence-based practice to influence and improve patient care.
• Educate and inspire. Provide thoughtful, compassionate education to patients and families, guiding them through their care journey and transitions. Support the growth of students, new nurses, and peers through mentorship and open dialogue.
• Deliver holistic, relationship-based care. Apply critical thinking and the nursing process to develop individualized plans of care that address the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient.
• Lead through compassion and accountability. Build strong, respectful relationships with patients, families, and colleagues. Demonstrate cultural awareness, professionalism, and balance as you model UPMC’s values of safety, integrity, and excellence.
• Minimum 2 years' experience.
• BSN 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.
• Must obtain a Solid / Strong / Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level.
• Must maintain a Solid / Strong / Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status.
• UPMC approved nursing certification preferred.
• Annual completion of a professional contributions selected from department, hospital, or system goals, and approved by your Unit Director OR certification and 1 professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals, and approved by your Unit Director as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder.
• Certification not required if Master's in nursing or DNP is held.
• 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.
• 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 :

Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in practicing state. UPMC approved nursing certification preferred. Annual completion of a professional contributions selected from department, hospital, or system goals, and approved by your Unit Director OR certification and 1 professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals, and approved by your Unit Director as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder. Certification not required if Master's in nursing or DNP is held. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran