Part-Time Limited Professional Staff Nurse - UPMC Presbyterian Adult Acute Care (11S))

Join UPMC Presbyterian’s Adult Acute Care Team!

• Experienced RNs: Part-Time Limited positions available
• Unit: 11S Adult Acute Care Medicine
  
  

About UPMC Presbyterian Medicine:

At UPMC Montefiore Hospital, our Medicine Units represent the heart of high-acuity care, delivering intense, life-saving treatment to a diverse group of patients facing complex conditions. Each day offers both a challenge and a deep sense of reward, as you provide ICU-level treatment to patients in need. With a supportive, high-performing team at your side, you'll thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment—where your contributions directly impact both patient care and your own development as a nurse.

About the Unit:

• 11S - Our diverse patient population can include hepatology, urology, endocrinology, post-surgical complications, pulmonary, infectious disease and many more. This teaching unit is a great fit for graduate nurses and nurses seeking to gain inpatient experience and/or expand their clinical knowledge. Our partnership with our medical teaching teams includes daily multidisciplinary bedside rounds and collaboration with discharge planning.
  
  

Here's how we support our nurses:

• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year.
• Dedicated career ladders allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education.
  
  

UPMC’s Nursing Career Ladder:

• Growth Opportunities: From Professional Staff Nurse to Senior II and beyond.
• Tailored Compensation: Based on qualifications and individual preferences. The final job title and rate of pay will be based upon both individual qualifications and candidate choice.
• Starting Pay: Non-BSN Professional Staff Nurse begins at $37.30.
  
  

Responsibilities:

Build Relationships:

• Foster positive relationships with colleagues and patients.
• Understand cultural differences and promote healthy interactions.
• Maintain work-life balance and prioritize safety.
  
  

Effective Teaching:

• Apply adult learning principles to educate patients, families, and staff.
• Guide patients through care transitions and provide detailed teaching.
• Support colleagues’ development and create an open learning environment.
  
  

Holistic Patient Care:

• Use the nursing process within Relationship Based Care.
• Set daily goals and consider individual patient needs.
• Communicate effectively with care providers and document comprehensively.
  
  

Professional Growth:

• Actively engage in shared governance and quality improvement.
• Adapt to change and contribute to improving patient care.
• Enhance patient satisfaction through evidence-based practices.
• 1 year of experience required. 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 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 Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• ACLS required within 12 months of beginning employment.
• Act 34 Criminal Clearance
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support