Description
This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus!
- 1+ years of experience: 2-year commitment, $15,000
*Current UPMC employees are not eligible for the sign-on bonus program.
Description:
Are you interested in being a part of one of UPMC’s top strategic initiatives and newest business solution to the nationwide nursing and patient care shortage? Do you have strong leadership qualities and clinical skills to be a role model for nurses traveling throughout UPMC hospitals?
Look no further – UPMC Travel Staffing is seeking a Clinician to help support our team! In this role, you will be responsible for managing nurses from a variety of backgrounds and building relationships with internal customers across our organization. You will not have night or weekend requirements, only nurse leader on-call responsibilities that you will share with the rest of the leaders in the department. As a Clinician with UPMC Travel Staffing, you are considered 100% non-direct patient care hours, which means no requirement to staff on a hospital unit. Under the direction of the Program Director, Clinical Operations and other department leadership, our clinicians play a key part in the hiring process, by evaluating and interviewing candidates for UPMC Travel Staffing (UTS). UTS Clinicians complete and deliver employee evaluations, manage the daily performance of direct reports, and provide clinical expertise to staff including orientation/training, consultation on practice issues, and general coordination of clinical activities.
Join our team and help support our goal of resolving staffing shortages throughout our system!
Why Join UPMC?
We don’t just take care of patients – we take care of our team, too. And we have the data to prove it.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect from an industry leader, you’ll have access to:
- AN AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE: UPMC is ranked #1 for Best Places to Work for Women & Diverse Managers by Diversity MBA.
- A premier benefits package designed to support your total well-being – physically, financially, and emotionally (Greater insurance coverage and less expensive premiums than most travel nursing agencies).
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible work schedules that fit into your lifestyle needs
- Ability to expand your professional network, working hand-in-hand with clinical and non-clinical managers and senior leadership throughout the UPMC system
- Opportunity to gain highly desirable skills and exposure to information technology and data analytics to build an impressive resume and career
Responsibilities:
- Serves as a leader in clinical nursing practice, identifying patient and staff focused opportunities for improvement and leading the change process. Identifies, educates, and supports the psychological and learning needs of staff during change and transition.
- Practices participatory leadership and is an active member of shared leadership at the unit, facility, or system level. Assumes formal leadership responsibilities for one or more of the following: quality improvement, evidence-based practice, GN or new hire on-boarding.
- Completes and/or assists with staff performance evaluations for direct reports as applicable.
- Applies nursing knowledge and skills within the framework of Relationship Based Care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family.
- Demonstrates critical thinking in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care.
- Practices solid verbal and written communication skills and can 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.
- Ensures 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 of the patient experience in daily work.
- Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
- Disseminates new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
- Demonstrates interest in the development of others and positively impacts the lives of patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing.
- Mentors and role models continuous learning through formal education and the development of others.
- Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and beyond the clinical unit/department.
- Demonstrates knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques. Continuously improves the quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the integration of research and best practices into daily work. Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system.
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication.
- Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and impairment. Demonstrates accountability to self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyles.
- *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.*Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of nursing experience
- Master’s degree preferred. BS/BSN required. If BS degree not in nursing, a Master’s or higher degree in Nursing is required.
- Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse. 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.
- Must 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 their 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.
- 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. National Certification preferred. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
COVID-19 Vaccination Information
Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC’s COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.
Total Rewards
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Our Values
At UPMC, we’re driven by shared values that guide our work and keep us accountable to one another. Our Values of Quality & Safety, Dignity & Respect, Caring & Listening, Responsibility & Integrity, Excellence & Innovation play a vital role in creating a cohesive, positive experience for our employees, patients, health plan members, and community. Ready to join us? Apply today.
Current UPMC employees must apply in HR Direct