RN Staff Nurse - Interventional Resource Pool

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.

• 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

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

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.

• 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.