Experienced Registered Nurse Telemetry​/Medical Surgical

Join UPMC Shadyside's Telemetry Medical Surgical Team

* Sign-On Bonus: $20,000 for experienced nurses

* Experienced RNs:
Full-Time positions available for RN's with 4 or more years of RN experience to be hired at our Expert Nurse level on the career ladder

* Unit: 4 Pavilion/South Telemetry Medical Surgical Unit

* About UPMC Shadyside: A Magnet-designated teaching hospital with ongoing research and education

4 Pavilion/South Telemetry Medical Surgical Unit:

* Diverse

Experience:

This unit is a 30-bed telemetry, medical-surgical unit, where you'll work alongside our dedicated internal medicine team. This team handles a wide variety of diagnoses and patient issues, providing you with the perfect setting to gain invaluable experience and grow your skills.

* Professional Growth:
Take advantage of our comprehensive training programs, including participation in various committees and access to a structured career ladder.

* Supportive Environment:
Work in a unit that values teamwork and continuous learning.

* Career Advancement:
Benefit from opportunities to advance your career within our organization.

* Teamwork:
Our Registered Nurses work rotation shifts including weekends and holidays to ensure 24/7 coverage on the floor.

Here's how we support our nurses:

* Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $20,000

* Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year.

* 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!).

UPMC's Nursing Career Ladder:

* Growth Opportunities:
From Professional Staff Nurse to Expert Nurse 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.

* Total Rewards Package:
Discuss choices during the offer process.

* Starting Pay:
Non-BSN Professional Staff Nurse begins at $37.00.

Responsibilities:

Developing Others:

* Passionately precepts students, graduate nurses, and new hires.

* Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations to identify learning opportunities.

* Seeks feedback and applies continuous professional improvement.

* Supports continuous learning by sharing research, presenting on the unit, and supporting journal clubs.

Patient Care:

* Applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.

* Formulates daily goals and care plans with patients as partners.

* Practices solid communication skills to articulate patient conditions and recommend care changes.

* Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote caregiver communication.

* Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues.

* Incorporates goals from national professional organizations and health systems to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.

* Builds healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

Workplace Relationships:

* Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within a healthy workplace framework.

* Role models cultural awareness and addresses horizontal violence and impairment.

* Maintains a balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation.

Quality Improvement:

* Identifies opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement.

* Applies evidence-based practice regularly.

* Serves on or leads teams that innovate in patient care or support a healthy workforce.

Professional Leadership:

* Serves as a role model in clinical expertise, teaching, specialized resource nursing, and evidence-based practice.

* Provides appropriate feedback to healthcare team members and participates in nursing peer review.

* Promotes changes that enhance patient care quality and the unit environment.

* Leads and participates in successful teams as part of daily practice.

* Demonstrates advanced clinical assessment and analytical skills within Relationship Based Care.

* Actively participates in shared governance at the unit level and serves on hospital-wide councils.

General Duties:

* Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

* Minimum 4 years of experience.

* BSN preferred.

* Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and interact appropriately with patients of all ages.

* Understands principles of growth and development over the lifespan.

* Ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret information to identify age-specific needs.

* 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…