Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Lockhaven, PA

Professional Staff Nurse (RN), Haven Place

Are you looking to make a true impact on the lives of others, while also having the ability to advance and grow in your career? Haven Place, a Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation facility located in Lock Haven, PA is currently seeking a Professional Staff Nurse (RN) to join our team! We are currently hiring for a part-time position! Shift: 7AN - 7PM | Every third weekend and every other holiday rotation Sign-on Bonus!! A generous sign on bonus is being offered! Sign-On Bonus Details: * $10,000 new graduates with two-year work commitment. * $15,000 experienced nurses with two-year work commitment. Purpose: The Professional Staff Nurse has the authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for the delivery of nursing care using the nursing process. The Professional Staff Nurse, in collaboration with the Unit Manager, and other health care professionals, applies competent clinical knowledge and skills to achieve quality care outcomes. The Professional Staff Nurse must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care that is relevant to residents under their care, as well as apply principles of growth and development over the life span. The Professional Staff Nurse also must possess the ability to assess and interpret resident data needed to identify each resident's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs. Responsibilities: * Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors. * Performs other duties as assigned. * Caring & Listening o Creates a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with patient, families, and colleagues. o Communicates effectively, both verbally and in documentation. o Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that consider individual patient needs. o Utilizes nursing process in managing the care of residents including assessment, interdisciplinary planning, and implementation, evaluation of resident care, teaching, and discharge planning utilizing evidence-bases standards of nursing practices. o Provides basic psychosocial support and counseling. o Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the health care team. * Dignity & Respect o Identifies ethical situations within patient care or within the workplace and seeks assistance. o Collaborates with physician and care team to ensure quality resident care. o Begins to demonstrate awareness of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions. o Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines. * Excellence & Innovation o Actively engages in clinical development and/or RN residency program for new hires. o Requests opportunities to learn safe, accountable, and autonomous practice from more experienced nurses. o Demonstrates enthusiasm for continuous learning and identifies and creates a plan for the continuation of learning and development. o Identifies patient and family needs for education and provides basic education to support the episode of care. o Seeks professional development and involvement through membership in a professional nursing organization and/or reading professional literature on a regular basis. o Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, spiritual issues within the episode of care. o Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice. o Identifies opportunities for improvement on the clinical area. o Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives. * Quality & Safety o Learns to incorporate national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction. o Clinical practice demonstrates knowledge of how quality and innovation impacts patient satisfaction, safety, and clinical quality outcomes. o Cares for patients and self by supporting safety in the workplace. o Demonstrates a basic knowledge of research, how it affects practice and who/what resources are available to assist with evidence-based practice by asking questions, demonstrating interest, participating in unit-based journal clubs. o Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. o Complies with established medication use policies, safety policies and procedures including standard infection control. * Responsibility & Integrity o Seeks, accepts, and utilizes performance feedback from peers, preceptors and unit/department Leaders as a learning opportunity and to improve practice. o Applies basic 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. o Seeks guidance and asks questions to continuously improve nursing practice. o Professionally accepts assignments that gradually increase patient load and complexity. o Reports and records all changes observed in condition or behavior of residents in accordance with documentation practices and policies. o Begins to serve as an engaged member of a team supporting colleagues in service to patients and families and may participate in task forces or other initiatives. o Shows the ability to set priorities and demonstrates an understanding of shared governance and begins participating at the unit level. Qualifications: * RN license required. * Long term care experience preferred. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: 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 * OAPSA * Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran