Clinician/Clinician Fellow - Cardiac ICU (UPMC Presbyterian)

This position is eligible for a generous sign-on bonus!

Sign-On Bonus Details:

• $15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with over 1 year of experience

Are you a Registered Nurse passionate about delivering the best care possible and want to make a difference in the lives of your patients? Join us at UPMC Presbyterian as we provide Life Changing Medicine to our community!

UPMC Presbyterian, a Magnet designated hospital, is currently hiring a Full-Time Clinician to support our Cardiac ICU!

For the experienced nurse who wishes to broadly impact patient care and clinical practice as a leader and change agent, the Clinician/Clinician Fellow role is an ideal step forward. The Clinician/Clinician Fellow is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, with opportunities for advancement and continued growth. You’re already a role model. It’s time to lead. Apply today! 

The UPMC Presbyterian Cardiac ICU is a 10-bed critical care facility primarily caring for adult patients with acute cardiac diseases and conditions. We take a multidisciplinary approach to care, with patient treatment frequently encompassing other specialties including pulmonary, oncology, renal, gastrointestinal, and vascular surgical to name a few. Our patients commonly suffer from conditions including myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, severe heart failure, and life-threatening arrhythmia. The CICU service team includes residents on internal medicine rotations, cardiology fellows, and an attending physician.

This position is primarily Monday-Friday, daylight hours with call responsibilities. Our Clinicians/Clinician Fellows work three 12 hour shifts per week.

The Clinician Fellow is a highly developed role model of professional nursing practice with focused expertise and accountabilities in one or more of the following: expert clinical practice, teaching/development, and/or evidence-based practice. This role partners with management in the achievement of a culture of excellence in professional nursing practice and patient care. The Clinician Fellow, under the direction of the Unit Director or Department Manager, assists in the completion of employee evaluations, selection and hiring of staff, and in performance management. The Clinician Fellow has the authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for the delivery of nursing care through the use of the nursing process. The Clinician Fellow, in collaboration with other health care professionals, applies superior clinical knowledge and skills to achieve quality patient care outcomes.

At UPMC, we’re passionate about continuing to support your growth throughout your nursing journey. We offer a robust career ladder for bedside nursing that starts with Professional Staff Nurse and leads to Expert Nurse and beyond. The final job title and rate of pay will be based upon both individual qualifications and candidate choice. Any required certifications and contributions based on job title will be afforded a timeframe to obtain. Our competitive career ladder, as well as our Total Rewards package, will be discussed at time of offer to ensure you can make the choices that are right for you. The minimum rate of pay for a non-BSN Clinician Fellow is $38.21.Responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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. 
• Assists the Unit/Department Leader with the peer review process.
• Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. 
• Demonstrates critical thinking in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care. 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. 
• 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.
• 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.
• Actively participates in the role of preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses and assists with the development of new preceptors in their role. 
• Mentors and role models quest for continuous learning through formal education and the development of others.