Professional Staff Nurse, OP

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and key member of the care team, responsible for setting care standards and ensuring quality. They provide nursing care with accountability and authority, managing patient care activities through judgment, communication, and teamwork. Collaborative relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families are vital for achieving positive outcomes. Additionally, they demonstrate dedication to the community and the nursing profession.

This is a part-time daylight position working with children that have Spina Bifida.  We see patients in a multidisciplinary clinic from birth until transitioning to adult care at age 22.  Other responsibilities include answering portal/phone messages assuring continuity of care and communications with families and providers.  You will work closely with providers to assure patients receive all required services, diagnostics and follow up care.  This role assists our providers with pre-scheduled Botox injections for spasticity disorders.

Title and Rate of pay will be based on Education and Experience

Purpose:
The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse is a member of the care delivery team. The Professional Staff Nurse is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care. The Professional Staff Nurse has responsibility, authority and accountability for the provision of nursing care. The Professional Staff Nurse manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members. The Professional Staff Nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The Professional Staff Nurse demonstrates a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.

Responsibilities:

• Actively engages in quality improvement efforts, identifies opportunities, and promotes patient satisfaction through evidence-based practices.
• Builds positive relationships with colleagues, patients, and families, and works effectively in complex environments with critical thinking and clinical judgment.
• Teaches and guides patients, families, students, and staff while fostering a culture of feedback and growth.
• Develops patient-centered goals and care plans, triages situations, and collaborates with physicians to address clinical, social, and psychological concerns.
• Demonstrates strong communication skills, accountability for professional development, and dedication to improving care quality and the practice environment.
• Maintains work-life balance, models healthy habits, and ensures a safe workplace through proactive communication.

• Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills to provide age-appropriate care for patients.
• Understand growth and development principles and be able to assess and address patients' age-specific needs.
• Pediatric nursing experience preferred

• BSN preferred.

   

• Strong relationship-building skills with staff, physicians, and patients are essential.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment, manage multiple priorities, and use critical thinking for patient care decisions.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and patient positioning is necessary

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• UPMC approved 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 33 / 34 / 73 with renewal

   

   

  *RN license must be issued either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.  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