What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Registered Nurse - 6A General Surgery Unit position at UPMC?
Join Our Team: Full-Time Graduate Nurse at UPMC St. Margaret – 6A General Surgery
UPMC St. Margaret is currently seeking a Full-Time Graduate Nurse to support our 6A General Surgery Unit. Graduate Nurses with a Temporary Practice Permit (TPP) or a valid RN license are encouraged to apply!
About UPMC St. Margaret
At UPMC, we’re committed to delivering the right care, at the right time, every time. Our Registered Nurses are vital to our mission, enhancing patient experiences with positivity and integrity. Join us and be part of Life Changing Medicine in our community.
Generous Sign-On Bonus Available!
- $15,000 with a 2-year commitment for Graduate Nurses with less than 1 year of RN experience.
About 6A General Surgery
The 6A Nursing Unit is a dynamic 30-bed general surgery unit caring for adult and geriatric patients. Our team provides comprehensive post-operative care for a wide range of surgical procedures, including abdominal, colorectal, vascular, and other general surgeries. We also manage medical-surgical overflow patients, requiring adaptability and strong clinical skills.
This fast-paced environment emphasizes teamwork, collaboration, and flexibility. Nurses on 6A work closely with surgical teams, physicians, and rehabilitation specialists to ensure optimal recovery for our patients. Pain management, wound care, and patient education are key components of our care model. If you thrive in a supportive setting where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a difference, 6A is the place for you!
How Does UPMC Support Our Nurses?
UPMC is dedicated to investing in you – financially, personally, and professionally – from day one of your career. Here’s how we support our nurses:
- Sign-On Bonus: $15,000
- Loan Repayment Program: Up to $20,000 over three years for eligible nursing graduates (prorated for flex full-time RN roles)
- Career Ladders: Opportunities to achieve your highest potential with rewards for experience and advanced education
- Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (including no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options)
- Top Resources: Access to leading clinicians, researchers, and the latest healthcare technology
Professional Growth: The Professional Staff Nurse role is a valued step in the UPMC nursing career ladder, offering continued growth and advancement opportunities. Title and salary are determined based on education and nursing experience.
Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues. Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life. Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle. Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
- Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff. Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them through the episode of care as well as transition to another level of care and/or home. Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor. Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice.
- Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment. Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner. Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care. Practices solid communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction.Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
- Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. Actively participates in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment. Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership. Participates in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment. Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process.
- Actively participates in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts. Identifies opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management. Takes personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service. Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care: identifies research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest, discusses opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds, and influences patients' plans of care.