What are the responsibilities and job description for the Professional Staff Nurse, Casual - Behavioral Health position at UPMC?
Looking for flexibility without stepping away from meaningful patient care? Join our Behavioral Health team as a Casual Staff Nurse and build a schedule that works for you while making a real difference in patients’ lives.
As a Professional Staff Nurse, you are a vital member of the Behavioral Health care team, responsible for delivering high-quality, compassionate patient care. In this role, you’ll use your clinical judgment, communication skills, and collaboration to support patients and their families throughout their care journey. This casual position offers the flexibility to tailor your schedule, giving you the ability to balance work with your personal commitments while continuing to make a meaningful impact.
Responsibilities:
As a Professional Staff Nurse, you are a vital member of the Behavioral Health care team, responsible for delivering high-quality, compassionate patient care. In this role, you’ll use your clinical judgment, communication skills, and collaboration to support patients and their families throughout their care journey. This casual position offers the flexibility to tailor your schedule, giving you the ability to balance work with your personal commitments while continuing to make a meaningful impact.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver patient-centered care using the nursing process and Relationship-Based Care to create a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment
- Develop and implement individualized care plans that address clinical, psychological, social, and safety needs
- Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team members to ensure coordinated, high-quality care
- Build strong, compassionate relationships with patients and families to support recovery and positive outcomes
- Participate in quality improvement efforts and contribute to enhancing patient safety, satisfaction, and care delivery
- Collaborate with physicians, therapists, and colleagues to provide holistic behavioral health care
- Educate patients and families to support understanding of treatment plans and transitions of care
- Support a positive team environment through accountability, flexibility, and collaboration
- Engage in ongoing professional development and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
- Adapt to changing unit needs while maintaining a commitment to excellent patient care
- Minimum 1 year experience.
- BSN preferred.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 34
- 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.