Professional Staff Nurse - Dialysis

Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse – Dialysis | UPMC Hamot
 

About the Role

This full-time nursing opportunity allows you to share in direct patient care responsibilities and gain specialized experience working with the dialysis patient population. You will also be trained to perform plasmapheresis for both inpatient and outpatient populations.

Our department is a small, close-knit team where collaboration and communication are key. Candidates must be comfortable working closely with physicians and coordinating care with multiple departments.

At least 1 year of medical-surgical nursing experience is highly preferred for this role.

Schedule:

• Monday through Saturday, 5:30 AM – 6:00 PM

• Scheduled three 12-hour shifts per week

• On-call required:

  • 1–2 evenings per week (Monday–Saturday)

  • Weekend on-call rotation (Saturday evening & all day Sunday)
     

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 Professional Staff Nurse is $33.75.

UPMC is committed to investing in nurses like you – financially, personally, and professionally – starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your nursing career.

Here’s how we support our nurses:

• Generous Sign-On Bonus for experienced nurses of up to $15,000 (Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)  

• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year

• Dedicated career ladders allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education

• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (plus discounts for UPMC employees including no cost RN-BSN/MSN options!)

   

   

Position Summary

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse (RN) who provides high-quality, compassionate care and plays an essential role in managing patient outcomes. This nurse leads with clinical expertise, fosters teamwork, and establishes strong relationships with patients, families, and care teams.

The Professional Staff Nurse is accountable for setting the standard of care and embracing the values of leadership, partnership, and innovation.

Title and salary will be determined based upon 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.