RN Staff Nurse - Interventional Resource Pool

Ready to take your nursing career to the next level?

UPMC Altoona is hiring a Resource Pool Registered Nurses to support our cutting-edge Interventional Radiology departments, Procedural Areas and Critical Care units!

If you have 2 years of experience in critical care, interventional radiology, or a related RN specialty, this is your chance to join a high-impact team where your skills will truly shine.

Flexibility, variety, and the opportunity to make a difference every day - it's all here.

Make your move. Apply today and be part of something extraordinary!

This is a full-time rotating position: 7am-7pm, and 11a-11pm with a minimum of 24 hours of on-call time per week and weekend call rotation – must be able to respond to call within 30 minutes.

Why choose UPMC Altoona?

• Competitive wages, with a BSN differential
  • Starting pay based on rates below years of RN experience
  • BSN minimum pay:  $34.30
  • Non-BSN minimum pay:  $32.80
• Internal, SEIU RNs will receive a 10% pay increase

Sign-On Bonus Details 

• $15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with two years or more of experience

Purpose:
Provides direct and indirect care to patients utilizing the nursing process. Provides leadership for the nursing team, and contributes to the education of a variety of members of the staff and students.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains proficiency and competency in point of care testing as defined in the evaluation criteria established by the laboratory.
• Serves as a consultant to other members of the health-care team.
• Complies with established occupational exposure policies.
• Implementation: 
  • Utilizes nursing care protocols and standards. 
  • Carries out and documents procedures according to Hospital Policy. 
  • Performs technical skills safely and accurately, and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment. 
  • Transcribes and implements physicians' orders appropriately. 
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the physiological basis for the nursing care delivery. 
  • Demonstrates knowledge of medication and IV therapy administration according to policy. 
  • Initiates and coordinates health teaching for patients and families/significant other based on individual needs
• Utilizes Bed Management System, Alpha, CPOE, and all other computer systems appropriately,
• Completes annual competency validation activities.
• Planning:
  • Includes the patient and family/significant other in the formulation of the plan of care. 
  • Prioritizes patient's needs appropriately. 
  • Plans, conducts, and documents patient care conferences. 
  • Maintains a current plan of care for each assigned patient. 
  • Utilizes appropriate community agencies and other health care professionals in planning care.
• Evaluation:
  • Revises plan of care, as necessary based on daily evaluation of patient. 
  • Evaluates patient's outcome based on previously defined goals.
  • Evaluates and documents the patient's response to care, teaching, and treatment.
• Demonstrates professionalism in providing patient care.
• Engages the medical staff and other professionals in discussion of patient care problems resulting in mutually developed plans of care.
• Assessment:
  • Assesses patient and family needs and documents this information appropriately in the computer or on appropriate form. 
  • Reassesses patient every eight hours, and, as necessary.
• Adheres to universal precautions. Identified potential problems and initiates appropriate measures. Identifies environmental factors which deter effective patient care, initiates action, and contributes ideas towards resolution.