Sr. Professional Staff Nurse - Outpatient Cardiac Cath Lab

Full-Time Sr. Professional Staff Nurse Outpatient Cardiac Cath Lab (UPMC Hamot)

UPMC Hamot is seeking a Full-Time Senior Professional Staff Nurse to join our Outpatient Cardiac Cath Lab team. This role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care in a fast-paced, specialized outpatient setting.

Why Join Our Team?

The Outpatient Cardiac Cath Lab plays a critical role in providing safe, efficient, and patient-centered cardiovascular care. This position is vital to maintaining appropriate staffing levels that support direct patient care, department efficiency, and optimal patient flow throughout the outpatient experience. Team members work collaboratively to ensure patients receive exceptional care before, during, and after cardiac procedures.

About the Role

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a key member of the care delivery team. This role is responsible for setting standards for the level and quality of care provided to patients and is accountable for the delivery of professional nursing care.

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse manages and provides patient care for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, effective communication, and collaboration with interdisciplinary team members. This role encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision while fostering strong relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve optimal patient outcomes across the continuum of care.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of nursing experience
• Previous cardiac nursing experience strongly preferred

Schedule

• Monday through Friday
• Four 10-hour shifts (rotating schedule)
• No weekends
• No holidays

Title and compensation will be determined based on education, certification, and relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a clinical leader and role model for professional nursing practice through demonstrated expertise, mentorship, and evidence-based care. Promote a positive practice environment by providing constructive feedback, supporting professional growth, and participating in nursing peer review activities.
• Utilize the nursing process and Relationship-Based Care principles to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care. Develop individualized plans of care, establish daily patient goals, and partner with patients and families to support optimal outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate care, advocate for patient needs, and promote continuity across the care continuum.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical judgment and critical thinking skills to assess and address patients' clinical, psychosocial, safety, and educational needs.
• Create a compassionate and healing environment by fostering meaningful relationships with patients, families, and colleagues while promoting an exceptional patient experience.
• Support the development of future nursing professionals by precepting students, graduate nurses, and new team members, and by contributing to educational and professional development initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes, workplace processes, and care delivery through quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice.
• Participate in shared governance activities, interdisciplinary teams, councils, and committees that promote nursing excellence and organizational goals.
• Foster a healthy work environment through collaboration, professionalism, cultural awareness, and mutual respect among colleagues.
• Perform duties and responsibilities in accordance with UPMC policies, professional nursing standards, and system-wide competencies and behaviors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 2 years experience.
• BSN preferred.
• Annual completion of a professional contribution selected from department, hospital or system goals, and approved by Unit Director OR certification. Certification not required if Master's in nursing or DNP is held. If a BSN is held, a Master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of Certification.
• The individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately to the ages of the patients served by his/her assigned unit as specified below. They must also demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.
• Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level. Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
• Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
• Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• Annual completion of a professional contributions selected from department, hospital or system goals, and approved by Unit Director OR certification. Certification not required if Master's in nursing or DNP is held. If a BSN is held, a Master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of Certification.
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse 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.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within one year of hire or transfer
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIH)
• 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. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran