Clinician Fellow - 5B Renal & Pulmonary

Clinician Fellow Opportunity At UPMC St. Margaret

UPMC St. Margaret is looking for a Clinician Fellow to join their team! In this role, you will lead patient care initiatives, support staff development, and drive quality improvement projects. If you are a skilled communicator with a passion for mentoring and fostering positive relationships, this is the perfect opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patients, families, and colleagues. Join us and contribute to creating a caring and compassionate patient-focused experience!

Responsibilities:

• Leads and improves patient care and staff development.
• Supports staff through change and transitions.
• Participates in leadership at unit, facility, or system level.
• Oversees quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and new hire onboarding.
• Assists with peer review.

Patient Care:

• Uses nursing skills to meet patient and family needs.
• Communicates effectively with care providers.
• Documents patient care comprehensively.
• Thinks critically about patient care issues.
• Enhances patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Builds compassionate patient relationships.
• Shares new knowledge through presentations and publications.

Performance Improvement:

• Knows performance improvement tools.
• Continuously improves care quality and work environment.
• Shares improvements with other units.

Team Building:

• Builds productive relationships internally and externally.
• Mentors and models positive communication.
• Coaches on diversity and addresses workplace issues.
• Manages work hours and promotes healthy lifestyles.

Development and Mentoring:

• Promotes the development of others.
• Acts as a preceptor for students, interns, and new nurses.
• Seeks opportunities to share expertise.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
• Ability to provide care to patients of all ages.
• Minimum 2 years experience.
• If BSN not at time of hire, must be enrolled in a program within one year of hire/transfer date and completed within three years of enrollment. MSN or CNL preferred.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships.
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment.
• Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
• Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran