Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, BSN - General Surgery (Night Program)

Experienced Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse General Surgery (Operating Room)

UPMC Hamot is seeking a Full-Time Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, BSN to join our General Surgery Operating Room team. This role supports a high-acuity, fast-paced surgical environment and requires night shifts, weekends, and on-call coverage. 8-, 10-, or 12-hour shift options are available. Eligible Night Program participants will receive an additional $2.00 per hour night shift differential. External candidates may be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus.

Prior OR nursing experience is highly preferred.

About the Unit

Our state-of-the-art Operating Room features 17 surgical suites and supports a wide range of specialties, including Robotics, Kidney Transplants, Trauma, and many additional complex surgical services. We provide high-quality care for both elective and urgent cases, serving patients from infant through geriatric populations.

Join a collaborative team where you'll work alongside world-class surgeons and anesthesiologists from across the country and play a vital role in delivering lifesaving care every day.

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse, BSN OR is an experienced Registered Nurse who provides high-quality, patient-centered care while serving as a clinical leader and resource for the care team. This role combines direct patient care with leadership, collaboration, mentorship, and evidence-based practice to support positive outcomes for patients and families.

Working closely with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, the Senior Professional Staff Nurse coordinates care across the continuum, promotes a safe and compassionate environment, and contributes to ongoing improvements in quality, patient experience, and professional nursing practice.

Title and salary will be determined based on education and nursing experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide and coordinate safe, compassionate, patient-centered nursing care.
• Serve as a clinical leader, role model, educator, and resource for the nursing team.
• Use advanced assessment, critical thinking, and clinical judgment to guide patient care.
• Develop individualized plans of care in partnership with patients and families.
• Collaborate effectively with physicians and other members of the health care team.
• Promote patient safety, clinical quality, and an exceptional patient experience.
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate patient documentation.
• Participate in peer review, shared governance, hospital councils, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Precept and support students, graduate nurses, and newly hired team members.
• Promote continuous learning through research, education, evidence-based practice, and professional development.
• Identify and lead opportunities to improve patient care and the workplace environment.
• Build positive working relationships and contribute to a respectful, collaborative, and healthy workplace.
• Perform the scrub role, as required for RNs hired on or after July 1, 2023.
• Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• • Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience required. (OR experience highly preferred)
  • BSN preferred.
  • Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately with the ages of patients served by the assigned unit.
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and the ability to assess and interpret patient data to identify age-specific needs and provide care in accordance with department policies and procedures.
  • Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher rating on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level and maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher rating on annual performance evaluations to maintain status.
  • Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, patients, and families.
  • Ability to work productively and effectively in a complex environment, manage multiple and changing priorities, and work with specialized equipment.
  • Exemplary clinical judgment, critical thinking, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities related to all aspects of patient care.
  • Critical thinking skills necessary to apply the nursing process and lead others in its application.
  • Mobility and visual/manual dexterity required.
  • Physical stamina required for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Professional Contribution, Certification, or Advanced Education Requirements

Candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

• Annually complete a professional contribution selected from department, hospital, or system goals and approved by the Unit Director; OR
• Obtain a UPMC-approved nursing certification within 1 year of hire/transfer and maintain the certification; OR
• Obtain certification from the UPMC Wolff Learning Academy Center for Nursing Excellence within 1 year of hire/transfer and maintain the certification; OR
• Hold a Master's degree in Nursing or DNP.

If a BSN is held, a Master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of certification.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

• UPMC-approved national certification preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse 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.
• CPR certification required within 30 days of hire, based on AHA standards and including both didactic and skills demonstration components.
• Current licensure must be maintained 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), through a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state.
• Hires and current employees working under an out-of-state NLC license who later establish residency in the state where the facility is located must apply for licensure in that state within 60 days of changing residency.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran