Professional Staff Nurse - Radiology Admin

Job Description

Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse – Radiology Administration | UPMC Hamot

Are you an experienced nurse looking for a role that offers a consistent weekday schedule, a variety of clinical experiences, and the opportunity to continue providing hands-on patient care ? UPMC Hamot is seeking a Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse to join our Radiology Administration/Imaging Services team.

This unique nursing opportunity allows you to work across multiple areas of diagnostic imaging while supporting both inpatient and outpatient care . Nurses in this role collaborate closely with CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and Non-Vascular Interventional Radiology. From preparing patients for imaging procedures and managing clinical needs to participating in procedural nursing in Interventional Radiology, no two days are exactly the same.

Our nursing team brings many years of strong clinical experience and takes pride in working together, supporting one another through change, and delivering excellent patient care. This is a great opportunity for a nurse who enjoys variety, autonomy, critical thinking, and teamwork while appreciating the work-life balance of a primarily Monday through Friday schedule.

Two years of nursing experience is highly preferred.

Schedule & Location

• Full-Time, Daylight
• Monday through Friday
• Shifts may include:
  • 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • 7:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
  • 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• One weekday on-call extension until 8:00 p.m.
• Weekend on-call rotation for Interventional Radiology approximately one weekend per month, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

• Holiday requirement: Two holidays per year, on-call only

   

• Travel is required to support the UPMC Imaging Center on Peach Street

About the Role

As a Professional Staff Nurse within Radiology Administration, you will support patients throughout a variety of diagnostic and interventional imaging services. The role combines clinical assessment, patient preparation, IV placement, management of contrast-related needs, collaboration across imaging modalities, and hands-on procedural nursing.

You may support areas including:

• CT
• MRI
• Ultrasound
• Nuclear Medicine
• Diagnostic Radiology/X-ray
• Non-Vascular Interventional Radiology
• UPMC Hamot and the Imaging Center on Peach Street

This position provides the opportunity to build knowledge of imaging and diagnostic patient care while maintaining direct patient interaction , including procedural nursing within Interventional Radiology.

Title and salary will be determined based upon education and nursing experience. What Makes This Opportunity Unique?

If you enjoy nursing but are looking for something different from a traditional inpatient bedside role, Radiology offers the chance to use your clinical skills in a dynamic environment with a broad range of patients and procedures.

Some of the benefits of joining this team include:

• Consistent daytime schedule with evenings generally available for family and personal time
• Exposure to a wide variety of imaging specialties and diagnostic procedures
• Continued direct patient care
• Experience supporting both inpatient and outpatient populations
• Opportunities to expand your knowledge of CT, MRI, Interventional Radiology, and other imaging modalities
• A highly experienced nursing team with a strong teamwork and support-focused culture
• Variety in daily responsibilities that keeps the work engaging

Who Thrives in This Role?

Successful nurses on this team are comfortable working independently while remaining highly collaborative. They can assess a situation, anticipate patient needs, prioritize competing responsibilities, and remain composed when circumstances change.

We are looking for someone who brings:

• Strong clinical skills and judgment
• Critical thinking and situational awareness
• The ability to multitask and prioritize
• Confidence making clinical decisions within the nursing scope of practice
• Strong communication skills
• A collaborative, team-oriented approach
• Adaptability in a changing environment
• Leadership skills and initiative
• Attention to detail
• A positive outlook
• Self-motivation
• The ability to remain composed under pressure

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.
• Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 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 patients status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures. 
• Zero to two years of experience. 
• BSN preferred. 
• 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. 
• Good 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:

• UPMC approved national certification preferred. 
• 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. 
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. 
• Graduate nurses must complete licensure examination within SIX MONTHS of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first. Though temporary permits are valid for one year from the date of graduation, not one year from issue of permit (or until the results of the examination are known at which time it becomes null and void), UPMC requires that GNs take the licensure examination within 6 months of their start date or they will be terminated or demoted from the GN position, at the discretion of the BU.

• ACLS within one year of hire/transfer

   

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

*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.

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