Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, BSN - General Surgery

Experienced Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse – General Surgery (Operating Room) UPMC Hamot | Night Shift

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.

Prior OR nursing experience is highly preferred

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.

Please visit the following link to learn more about this role and careers in Surgical Services: Surgical Services Careers at UPMC

At UPMC, we’re passionate about continuing to support your growth throughout your nursing journey. We offer a robust career ladder for bedside nursing that starts with Professional Staff Nurse and leads to Expert Nurse and beyond. The final job title and rate of pay will be based upon both individual qualifications and candidate choice. Any required certifications and contributions based on job title will be afforded a timeframe to obtain. Our competitive career ladder, as well as our Total Rewards package, will be discussed at time of offer to ensure you can make the choices that are right for you. The minimum rate of pay for a non-BSN Professional Staff Nurse is $36.50.

UPMC is committed to investing in nurses like you – financially, personally, and professionally – starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your nursing career.

Here’s how we support our nurses:

· Generous Sign-On Bonus for experienced nurses of up to $15,000 (Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)

· Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year

· Dedicated career ladders allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education

· Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (plus discounts for UPMC employees including no cost RN-BSN/MSN options!)

The Senior Professional Staff Nurse BSN OR is a Registered Nurse and a member of the care delivery team. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse BSN OR is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse BSN OR has responsibility, authority and accountability for the provision of nursing care. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse BSN OR manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members. The role of the Senior Professional Staff Nurse BSN OR encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration and supervision. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse, OR establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse BSN OR demonstrates a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.

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

• Serves as a role model of professional nursing practice by serving as a recognized unit leader in one or more of the following areas: clinical expertise, teacher, specialized resource nurse, and/or evidence based practice.

• Consistently gives appropriate feedback to all members of the health care team and participates in the nursing peer review process.

• Promotes change that enhances the quality of patient care and the unit environment.

• Serves on teams and leads successful teams as a part of daily practice.

• Demonstrates highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skills within the context of Relationship Based Care.

• Actively participates in shared governance at unit level and serves on hospital-wide councils.

• 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.

• 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.

• Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care.

• Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work.

• Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.

• Demonstrates a passion for developing others, enthusiastically and expertly precepts students, graduate nurses and new hires.

• Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations, identifying learning opportunities to improve patient care practices.

• Regularly seeks feedback on performance and applies continuous professional improvement.

• Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, presenting on the unit, supporting journal clubs, etc.

• Identifies opportunities for clinical quality as well as workplace improvement.

• Applies evidence based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice.

• Serves on or leads teams that launch innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.

• Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within the framework of a healthy workplace.

• Role models keen cultural awareness including preventing and addressing horizontal violence and impairment.

• Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.

• Performs scrub role (requirement for RNs hired on or after July 1, 2023).

• Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 2 years experience.

• BSN preferred.

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