Professional Staff Nurse

Registered Nurse (RN) – Daylight OR | No Weekends or Call

Looking for a nursing role that lets you practice at the top of your license without sacrificing your personal life? Join our small, specialized outpatient surgery center where teamwork, growth, and patient-centered care are at the heart of everything we do. Schedule & Work-Life Balance

• 4 days per week, 9-hour shifts
• 6:30 am – 4:00 pm daylight schedule
• 2–3 late shifts scheduled weekly (but staying late is not always required)
• No weekends
• No holidays
• No call
• Free parking

This is a role designed for nurses who want consistency, predictability, and balance—without giving up clinical challenge.

About The Role

You'll be part of a small OR surgery center specializing in large orthopedic cases, providing high-quality, relationship-based care in a focused, team-oriented environment. What You'll Do

• Deliver exceptional patient care using the nursing process within a Relationship-Based Care model.
• Partner with patients and families to develop individualized plans of care and support smooth transitions.
• Apply strong clinical judgment and critical thinking across physical, psychosocial, and safety needs.
• Communicate clearly with surgeons, anesthesia, and interdisciplinary team members to advocate for patients.
• Provide thorough patient and family education using adult learning principles.
• Support and mentor students, new staff, and peers; opportunities to serve as a preceptor.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and apply evidence-based practices to improve outcomes, safety, and satisfaction.
• Contribute to a culture of accountability, collaboration, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

Growth & Development

• Opportunity to advance within the nursing career ladder
• Active participation in shared governance
• Ongoing professional development supported and encouraged
• A team that values your ideas and invests in your success

Why You'll Love It Here

• Daylight OR schedule with no weekends, holidays, or call
• Supportive, close-knit team environment
• Meaningful orthopedic cases in a focused surgery center
• Strong emphasis on quality, safety, and patient experience
• A role that truly supports work–life balance

If you're a motivated RN who values teamwork, high-quality care, and a schedule that works for your life—we'd love to meet you.

• 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.

• 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.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran