Cardiac Care Telemetry Registered Nurse

UPMC Hamot , a Magnet®-designated hospital, is seeking a full-time Professional Staff Nurse to join our 5 South team.
This position offers rotating day/night shifts with weekend requirements.

This posting is intended for experienced Registered Nurses. If you are a Graduate Nurse interested in opportunities with UPMC Hamot, we encourage you to apply to Job ID 26000139 for consideration.
About 5 South – Cardiac Acute Care Unit
5 South is a 46-bed medical-telemetry unit serving both cardiac and medical patients. The unit specializes in caring for individuals with:
Coronary Artery Disease
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure
Arrhythmias
Pneumonia
And other acute cardiac and medical conditions
Twenty-five rooms are equipped with bedside cardiac monitoring for complex cases. The unit also provides telemetry and intermediate-level care for post–cardiac procedure patients.
Title and salary will be determined based on education and experience.
Grow Your Career With UPMC
At UPMC, we are deeply committed to supporting your growth at every stage of your nursing journey. Our robust nursing career ladder begins with Professional Staff Nurse and extends to Expert Nurse and beyond.
The final job title and pay rate will be based on your qualifications and career goals. Any required certifications will include an appropriate timeframe to obtain them. Our career ladder and Total Rewards package will be reviewed at the time of offer to ensure you can make the choices that best support your professional path.
The minimum rate of pay for a non-BSN Professional Staff Nurse is $36.50/hour .
Why Choose UPMC?
UPMC is committed to investing in nurses—financially, personally, and professionally—from your very first day. Whether you’re managing student loans or advancing your education later in your career, UPMC is here to help you thrive .
We support our nurses with:
Generous Sign-On Bonuses up to $20,000 for experienced nurses (based on role and experience)
Up to 5.5 weeks of Paid Time Off annually plus seven paid holidays
Dedicated nursing career ladders rewarding experience and advanced education
Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000/year for employees and dependents at any accredited institution
Includes no-cost RN-BSN/MSN options for UPMC employees

About the Professional Staff Nurse Role
The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a valued member of the patient care team. In this role, you will:
Set the standard for high-quality nursing care
Hold responsibility, authority, and accountability for patient care
Provide and manage care for a group of patients and their families using independent judgment and collaboration
Demonstrate leadership, partnership, and teamwork
Maintain strong, collaborative relationships with physicians, colleagues, patients, and families
Contribute to positive patient outcomes across the continuum of care
Show commitment to both the community and the nursing profession
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.