What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinician, Cardiovascular Step Down position at UPMC?
Are you an experienced critical care nurse looking for the next step in your career! Check out our opportunity for a Clinician with our Cardiovascular Step Down Unit at UPMC Western Maryland!
This is a full-time dayshift position that allows the successful candidate to work directly with the Unit Director to support in unit leadership. This is a great way to prepare yourself for a career in nursing leadership! The Clinician will be required to work occasional weekends and evenings, but no holidays!
The Clinician is a nurse leader who fosters excellence in patient care. As a role model for professional nursing practice, the Clinician plays a crucial role in:
- Employee Evaluations: Completing and delivering evaluations.
- Staff Selection and Hiring: Conducting staff selection.
- Performance Management: Managing daily performance.
- Education and Expertise: Providing education and clinical guidance.
- Clinical Coordination: Coordinating clinical activities.
- Shift Accountability: May provide nursing care when needed.
Responsibilities:
- Relationship Building:
- Develops positive working relationships.
- Mentors and models effective communication.
- Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity.
- Addresses workplace issues.
- Ensures safe work hours and time management.
- Performance Improvement:
- Applies improvement techniques.
- Enhances care quality and work environment.
- Integrates research and best practices.
- Shares learnings with other units.
- Development of Others:
- Impacts patients, peers, and the team.
- Serves as a preceptor.
- Shares expertise beyond the unit.
- Patient-Centered Care:
- Improves patient safety and satisfaction.
- Builds healing relationships.
- Disseminates knowledge through presentations.
- Clinical Competence:
- Applies nursing skills within Relationship Based Care.
- Analyzes clinical, social, safety, and psychological issues.
- Ensures comprehensive patient documentation.
- Leadership:
- Identifies improvement opportunities.
- Supports staff during change.
- Practices participatory leadership.
- Assumes formal responsibilities.
Salary : $39 - $55
