Professional Staff Nurse, PACU

UPMC Hamot is seeking a dedicated Professional Staff Nurse to join our PACU team! 

This full-time position offers a flexible schedule consisting of four 10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday. On-call requirements include every 4th weekend and one weekday per month, with a commitment to work two holidays per year. 

Responsibilities include preparing patients for surgery in the Pre-Op area and providing post-anesthesia care in the PACU.

We offer a supportive team environment and a flexible schedule to ensure a positive work-life balance. Join our team and make a difference!

$15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with over one year of experience!

Title and Salary will be determined based upon education and nursing experience. 

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and a key member of the care delivery team, responsible for setting the standards for the level and quality of care. They have responsibility, authority, and accountability for providing nursing care. The nurse manages and provides patient care for a group of patients and their families using independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members. This role includes leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision. The nurse establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other healthcare providers, patients, and their families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care, demonstrating a commitment to the community and the nursing profession.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability, 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, modeling safe work hours, time management, and a healthy lifestyle.
• Communicates with peers and management about any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
• Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies them in teaching patients, families, students, and new staff.
• Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to guide them through the episode of care and transition to another level of care or home.
• Supports the development of students, new staff, and colleagues, and 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 a partner and considers their individual needs holistically.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues in patient care within an episode of care.
• Practices solid communication skills, articulating and translating the patient's condition to other care providers, and making recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices.
• Ensures comprehensive patient documentation to promote communication between caregivers.
• Incorporates national professional organization, business unit, and health system 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 to improve the quality of professional practice and 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, responding 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, identifying opportunities 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, identifying 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.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and interact appropriately with the ages of patients served by the assigned unit
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the lifespan