Professional Staff Nurse - M5 Medical Unit - Harrisburg

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• •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
• •Act 34
• •CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• •Zero to two years of experience
• •Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients
• •Mobility and visual manual dexterity
• •Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities
• •Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process
• •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

Desired Qualifications

• •BSN preferred
• •UPMC approved national certification preferred
• •Ability 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
• •Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable)
• •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
• •Ability to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers
• •Ability to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices
• •Ability to incorporate national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction
• •Ability to utilize research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care
• •Ability to identify research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest
• •Ability to discuss opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds
• •Ability to influence patients' plans of care
• •Ability to identify opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management
• •Ability to take personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service
• •Ability to adapt to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process
• •Ability to participate in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment
• •Ability to serve as a preceptor
• •Ability to create an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice
• •Ability to maintain a conscious balance between work and personal life
• •Ability to model safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle
• •Ability to communicate with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace
• •Ability to hold peers accountable for healthy relationships
• •Ability to demonstrate an understanding of cultural differences
• •Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families
• •Ability to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care
• •Ability to demonstrate a commitment to the community and to the nursing profession
• •Ability to demonstrate accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues
• •Ability to formulate daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner
• •Ability to consider the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner
• •Ability to practice solid communication skills
• •Ability to create a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues
• •Ability to demonstrate accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care
• •Ability to actively participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment
• •Ability to be a highly engaged and full partner on the care team
• •Ability to respond willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership
• •Ability to participate in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts
• •Ability to identify research issues or articles related to clinical specialty or areas of interest
• •Ability to discuss opportunities for quality improvement at multidisciplinary rounds
• •Ability to influence patients' plans of care
• •Ability to identify opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management
• •Ability to take personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service
• •Ability to utilize research and evidence-based practice to support improvement in clinical care
• •Ability to adapt to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process
• •Ability to participate in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment
• •Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues
• •Ability to demonstrate an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships
• •Ability to model safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle
• •Ability to communicate with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace
• •Ability to demonstrate knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff
• •Ability to provide 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
• •Ability to support the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor
• •Ability to create an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice
• •Ability to apply the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment
• •Ability to formulate 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
• •Ability to demonstrate critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care
• •Ability to practice 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
• •Ability to incorporate national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction
• •Ability to create a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues
• •Ability to demonstrate accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care
• •Ability to actively participate in unit-based shared governance, goal setting and supports the change and transition process to improve quality of care and the practice environment
• •Ability to serve as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance and partnership
• •Ability to participate in work that improves patient care and the professional practice environment
• •Ability to adapt to change and demonstrates flexibility with the change process
• •Ability to actively participate in department or unit-specific quality improvement efforts
• •Ability to identify opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management
• •Ability to take personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service
• •Ability to utilize 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