Professional Staff Nurse, OP

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse and an essential member of the care delivery team. They set standards for quality care and are accountable for providing nursing services. This role is within the first ACT department to achieve licensure in Pennsylvania, and the WBH ACT Teams have been rated as "Exemplary" through annual third-party fidelity reviews.

In this position the nurse will manage patient care for a group of individuals and their families, using independent judgment and collaboration with healthcare providers. The role offers flexibility in scheduling, allowing for a balance between professional responsibilities and personal life while providing comprehensive, community-based care to individuals with severe mental illness. With supportive management and the potential for flexible working hours, you can achieve a fulfilling career without compromising on personal commitments.

This position is eligible for the Behavioral Health Fellows Program- an initiative sponsored by Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS in partnership with Community Care Behavioral Health and Jewish Healthcare Foundation. Designed to strengthen the County's public behavioral health system, this program offers incredible benefits, including up to $45,000 in educational loan repayment (based on your degree level, or free access to an accredited professional certificate program, as well as paid time off for training and professional development as a part of a cohort group.

Responsibilities:

Quality Improvement

• Participate in quality improvement efforts and identify opportunities.
• Improve patient satisfaction using research and evidence-based practice.

Relationships and Environment

• Build positive relationships with staff and patients.
• Work effectively in a complex environment with good clinical judgment and critical thinking.

Patient Care

• Formulate and implement patient care plans.
• Assist physicians and coordinate care.
• Document patient encounters comprehensively.

Professional Development

• Engage in professional development and shared governance.
• Adapt to change and support the transition process.
• 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 patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.
• Minimum six months experience preferred.
• BSN preferred.

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
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR
• Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC
• Registered Nurse (RN OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• 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