CLINICIAN
Company: UPMC
Location: Erie
Posted on: October 29, 2024
Job Description:
Are you an experienced nurse looking to make a significant
impact in a leadership role? Join our team on 8 South Neurology as
a Clinician and take the next step in your career. You'll have the
opportunity to mentor and guide fellow nurses, contribute to a
culture of excellence in patient care, and collaborate with a
supportive leadership team.Apply now to join our team!Unit: 8 South
is a 20-bed unit specializing in adult and geriatric neurological
or neurosurgical patients. This unit features 2 beds dedicated to
epilepsy monitoring. We provide expert care for conditions such as
CVAs, seizures, and other neurological disorders. Additionally, our
unit supports patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures,
including craniotomies, back surgeries, and more, ensuring
specialized and compassionate care tailored to each patient's
needs.Sign-On Bonus Details (Full Time or Flex Full Time status)***
$20,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with over one year of
experience**Overview: The Clinician is a nurse leader responsible
for fostering a culture of excellence in patient care. As a role
model of professional nursing practice, the Clinician handles
employee evaluations, staff selection and hiring, and daily
performance management. They provide education and clinical
expertise to staff, including orientation, training, and practice
consultation. Additionally, the Clinician may deliver nursing care
during shifts when necessary.Title and Salary will be determined
based upon education and experience.Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships through
mentoring and positive communication.
- Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses
workplace issues like horizontal violence and impairment.
- Demonstrates accountability for safe work hours, time
management, and healthy lifestyles.
- Utilizes performance improvement tools and techniques to
enhance care quality and work environment.
- Shares improvements and best practices across units and the
business system.
- Shows interest in developing others, impacting patients,
families, peers, and healthcare team members through mentoring and
education.
- Acts as a preceptor for student nurses, interns, and new hires,
and helps develop new preceptors.
- Seeks opportunities to share expertise within and beyond the
clinical unit.
- Incorporates goals from national organizations and the health
system to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
- Builds healing relationships with patients, families, and
colleagues, and disseminates new knowledge through various
formats.
- Applies nursing knowledge within the framework of Relationship
Based Care, addressing clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual
needs.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and effective communication to
improve patient care and documentation.
- Leads clinical nursing practice improvements and supports staff
during change and transition.
- Practices participatory leadership and engages in shared
leadership at various levels.
- Takes on formal leadership roles in quality improvement,
evidence-based practice, and staff onboarding.
- Completes or assists with staff performance evaluations.
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships through
mentoring and positive communication.
- Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses
workplace issues like horizontal violence and impairment.
- Demonstrates accountability for safe work hours, time
management, and healthy lifestyles.
- Utilizes performance improvement tools and techniques to
enhance care quality and work environment.
- Shares improvements and best practices across units and the
business system.
- Shows interest in developing others, impacting patients,
families, peers, and healthcare team members through mentoring and
education.
- Acts as a preceptor for student nurses, interns, and new hires,
and helps develop new preceptors.
- Seeks opportunities to share expertise within and beyond the
clinical unit.
- Incorporates goals from national organizations and the health
system to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
- Builds healing relationships with patients, families, and
colleagues, and disseminates new knowledge through various
formats.
- Applies nursing knowledge within the framework of Relationship
Based Care, addressing clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual
needs.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and effective communication to
improve patient care and documentation.
- Leads clinical nursing practice improvements and supports staff
during change and transition.
- Practices participatory leadership and engages in shared
leadership at various levels.
- Takes on formal leadership roles in quality improvement,
evidence-based practice, and staff onboarding.
- Completes or assists with staff performance evaluations.
- Minimum 3 years of nursing experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- BS/BSN required. If BS degree is not in nursing, a Master's or
higher degree in Nursing is required.
- Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
- Knowledge and skills to provide care and interact appropriately
with patients of various ages.
- Understanding of growth and development principles over the
life span.
- Ability to assess patient data and interpret information to
meet age-specific needs.
- 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.
- Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical,
and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
- Critical thinking skills to exercise and lead others in the
nursing process.
- Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
- Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and
positioning of patients.
- Minimum 3 years of nursing experience.
- Master's degree preferred. BS/BSN required. If BS degree is not
in nursing, a master's or higher degree in Nursing is
required.
- Demonstrated competence as a Professional Staff Nurse.
- Knowledge and skills to provide care and interact appropriately
with patients of various ages.
- Understanding of growth and development principles over the
life span. Ability to assess patient data and interpret information
to meet age-specific needs.
- 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.
- Exemplary clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical,
and problem-solving abilities related to patient care.
- Critical thinking skills to exercise and lead others in the
nursing process. Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
- Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and
positioning of patients.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within one year of
hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and
skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIH) within 6 months of hire or
transfer.
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 34
- National Certification preferred*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/VeteranIf you would like to discuss
this opportunity and more with a Recruiter for Hamot Nursing and
Nursing Support, you can schedule an appointment to meet with us
during our virtual office hours! We are available Mondays and
Wednesdays 8AM-10AM, 12PM-2PM, 5PM-7PM. We are also available every
first Saturday of the month by request, please email
morrisonlm2@upmc.edu to request Saturdays.Please click this link to
schedule an appointment: Hamot Recruiter Office Hours Scheduling
(https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/hamotrecruiterofficehours@upmc.edu/bookings/)
Keywords: UPMC, Cuyahoga Falls , CLINICIAN, Other , Erie, Ohio
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