Join the UPMC team as a Professional Staff Nurse, OP! We’re excited to welcome your application for this full-time position, featuring Monday to Friday daytime hours from 7AM to 5:30PM—no weekends or holidays required. Plus, you’ll enjoy the flexibility of remote work for one week every two months. We seek a dedicated individual who thrives independently and, in a team, passionate about exceptional patient care. Apply today to join a great team and receive a robust Totals Reward package!! Title and starting pay rate of this position may vary based on years of experience **Responsibilities:** + Actively engages in department quality improvement initiatives, identifying and communicating opportunities for enhancing care and service to colleagues and management. + Takes personal responsibility for patient satisfaction, using evidence-based practices and research to support clinical care improvements and addressing relevant research issues. + Establishes positive relationships with executives, healthcare providers, and patients, fostering collaboration and communication across departments. + Demonstrates strong clinical judgment and critical thinking, adeptly managing multiple priorities and navigating complex environments while ensuring patient safety and care quality. + Applies adult learning principles in teaching patients, families, and new staff, providing comprehensive guidance throughout the care process and encouraging feedback for continuous improvement. + Formulates individualized care plans in partnership with patients, coordinating with physicians and addressing clinical, social, and emotional needs effectively. + Actively participates in professional development and shared governance, supporting quality improvement initiatives and adapting to changes in the practice environment. + Maintains productive working relationships, demonstrating accountability, cultural awareness, and a commitment to patient care while balancing personal well-being with professional responsibilities. + 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. Preferred: + Minimum six months experience + BSN **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) + Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP) + Act 34 *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**