UPMC Altoona is hiring a Future Graduate or Registered Nurse to help support our Operating Room! Competitive wages: + $29.50 (BSN) + $28.00 (non-BSN) + Shift differential: $2.00, if applicable + Title and salary will be determined based upon education and nursing experience. Generous Sign-On Bonus for experienced nurses: + $15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with 1 or more years of experience. + Candidates hired into a sign-on bonus eligible role will be asked to make a two-year work commitment. As a member of this team, you will provide direct and indirect care to patients utilizing the nursing process, provide leadership for the nursing team, and contribute to the education of a variety of members of the staff and students. This position includes on call with a 30-minute response time to the hospital. On call & stand by pay are provided! **Responsibilities:** + Implementation: + Utilizes nursing care protocols and standards. + Carries out and documents procedures according to Hospital Policy. + Performs technical skills safely and accurately, and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment. + Transcribes and implements physicians' orders appropriately. + Demonstrates knowledge of the physiological basis for the nursing care delivery. + Demonstrates knowledge of medication and IV therapy administration according to policy. + Initiates and coordinates health teaching for patients and families/significant other based on individual needs. + Engages the medical staff and other professionals in discussion of patient care problems resulting in mutually developed plans of care. + Utilizes Bed Management System, Alpha, CPOE, and all other computer systems appropriately, + Assessment: + Assesses patient and family needs and documents this information appropriately in the computer or on appropriate form. + Reassesses patient every eight hours, and, as necessary. + Planning: + Includes the patient and family/significant other in the formulation of the plan of care. + Prioritizes patient's needs appropriately. + Plans, conducts, and documents patient care conferences. + Maintains a current plan of care for each assigned patient. + Utilizes appropriate community agencies and other health care professionals in planning care. + Evaluation: + Revises plan of care, as necessary based on daily evaluation of patient. + Evaluates patient's outcome based on previously defined goals. + Evaluates and documents the patient's response to care, teaching, and treatment. + Adheres to universal precautions. Identified potential problems and initiates appropriate measures. Identifies environmental factors which deter effective patient care, initiates action, and contributes ideas towards resolution. + Complies with established occupational exposure policies. + Completes annual competency validation activities. + Maintains proficiency and competency in point of care testing as defined in the evaluation criteria established by the laboratory. + Demonstrates professionalism in providing patient care. + Serves as a consultant to other members of the health-care team. Experience Required: + None (Future Grads & experienced Registered Nurses are encouraged to apply!) Education and Formal Training Required: + Must hold a current license to practice nursing in the State of Pennsylvania* + Must satisfactorily complete the Nursing Department's orientation program and probationary period. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** + Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) + 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 + Registered Nurse (RN) + 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**