Clinician, 8 South Neurology

at  UPMC

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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