NURSE – Emergency Room

Are you a Registered Nurse seeking a new opportunity?

Join UPMC & deliver Life Changing Medicine alongside a world-class team. Benefit from a defined career ladder, continuous learning opportunities, and a top-tier benefits package to support you and your family—all while enjoying the resources you need to balance life’s priorities.

Responsibilities:

Demonstrate critical thinking to identify clinical, social, and psychological needs, improving patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.

Identify opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement, applying evidence-based practices regularly.

Lead or participate in teams that implement innovations in patient care and support a healthy workforce.

Serve as a role model in clinical expertise, teaching, and evidence-based practice, providing feedback and participating in peer review.

Promote change to enhance patient care and the unit environment through leadership in shared governance and hospital-wide councils.

Passionately mentor and precept students, graduate nurses, and new hires, fostering continuous learning and improvement.

Use the nursing process within Relationship-Based Care to develop patient-centered care plans, addressing holistic needs and ensuring comprehensive communication.

Build strong relationships among colleagues, model cultural awareness, and maintain work-life balance through effective prioritization.

Provide age-appropriate care, applying knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan to assess and address patient needs.

Minimum 2 years of nursing experience preferred

Must maintain strong performance evaluations and demonstrate exemplary clinical judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

Ability to work effectively in a complex environment, manage multiple priorities, and use specialized equipment.

Must complete annual professional contributions or obtain UPMC-approved nursing certification within 1 year

Required certifications: BLS/CPR (within 30 days), ACLS, PALS (within 1 year), NIH Stroke Scale (within 6 months), and CCMC (within 60 days).

Must hold current RN licensure in the state or a multistate license if applicable.

Clearances: Act 31, Act 33, Act 34, Act 73 FBI, with renewals as needed.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran