Professional Staff Nurse, OP

Our UPMC Primary Care West/EPN team eagerly awaits your application for the Professional Staff Nurse, OP role. This dynamic position operates during Monday to Friday on our day shift and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

The Professional Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse who plays a crucial role within the care delivery team. Their responsibilities encompass several key areas:

• Setting Standards: The Professional Staff Nurse establishes and maintains high standards for the level and quality of care provided.
• Provision of Nursing Care: They hold responsibility, authority, and accountability for delivering nursing care to patients.
• Patient Care Management: The Professional Staff Nurse actively manages and provides care to a group of patients and their families. This involves applying independent judgment, effective communication, and collaboration with all team members.
• Collaboration and Relationships: They build and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other healthcare providers, and patients and their families. This collaboration spans the entire continuum of care.
• Community Commitment: The Professional Staff Nurse demonstrates a strong commitment to the community and to the nursing profession.

Our Professional Staff Nurse is a vital link in ensuring quality patient outcomes and fostering a collaborative healthcare environment.

Responsibilities:

Patient-Centered Care:

• Formulates patient goals and develops a comprehensive care plan that actively involves the patient as a partner.
• Considers individual patient needs holistically.
• Triage patient situations and collaborate closely with physicians.
• Assist physicians in all aspects of patient care, including assessment, evaluation, and education.
• Apply critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues within an episode of care.
• Communicate effectively, translating patient conditions for other care providers and advocating for changes in care practices.
• Maintain comprehensive patient documentation to facilitate communication among caregivers.
• Align with national professional standards and organizational goals to enhance patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Foster compassionate healing relationships with patients and their families.

Interpersonal Skills and Adaptability:

• Establishes and nurtures positive, compassionate relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary staff, and patients and their families.
• Thrives in complex environments, adeptly handling changing priorities and specialized equipment.
• Demonstrates sound clinical judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities across various aspects of patient care.
• Leads others in applying the nursing process, emphasizing critical thinking skills.

Quality Improvement and Research:

• Engages in quality improvement initiatives specific to the department or practice.
• Identifies opportunities for enhancing quality and shares insights with colleagues and management.
• Assumes personal responsibility for enhancing patient satisfaction by improving care and services.
• Utilizes research and evidence-based practices to enhance clinical care, including identifying relevant research issues and articles.

Practice Skills:

• Maintains mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Possesses physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and patient positioning.
• Applies adult learning principles (and potentially teaching children) when educating patients, families, students, and new staff.
• Provides detailed and relevant guidance during patient care, both in-office and through phone or written communication at home.
• Supports the growth of students, new staff, and colleagues by fostering open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous improvement.

Professional Development and Adaptability:

• Demonstrate accountability for improving professional practice and patient care quality.
• Actively engage in practice-based shared governance and goal-setting.
• Support change and transition processes to enhance care quality and the practice environment.
• Collaborate fully as a care team partner, readily assisting and partnering with other team members.
• Contribute to initiatives that enhance patient care and the professional practice environment.
• Embrace adaptability and flexibility in response to change.