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UPMC Professional Staff Nurse, Outpatient in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is searching for a Registered Nurse to support our Mobile Medication Services Team!
The mission of the Mobile Medication program is to assist program participants to optimize their community recovery by improving medication adherence, develop a greater knowledge of the medication they are prescribed and to work in partnership with the treatment team including Service Coordination around medication management. Services most often will take place in client’s home and include administering injectable medication, monitoring oral medications and assess barriers to medication adherence. Schedule is M-F 8:30AM-5PM with flexible scheduling and paid on-call rotation available.
Responsibilities:
Quality Improvement
Participate in quality improvement.
Identify improvement opportunities.
Enhance patient satisfaction.
Use evidence-based practice.
Relationship Building
Build positive relationships.
Work effectively in complex environments.
Exhibit clinical judgment and critical thinking.
Maintain physical stamina.
Teaching and Development
Apply adult learning principles.
Educate patients and families.
Support new staff development.
Encourage open dialogue.
Patient Care
Set patient care goals.
Coordinate with physicians.
Assist in patient care and education.
Address clinical and safety issues.
Ensure effective communication and documentation.
Enhance patient safety and satisfaction.
Professional Development
Engage in professional development.
Participate in shared governance.
Support change processes.
Respond to team needs.
Adapt to change.
Work Relationships and Balance
Develop productive relationships.
Demonstrate accountability and commitment.
Promote cultural understanding.
Maintain work-life balance.
Communicate safety hazards.
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.
Minimum six months experience preferred.
BSN preferred.
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)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)
Driver's License
Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
Act 33 with renewal
Act 34 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