Clinician - Days/Evenings - 5E Adult Med/Surg Telemetry Unit
Company: UPMC
Location: Altoona
Posted on: May 30, 2021
Job Description:
Description
Clinician Fellow - 5E
Med/Surg Telemetry Unit - Day/Evening shifts - Full
Time
UPMC Altoona is seeking
a Clinician for their 5E Med/Surg Telemetry Unit. This position
would be a full-time, 40 hours a week rotating between
Days/Evenings.
Purpose:
The Clinician is a highly developed role model of professional
nursing practice with focused expertise and accountabilities in one
or more of the following: expert clinical practice,
teaching/development, and/or evidence based
practice.
This role partners with
management in the achievement of a culture of excellence in
professional nursing practice and patient care. The Clinician,
under the direction of the Unit Director or Department Manager,
assists in the completion of employee evaluations, selection and
hiring of staff, and in performance management.
The Clinician has the
authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for the
delivery of nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
The Clinician, in collaboration with other health care
professionals, applies superior clinical knowledge and skills to
achieve quality patient care outcomes. The Clinician is responsible
for providing service-based education and clinical expertise for
staff including orientation and training, consultation on practice
issues and general coordination of clinical activities on a shift
basis.
They must demonstrate the
knowledge and skills to provide care that is relevant to patients
under their care, as well as apply principles of growth and
development over the life span. The Clinician also must possess the
ability to assess and interpret patient data needed to identify
each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific
needs. The Clinician demonstrates a commitment to the community and
to the nursing profession.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates knowledge of
performance improvement tools and techniques.
- Continuously improves the
quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the
integration of research and best practices into daily
work.
- Shares learning from
improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business
unit or system.
- Serves as a leader in clinical
nursing practice, identifying patient and staff focused
opportunities for improvement and leading the change process.
Identifies, educates and supports the psychological and learning
needs of staff during change and transition.
- Practices participatory
leadership and is an active member of shared leadership at the
unit, facility or system level.
- Assumes formal leadership
responsibilities for one or more of the following: quality
improvement, evidence based practice, GN or new hire
on-boarding.
- Assists the Unit/Department
Leader with the peer review process.
- Applies nursing knowledge and
skills within the framework of Relationship Based Care, using the
nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial and spiritual
needs of the patient and family.
- Practices solid verbal and
written communication skills, and is able to articulate and
translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to
negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and
unit practices.
- Patient documentation is
comprehensive and promotes communication between
caregivers.
- Demonstrates critical thinking
in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and
spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of
care.
- Incorporates national
professional organization as well as business unit and health
system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction
of the patient experience in daily work.
- Creates a caring and
compassionate patient focused experience by building healing
relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
- Disseminates new knowledge and
innovations through presentations, posters, and
publications.
- Develops and maintains
productive working relationships internally and externally by
building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling
uplifting and positive communication.
- Coaches colleagues on cultural
diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and
impairment.
- Demonstrates accountability to
self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy
lifestyles.
- Demonstrates interest in the
development of others and positively impacts the lives of
patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team
through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing.
- Actively participates in the
role of preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and
experienced nurses and assists with the development of new
preceptors in their role.
- Mentors and role models quest
for continuous learning through formal education and the
development of others.
- Seeks opportunities to share
expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and
beyond the clinical unit/department.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated competence as a
Professional Staff Nurse.
- 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 3 years
experience.
- BS/BSN required.
- Master's degree preferred. If BS
degree not in nursing, a Master's or higher degree in Nursing is
required.
- 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
required as related to various aspects of patient care.
- Critical thinking skills necessary
to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing
process. Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
- Physical stamina for frequent
walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
National Certification preferred.CPR required based on AHA
standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration
component within 30 days of hire
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
(PALS)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity
Employer/Disability/Veteran
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