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Clinician - Evenings/Nights - T9 Birth Center
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Why choose UPMC Altoona
Work/Life Balance
Competitive wages
An incomparable benefit package (found to be 20% higher in value than other healthcare employers in our market!)
100% Tuition Reimbursement for your BSN/MSN degree through approved Universities.
Generous vacation accrual
Eligible for a generous Sign‑On Bonus! External applicants receive $15,000 in exchange for a 2‑year work commitment.
About UPMC Magee Women’s Birthing Center (T9) T9 is a 22‑bed multidisciplinary unit that contains its own triage and operating rooms. Patients labor, birth, recover and have their postpartum stay in the same unit, permitting continuity of patient care throughout their hospital stay. The unit promotes skin‑to‑skin contact, breastfeeding support, delayed bathing and infant rooming‑in. Within the unit is a 4‑bed triage area for maternal monitoring and evaluation of emergent obstetrical situations. Nurses are trained in labor and delivery, circulating in the OR for cesarean sections, care of the infant and mother postpartum, triaging patients, and neonatal resuscitation after delivery. Neonates may need to transition in our 8‑bed special care nursery, currently caring for neonates 35 weeks and greater.
What is a Clinician / Clinician Fellow
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.
Under the direction of the Unit Director or Department Manager, assists in the completion of employee evaluations, selection and hiring of staff, and performance management. The role has the authority, responsibility and shift accountability for the delivery of nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
Applies superior clinical knowledge and skills to achieve quality patient care outcomes.
Provides 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.
Shows the knowledge and skills to provide care that is relevant to patients under their care, applying principles of growth and development over the lifespan.
Assesses and interprets patient data needed to identify each patient's specific requirements.
The qualified candidate will be placed into the appropriate job title (Clinician or Clinician Fellow) and salary grade based on years of experience and education.
Responsibilities
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 knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques, continuously improving the quality of care and work environment of outcomes, and integrating research and best practices into daily work.
Mentors, educates and shares knowledge with others, fulfilling the role of preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses, and assisting with the development of new preceptors.
Incorporates national professional organization, business unit and health system goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction, creating a caring and compassionate patient‑focused experience by building healing relationships.
Applies nursing knowledge 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, translating the patient's condition to other care providers and negotiating recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices.
Serves as a leader in clinical nursing practice, identifying opportunities for improvement, leading the change process and assuming formal leadership responsibilities for quality improvement, evidence‑based practice, GN or new hire onboarding.
Clinician Fellow Requirements
Minimum 2 years nursing experience.
If BSN is not held at time of hire, must be enrolled in a program within one year of hire/transfer date and completed within three years of enrollment.
Clinician Requirements
Minimum 3 years 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.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required within 30 days of hire.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Registered Nurse (RN)
Act 33 with renewal
Act 34 with renewal
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the NLC, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state.
Equal Opportunity Employer UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
Seniority Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Other
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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Why choose UPMC Altoona
Work/Life Balance
Competitive wages
An incomparable benefit package (found to be 20% higher in value than other healthcare employers in our market!)
100% Tuition Reimbursement for your BSN/MSN degree through approved Universities.
Generous vacation accrual
Eligible for a generous Sign‑On Bonus! External applicants receive $15,000 in exchange for a 2‑year work commitment.
About UPMC Magee Women’s Birthing Center (T9) T9 is a 22‑bed multidisciplinary unit that contains its own triage and operating rooms. Patients labor, birth, recover and have their postpartum stay in the same unit, permitting continuity of patient care throughout their hospital stay. The unit promotes skin‑to‑skin contact, breastfeeding support, delayed bathing and infant rooming‑in. Within the unit is a 4‑bed triage area for maternal monitoring and evaluation of emergent obstetrical situations. Nurses are trained in labor and delivery, circulating in the OR for cesarean sections, care of the infant and mother postpartum, triaging patients, and neonatal resuscitation after delivery. Neonates may need to transition in our 8‑bed special care nursery, currently caring for neonates 35 weeks and greater.
What is a Clinician / Clinician Fellow
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.
Under the direction of the Unit Director or Department Manager, assists in the completion of employee evaluations, selection and hiring of staff, and performance management. The role has the authority, responsibility and shift accountability for the delivery of nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
Applies superior clinical knowledge and skills to achieve quality patient care outcomes.
Provides 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.
Shows the knowledge and skills to provide care that is relevant to patients under their care, applying principles of growth and development over the lifespan.
Assesses and interprets patient data needed to identify each patient's specific requirements.
The qualified candidate will be placed into the appropriate job title (Clinician or Clinician Fellow) and salary grade based on years of experience and education.
Responsibilities
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 knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques, continuously improving the quality of care and work environment of outcomes, and integrating research and best practices into daily work.
Mentors, educates and shares knowledge with others, fulfilling the role of preceptor for student nurses, nurse interns, graduate and experienced nurses, and assisting with the development of new preceptors.
Incorporates national professional organization, business unit and health system goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction, creating a caring and compassionate patient‑focused experience by building healing relationships.
Applies nursing knowledge 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, translating the patient's condition to other care providers and negotiating recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices.
Serves as a leader in clinical nursing practice, identifying opportunities for improvement, leading the change process and assuming formal leadership responsibilities for quality improvement, evidence‑based practice, GN or new hire onboarding.
Clinician Fellow Requirements
Minimum 2 years nursing experience.
If BSN is not held at time of hire, must be enrolled in a program within one year of hire/transfer date and completed within three years of enrollment.
Clinician Requirements
Minimum 3 years 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.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required within 30 days of hire.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Registered Nurse (RN)
Act 33 with renewal
Act 34 with renewal
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the NLC, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state.
Equal Opportunity Employer UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
Seniority Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Other
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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