UPMC Altoona is seeking a Graduate Nurse or Registered Nurse for our 5F Pediatric Acute Care unit! Our nurses are required to obtain pediatric advanced life support within one year of hire. Nurses should join our team due to the complexity of patients and the close-knit staff that work as a team. Leadership takes time with staff to meet their needs and help them develop their career path along the way.

UPMC is committed to investing in nurses like you –financially, personally, and professionally – starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your nursing career. 

Here’s how we support our nurses:

• Newly competitive wages:
  • $29.50 (BSN)
  • $28.00 (non-BSN)
  • Shift differential: $2.00
  • Title and salary will be determined based upon education and nursing experience. 
• Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $15,000
  • $15,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with 1 or more years of experience.
  • $10,000 sign-on bonus available for nurses with less than 1 year of experience.
  • Candidates hired into a sign-on bonus eligible role will be asked to make a two-year work commitment.
• UPMC’s Monthly Loan Repayment program: If you are eligible for the $10,000 sign-on bonus, then you may be eligible to receive an additional $15,000 student loan repayment bonus, which is paid out across 3 years
• An incomparablebenefit package (found to be 20% higher in value than other healthcare employers in our market!)
• Up to five and a half weeks ofPaid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated Professional Development Program, allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education
• Tuition reimbursementof up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (plus discounts for UPMC employees including no cost RN-BSN/MSN options!)

As a member of this team, you will provide direct and indirect care to patients utilizing the nursing process. You will also provide leadership for the nursing team and contribute to the education of a variety of members of the staff and students.

Responsibilities:

• Completes annual competency validation activities.
• Maintains proficiency and competency in point of care testing as defined in the evaluation criteria established by the laboratory.
• Demonstrates professionalism in providing patient care.
• Adheres to universal precautions. Identified potential problems and initiates appropriate measures. Identifies environmental factors which deter effective patient care, initiates action, and contributes ideas towards resolution.
• Evaluation:
  • Revises plan of care, as necessary based on daily evaluation of patient.
  • Evaluates patient's outcome based on previously defined goals.
  • Evaluates and documents the patient's response to care, teaching, and treatment.
• Planning:
  • Includes the patient and family/significant other in the formulation of the plan of care.
  • Prioritizes patient's needs appropriately. 
  • Plans, conducts, and documents patient care conferences.
  • Maintains a current plan of care for each assigned patient.
  • Utilizes appropriate community agencies and other health care professionals in planning care.
• Utilizes Bed Management System, Alpha, CPOE, and all other computer systems appropriately,
• Engages the medical staff and other professionals in discussion of patient care problems resulting in mutually developed plans of care.
• Serves as a consultant to other members of the health-care team.
• Assessment:
  • Assesses patient and family needs and documents this information appropriately in the computer or on appropriate form.
  • Reassesses patient every eight hours, and, as necessary.
• Implementation:
  • Utilizes nursing care protocols and standards.
  • Carries out and documents procedures according to Hospital Policy.
  • Performs technical skills safely and accurately, and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment.
  • Transcribes and implements physicians' orders appropriately.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the physiological basis for the nursing care delivery.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of medication and IV therapy administration according to policy.
  • Initiates and coordinates health teaching for patients and families/significant other based on individual needs.
• Complies with established occupational exposure policies.