Licensed Practical Nurse - Internal Medicine/Teaching (3 Pavilion)

Join UPMC Shadyside Medicine Team on 3 Pavilion!

• Sign-on Bonus: $10,000 for new graduate nurses with less than one year of experience  or $12,500 for LPNs with 1 year or more of LPN experience
• Experienced & New Grad LPNs: Full-time positions available
• About UPMC Shadyside: A 3x Magnet-designated teaching hospital and center of ongoing, cutting-edge research and education

About Shadyside 3 Pavilion:

3 Pavilion at UPMC Shadyside is a medicine teaching unit and is following a new model of care. This is a highly trained, team-oriented unit primarily caring for medical, cardiac monitored patients, and stroke patients. This is a teaching unit with a dynamic learning environment, where you will gain experience with chest tubes, feeding tubes, trachs, and monitors. 3 Pavilion has a fast pace of work and a diverse patient population. 

Act as a member of the healthcare team by exercising sound nursing judgment based on preparation, knowledge, experience in nursing, and competency and able to provide care following UPMC LPN Practice Guidelines and policies, and the State Board Regulations. The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) participates in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care using focused assessment in settings where nursing takes place under the direction of a Registered Nurse or other licensed UPMC provider.

Why Work at UPMC?

Our goal at UPMC is to help you build your career, your way.  A nursing career at UPMC Shadyside maximizes your potential and advances you to go wherever you’d like to go.  As you move through the LPN Career Ladder, combine robust growth opportunities to support and celebrate staff members' professional contributions and experience — from day one, throughout their careers.

Responsibilities:

• LPNs utilize nursing judgment, knowledge, and experience to participate in patient care planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• They communicate with RNs and healthcare teams when patient needs exceed their scope, skills, or when conditions change significantly.
  • An LPN shall communicate with a licensed professional nurse and the patient's health care team members to seek guidance when:
    • The patient's care needs exceed the licensed practical nursing scope of practice. 
    • The patient's care needs surpass the LPN's knowledge, skill, or ability.
    • The patient's condition deteriorates or there is a significant change in condition, the patient is not responding to therapy, the patient becomes unstable or the patient needs immediate assistance.
• LPNs seek supervision for unfamiliar practices, adhere to established policies, and follow UPMC LPN Practice Guidelines and the State Practice Act.
• They set holistic care goals with patient involvement and ensure comprehensive documentation to enhance communication among caregivers.
• LPNs focus on patient safety, quality, and satisfaction, fostering compassionate relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• They provide effective education to patients and families, seek feedback for continuous improvement, and identify opportunities for clinical and workplace enhancement.
• LPNs build productive relationships, demonstrate accountability, respect cultural differences, and promote a healthy work-life balance while addressing safety concerns in the workplace.