**UPMC St. Margaret is looking for a Professional Staff Nurse, OP to join their Pain Management team!** The Professional Staff Nurse, a Registered Nurse, is a key care delivery team member. They set care standards, hold responsibility and accountability for nursing care, and manage patient care activities using independent judgment and collaboration. They maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, healthcare providers, patients, and families to achieve desired outcomes. Additionally, they demonstrate a commitment to the community and the nursing profession. _The Professional Staff Nurse, OP is a valued step in UPMCs OutPatient Nursing Career Ladder. The final candidate will be placed in the appropriate title and pay rate depending on education and experience_ **Responsibilities:** + Professional Development: Continuously improve professional practice and patient care quality. + Team Collaboration: Actively engage in shared governance, goal setting, and support change processes to enhance care quality and the practice environment. + Patient Care: Partner with the care team, assist as needed, and adapt to changes. + Relationship Building: Maintain positive relationships with executives, managers, physicians, staff, and patients/families. + Work Efficiency: Handle multiple priorities and specialized equipment effectively in a complex environment. + Clinical Judgment: Utilize critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills in patient care. + Teaching: Apply adult learning principles in educating patients, families, students, and new staff. Provide detailed guidance throughout the care episode. + Mentorship: Support the development of students, new staff, and colleagues. Foster an environment of open dialogue and continuous improvement. + Cultural Competence: Understand cultural differences and promote healthy relationships. Balance work and personal life, model safe work hours, and manage time effectively. + Patient Care Planning: Formulate patient care goals and plans, considering individual needs holistically. Assist physicians with patient care, including assessment, evaluation, and education. + Communication: Practice solid communication skills, document patient care comprehensively, and promote caregiver communication. + Quality Improvement: Participate in quality improvement efforts, identify opportunities for improvement, and take responsibility for enhancing patient satisfaction. + Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Utilize research to support clinical care improvements and identify relevant research issues. + 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) + Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP) + Act 34 *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**