Lead Registered Nurse — Care, Teaching & Collaboration

UPMC; Carlisle (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 68,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Professional Staff Nurse is a registered nurse responsible for setting standards for care and leading patient care delivery within the care team.

This role emphasizes teaching patients and families, applying evidence-based practice, and collaborating with physicians and the care team to achieve desired outcomes across the continuum of care.

The position focuses on ongoing professional development, quality improvement, and healthy, safe patient-centered care in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to teach patients, families, students and new staff.
• Ability to apply adult learning principles in clinical teaching.
• Commitment to professional development and quality improvement.
• Strong collaboration with physicians and health care team members.
• Ability to adapt to change and support governance and practice improvement.
• Ability to maintain safe, compassionate patient-focused care.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles and teaches patients, families, students and new staff.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional development and participates in unit governance and quality improvement.
• Develops productive working relationships and communicates safety hazards identified in the workplace.
• Applies the nursing process within Relationship Based Care to plan and deliver patient care.
• Documents patient care comprehensively to promote communication among caregivers.
• Participates in quality improvement efforts and supports changes to improve patient care and satisfaction.

Job description

UPMC Professional Staff Nurse is a registered nurse responsible for setting standards for care and leading patient care delivery within the care team.

This role emphasizes teaching patients and families, applying evidence-based practice, and collaborating with physicians and the care team to achieve desired outcomes across the continuum of care.

The position focuses on ongoing professional development, quality improvement, and healthy, safe patient-centered care in a dynamic hospital setting.