Professional Staff Nurse, BSN, CVOR, UPMC Harrisburg

UPMC; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $15,000

PTO + 7 holidays per year

Career ladders

Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000/yr

Job summary

UPMC Harrisburg is seeking a Senior Professional Staff Nurse OR to provide expert perioperative care in a premier cardiovascular program. You will lead, mentor, and advocate for patients and families while collaborating with surgeons, anesthesia teams, and nurses in a fast-paced CVOR setting.

You will require strong clinical judgment, scrub/circulate skills, and the ability to work across a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Current RN license in the appropriate state; CPR required.
• BSN preferred and ability to obtain or maintain appropriate certifications.
• Experience in perioperative nursing and CVOR environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert perioperative care and act as clinical leader.
• Circulate and scrub in surgeries; maintain sterile environment.
• Demonstrate independent clinical judgment and teamwork.
• Document care provided and manage patient records.
• Engage with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Adhere to unit policies, competencies, and patient age-specific needs.

Skills

Patient advocacy

Circulate & scrub

Sterile technique

Documentation

Surgical equipment knowledge

Critical thinking

Education

BSN preferred

Job description

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:

• Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $15,000 (Amount and eligibility based on type of nursing role and candidate experience)
• Up to five and a half weeks of Paid Time Off annually, plus seven paid holidays each year
• Dedicated career ladders, including a brand-new nursing career ladder added just this year, allowing you to achieve your highest potential while rewarding you for your experience and advanced education.
• Tuition reimbursement of 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!)

Join UPMC Harrisburg’s premier CVOR team and advance your career in one of the region’s leading cardiovascular surgery programs. The Senior Professional Staff Nurse OR is a highly skilled Registered Nurse who delivers expert perioperative care while serving as a clinical leader, mentor, and advocate for patients and families. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with renowned surgeons, anesthesia providers, nursing colleagues, and multidisciplinary team members in a collaborative environment where teamwork, communication, and shared expertise are essential to delivering exceptional patient care. You will exercise independent clinical judgment, contribute to a strong culture of support and collaboration among the team, and make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes in a fast-paced, highly specialized setting. UPMC Harrisburg is the only facility in the region consistently recognized with a 3-Star rating for CABG and Mitral Valve Replacement procedures and performs more than 900 cardiovascular cases annually, providing exceptional exposure to complex cardiac surgeries and professional growth opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Patient advocate.
• Ability to circulate and scrub surgeries.
• Maintain sterile environment.
• Acquire knowledge of surgical equipment and instrumentation.
• Documentation of care provided to patient.
• Performs scrub role (requirement for RNs hired on or after July 1, 2023).
• *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.*Performs other duties as assigned.
• 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.
• CVOR experience. BSN preferred.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment. Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity. Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.

***UPMC offers a variety of flexible options in addition to traditional rotating/flexible shifts, special programs exist to work primarily night shifts or weekend shifts with a premium pay differential. Employees hired as or who choose to transition into one of these programs at a later time must have at least 6 months of nursing experience to qualify and may be required to complete any necessary orientation during regular business hours. If you are interested in these programs, please alert your recruiter when you are contacted for an interview.***

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