Unit Director, Perianesthesia/Endoscopy, UPMC West Shore

UPMC; Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $15,000

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Career ladders

Job summary

UPMC is seeking a Unit Director to lead an assigned area, ensuring outstanding patient care and a healthy, productive work environment. You will collaborate with medical staff to monitor outcomes, influence quality priorities, and guide professional practice development.

The role includes overseeing staff selection, onboarding, performance management, and budgeting while fostering continuous improvement and staff engagement.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating staff in preop/PACU.
• Maintaining staffing and equipment needs for endoscopy schedule.
• Staff morale building and establishing expectations.
• Maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Payroll/scheduling.
• Patient experience and safety.

Skills

Staff management

Clinical leadership

Regulatory compliance

Budget management

Education

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

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!

The Unit Director maintains 24-hour accountability for leading and managing their assigned area in order to ensure an outstanding experience for patients and employees by continuously improving the quality of patient care, creating a healthy workplace for staff, and overseeing clinical, and administrative/business functions. The Unit Director is responsible for collaborating with medical staff to monitor patient outcomes and setting clinical quality priorities, supporting shared governance through a unit-based professional practice council and using staff feedback to implement professional and patient safety improvements, and developing a best practice climate for the growth and development of students as well as all unit employees. The Unit Director has responsibility for the oversight of selection and hiring of staff, department orientation, and fostering a culture of continuous performance management. This includes completing and delivering employee evaluations, managing daily unit and employee performance, as well as the department budget.
Responsibilities:

• Facilitating staff in preop/PACU.
• Maintaining staffing and equipment needs for endoscopy schedule.
• Staff morale building and establishing expectations.
• Maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Payroll/scheduling.
• Patient experience and safety.

Work schedule: Varied shifts, no weekends and no holidays