Professional Staff Nurse, OP New

The Professional Staff Nurse is a registered nurse who will provide nursing coverage for the Services for Teens at Risk (STAR Clinic). The STAR Clinic is a world-renowned clinic, specializing in evidence-based assessment and treatment for depressed, anxious, suicidal teens and undergraduate college students. We have outpatient and IOP levels of care and work within a multidisciplinary treatment team approach. Location: Bellefield Towers in Oakland.

We are looking for a full-time nurse to join our team to work as a part of the multidisciplinary treatment team to provide ongoing evaluation and medication management. We will provide additional specialized training and provide supervision. This position works Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM with an expectation to work one evening per week.

Responsibilities:

• Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice: Actively engages in department-specific quality initiatives, identifies improvement opportunities, and uses research to enhance clinical care.
• Professional Relationships & Collaboration: Builds positive, caring relationships with all stakeholders, works effectively in complex environments, and demonstrates flexibility during change processes.
• Clinical Competence & Critical Thinking: Exhibits strong clinical judgment, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills in patient care, including triage and coordination with physicians.
• Patient Education & Support: Applies adult learning principles to educate patients, families, and staff; fosters open dialogue and continuous development.
• Holistic Care Planning: Develops individualized care plans, addresses clinical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs, and ensures comprehensive documentation for communication.
• Communication & Advocacy: Practices solid communication skills, articulates patient conditions clearly, and advocates for improvements in care and office practices.
• Professional Development & Governance: Demonstrates accountability for ongoing learning, participates in shared governance, and supports transitions to improve care quality.
• Workplace Culture & Well-being: Maintains healthy relationships, respects cultural differences, balances work-life, models safe work practices, and reports safety hazards.
• RN required, BSN preferred
• Minimum six months experience preferred.
• 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.
  
  

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 is 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)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• *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