Professional Staff Nurse, CVOR

Start Strong\: Offering a $15,000 sign-on bonus for eligible hires!

Elevate Your Nursing Career in the Heart of Surgical Excellence

UPMC Presbyterian’s Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) is hiring a full-time Staff Nurse to join our world-class surgical team! If you're looking to expand your clinical expertise with Level I trauma and transplant experience in one of the region’s most advanced operating rooms — this is your next career move.

Schedule Highlights\:

• Primarily daylight hours with one evening shift per week
• High on-call need including weekdays, overnights, weekends, and holidays

Additional Perks\:

• Enjoy a quarterly cardiac incentive — a financial reward recognizing your contribution to this highly specialized team. Your expertise matters, and we show it.
• This role is a key step in our robust nursing career ladder — offering ongoing opportunities for advancement, leadership, and skill development. You’ll work with top surgeons and interdisciplinary teams in high-acuity cardiac, transplant, and trauma cases, making an impact where it truly counts.

What You’ll Do\:

• Apply the nursing process within the Relationship-Based Care model to deliver personalized, holistic care
• Collaborate with the entire care team, using solid communication and critical thinking to support excellent patient outcomes
• Serve as a mentor, educator, and resource to students, new staff, and fellow nurses
• Participate in shared governance, quality improvement projects, and clinical innovation
• Maintain comprehensive documentation that promotes safe, efficient care coordination
• Scrub into cases as part of your role
• Create healing environments by building strong relationships with patients, families, and colleagues
• Demonstrate leadership through flexibility, accountability, and a passion for continuous learning

Final title and salary are based on your experience and education, aligned with UPMC’s nursing career ladder.