Professional Staff Nurse, Perianesthesia, UPMC West Shore
Description
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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
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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!)
Perianesthesia (Pre‑Op, Phase I, Phase II/Discharge)
The Perianesthesia Nurse provides comprehensive care to patients throughout all phases of the surgical experience, including Pre‑Op, Phase I PACU, and Phase II discharge. Responsibilities include admitting and preparing patients for surgical procedures, ensuring thorough assessments, patient education, and safe readiness for anesthesia. In Phase I, the nurse closely monitors patients emerging from anesthesia, managing airway, hemodynamics, pain, and potential post‑operative complications. In Phase II, the nurse delivers focused recovery care, reinforces discharge teaching, and ensures patients and their support persons understand post‑operative instructions and follow‑up requirements.
This role also supports extended‑stay patients awaiting inpatient placement, providing ongoing assessments, comfort measures, and safe continuity of care. The nurse collaborates with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and the interdisciplinary team to maintain regulatory standards, optimize patient outcomes, and uphold a safe, efficient perianesthesia environment.
Work Schedule\: Monday through Friday, on-call varied weeknights, weekends and holidays
Responsibilities\:
- Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, and 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.
- Applies the nursing process withing the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment. Formulates daily goals and a plan of care for patients that involves the patient as partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner. Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care with an episode of care. Practices solid communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction. Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
- Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
- Performs other duties as assigned.