RN E7 PCU/BMT/Oncology (Full Time 36 Hours), West Penn Hospital

This role is full time, 36 hours per week, with a rotational schedule including days, nights, and weekend requirements.

About the Role

E7 PCU/BMT/Surgical Oncology at West Penn Hospital is a 16-bed unit for oncology step-down patients. You will be expected to successfully complete anticancer therapy classes and become competent in the administration of chemotherapy within one year of hire.

About the Organization

West Penn Hospital holds four-time Magnet® recognition and offers private patient rooms, free employee parking, and a generous benefit package for full-time and part-time employees. It is nationally recognized for burn care and is the only pediatric burn center in western Pennsylvania verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons. The hospital is also ranked in the nation's top-50 for OB-GYN care by U.S. News and World Report.

Allegheny Health Network (AHN), part of Highmark Health, is a 9-hospital system transforming healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients, and communities. AHN values inclusivity, fresh perspectives, and offers growth and educational opportunities to employees.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Acts as a team player, mentoring and helping others succeed.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on patient needs and staff skill level, including charge role duties such as assigning lunches.
• Considers safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability in decision-making.
• Provides verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
• Fosters a culture of risk-taking and accountability for mistakes.
• Participates in interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
• Engages in department-specific quality initiatives (e.g., evidence-based practice for population-specific care).
• Ensures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises and evaluates assigned LPNs within their scope of practice.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement patient care plans based on individual needs as prescribed by physicians, nurses, and hospital policy.
• Derives culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes involving patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
• Analyzes health status data to determine patient care needs, comparing findings with norms when possible.
• Assesses and documents changes in patient condition, notifies physicians/supervisors, and intervenes appropriately.
• Accepts assignments in areas outside the primary unit and performs duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous lifelong learning for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research and evidence to maintain and develop clinical skills.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback on practice from patients, peers, and colleagues.
• Identifies areas of strength and opportunities for professional development.
• Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
• Continuously evaluates and assesses patient and family satisfaction.
• Participates in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
• Promotes compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication.
• Assesses and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
• Utilizes effective time management to complete duties within the assigned work shift.

Requirements

• Current State of PA RN licensure or current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Certification in area of specialty preferred.