Unit Director, Perianesthesia/Endoscopy, UPMC West Shore

About the role

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.

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.

Responsibilities

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.

• 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

Requirements

A minimum of 4 years of progressive leadership experience is required with relevant clinical experience preferred. A BS/BSN is required at time of hire and a master's degree/MSN is required. If the BS degree is not in nursing, a Master's or higher degree in Nursing is required. If the Master's degree is not in nursing, a BSN is required. If the Master's degree/MSN is not present at time of hire, must be enrolled in a Master's or MSN program within one year of hire/transfer date and completed within three years of enrollment.

PACU Experience is required. 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.

Skills

Analytical ability necessary to evaluate staff, address and improve clinical issues and devise solutions to complex problems. Leadership ability to develop staff, establish and maintain standards of performance within a national context for professional nursing practice and comply with administrative requirements. Superior interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to effectively create relationships to support a healing environment with patients, families, staff, physicians and hospital personnel including senior management in both written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in practicing state. 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.

• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

Benefits

• Generous Sign-On Bonus of up to $15,000
• 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
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000 per academic year at any accredited institution

Schedule

Varied shifts, no weekends and no holidays