Sr. Professional Staff Nurse, BSN - NICU (Lititz)

Full-Time Professional Staff Nurse – NICU (Night Shift)

UPMC Lititz is hiring a full-time nurse for our main Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, working nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. If you have nursing experience and a passion for caring for newborns, join our compassionate team dedicated to making a difference every night. We offer a supportive night program designed to help you succeed and grow in your role.

At UPMC, we’re committed to investing in nurses like you—financially, personally, and professionally—from day one. Whether you’re managing student loans or looking to advance your career, we’re here to help you succeed and grow.

• Receive a generous sign-on bonus up to $15,000* based on role and experience.
• Enjoy up to five and a half weeks of paid time off annually, plus seven paid holidays.
• Advance your career with dedicated nursing ladders, including a new ladder added this year to reward your experience and education.
• Take advantage of tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 per year for you and your dependents, plus exclusive discounts and no-cost RN-BSN/MSN programs for UPMC employees.
• Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary from the nursing career ladder, based on their individual experience and education.

Join UPMC and let us support you every step of the way.

Responsibilities:

• Passionately mentors and precepts students, graduate nurses, and new hires, fostering professional growth.
• Identifies learning opportunities from clinical situations to improve patient care and seeks ongoing feedback for continuous improvement.
• Encourages unit-wide learning by sharing research, leading presentations, and supporting journal clubs.
• Uses the nursing process and Relationship-Based Care to create individualized, healing care plans that engage patients as partners.
• Communicates clearly and effectively with patients, families, and care teams to ensure coordinated, compassionate care.
• Demonstrates critical thinking to address clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual patient needs.
• Leads by example as a clinical expert, educator, and resource, actively participating in peer review and shared governance.
• Promotes positive change, quality improvement, and patient safety through teamwork and leadership.
• Cultivates a healthy work environment by fostering respectful relationships, cultural awareness, and work-life balance.
• Drives clinical and workplace innovation by applying evidence-based practices and leading improvement initiatives.

• Minimum 3 years experience.
• BSN preferred.
• Completion of annual contribution as set forth through UPMCs My Nursing Career Ladder. UPMC approved nursing certification required within 1 year of hire/promotion and must be maintained.
• Certification not required if Master's in nursing or DNP is held.
• If a BSN is held, a Master's degree in a related field may be substituted in lieu of Certification.
• 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.
• Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Professional Staff Nurse Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level.
• Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, 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.
• Exemplary 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.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
  
  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
  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. Completion of annual contribution as set forth through UPMC's My Nursing Career Ladder. UPMC approved nursing certification required within 1 year of hire/promotion and must be maintained. Certification not required if master's in nursing or DNP is held. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
  
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• 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.