Graduate Nurse

About the Role

UPMC McKeesport is hiring full-time Professional Staff Nurses for Graduate Nurses graduating in or before Spring 2027. This role allows you to secure a position up to a year prior to graduation.

What to Expect as a Professional Staff Nurse

• Provides highly competent patient care and treatment with empathy and a passion for learning.
• Requires independent judgment, fluent communication, and candid partnership.
• Establishes relationships with physicians, other care providers, patients, and patients’ families to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
• Sets the standards for the level and quality of nursing care, possessing authority and accountability for its provision.
• Exemplifies a commitment to the community and the nursing profession.
• Works a rotating schedule to ensure 24/7 coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide care and interact with all ages of patients.
• Understand the principles of growth and development over the lifespan.
• Assess data on patients’ statuses to identify each patient’s specific care needs.
• Establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with patients and their families, executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, and other departments.
• Work productively and effectively in an environment with changing priorities that require specialized skills.
• Think critically to analyze and problem-solve to deliver the best patient care.
• Use sound clinical judgment, think critically, and problem-solve to deliver quality patient care when it matters most.
• Understand, apply, and champion nursing best practices.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse required prior to program start date OR must have a Temporary Practice Permit and commit to taking the NCLEX examination within four months of hire.
• CPR required based on AHA standards (didactic and skills demonstration) within 30 days of hire.
• Act 34, 33, and 73 Clearances.
• Basic Life Support.
• Must be eligible for State Board Licensure and successfully pass the examination before beginning this role OR have the ability to start with TPP and obtain a license within 6 months of beginning the position.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate nursing degree in or before Spring 2027.
• Diploma, associate, bachelor’s, and direct-entry master’s degree levels are welcome.