UPMC St. Margaret
UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15215
Licensed beds: 250
Description
UPMC St. Margaret is a Magnet™ designated hospital. Granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Magnet status is considered to be the ultimate measure of quality care for hospital patients and the highest recognition of nursing excellence.
UPMC St. Margaret is an acute care, community and teaching hospital serving residents from Pittsburgh's northern and eastern suburbs, and Alle-Kiski Valley. This facility continues to build on its strengths: training family medicine physicians and providing specialized care in arthritis, orthopaedics, bariatrics, and geriatrics. Opportunities also are available in rehabilitation, critical care, emergency medicine, telemetry, medical-surgical, and surgical services. UPMC St. Margaret became the first community hospital in the region to use advanced electronic health record technology to deliver patient care.
Also located on the hospital campus near Aspinwall, are two medical office buildings with capacity for more than 100 physicians, as well as housing cardiac rehabilitation and a state-of-the-art sports medicine center. Other facilities include three neighborhood family health centers, a medical center offering primary care, diagnostic imaging, and rehabilitation services, and Harmar Outpatient Surgery Center, along with the UPMC St. Margaret RN and LPN schools of nursing.
Nursing highlights
The nurses at UPMC St. Margaret work in a culture that fosters autonomy, respect, and teamwork. We are guided by the values of compassion, academics, respect, empathy, and safety. We offer exciting opportunities for both the experienced and graduate nurse. Our nurses have the opportunity to participate in the decisions that impact patient care through our professional practice councils.
We fully support the development of your professional growth and provide you with the resources to assist in reaching your goals. We have many opportunities for career advancement along with on-site BSN and MSN programs.
Flexible hours and work schedules are available for our staff which includes full-time, part-time, and casual hours. Programs are available to help you balance your personal and professional life, including a weekend program, family shift program, and our Resource Unit.
We are proud to offer clinical research opportunities through our Research Internship program, providing staff with support to conduct research at the bedside, improving patient care.
We are continually improving all levels of nursing and patient care through our commitment to patient-centered care.