Does UPMC have remote jobs available currently? Are they hard to find? I’m having trouble. I’ve heard there are jobs remote for people who just need to know if insurance covers a patient or a scheduler etc. hoping to get some insight on remote work for them. I’m just a sahm looking to get a remote job. Thank you!
Hey everyone, recently got hired and did my pre employment health assessment. How long until I hear whether I’m all cleared? Do they give you the results of your bloodwork and drug screen?
Does anyone know how robust the intake/screening is for an elderly person being evaluated for a TAVR procedure?
Specifically, are they adept at seeing masking in dementia patients, and requiring enough interactions to accurately identify the level of frailty, as well as cognition?
I have an elderly relative who thinks she’s going in to that 1st appointment and will get a “scan” that fixes her aortic valve, no anesthesia required, and that she’ll be back home that afternoon. In legal parlance, this strongly suggests she is incapable of being able to consent to the procedure, but I’m worried that she’s crafty enough to smile and nod and people please her way through and get a sign off.
When anyone tries to correct her - including the family member that was in the office with her when the referring cardiologist was explaining the next steps - she accuses them of being mentally ill and not knowing anything.
ALSO - I’m concerned about possible delirium post-procedure and a likely presence of alpha synuclein bodies in her brain due to Lewy Body dementia (which remains undiagnosed due to the same insane behaviors) which require a different delirium protocol for safety.
We haven’t had a lot of luck getting UPMC offices to accept information from concerned family due to a) abject misunderstanding of HIPAA, or b) extremely aggressive in-house legal counsel that assumes a total lockdown is safer than actually teaching people what HIPAA allows vs. what it prohibits.
Thanks in advance for any insight or guidance.
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hi all! this is definitely a long shot, but i was wondering if anyone knew of a provider who specializes in tempomandibular joint dysfunction physical therapy in the pittsburgh area? has to be with UPMC since that is my medical insurance. please help a girl out 🙏
Hi friends. I recently got a job at children’s as a PCT and start in September. I got a job on one unit, but my end goal is to end up in the NICU as I’m a NCS and postpartum doula, meaning my specialty is newborns.
I’m obviously not going to transfer immediately, but I was wondering if anyone knows how long until you can apply for transfer, or if that’s even a thing. I’m worried that starting in the unit I’m starting in seals my fate at the hospital. So I want to know if unit transfers are even a thing.
I know UPMC employees have their own portal for applying for jobs, so would I apply for the position as normal and then the hospital will do the transfer?
I’m sorry if this is a lot I’m just trying to figure out how I can reach my end goal.
Even if I don’t stay at children’s, I would be interested in mother-baby floors as well. So also curious how transfers work when it’s a different building. Will transferring get me a bad rep???
Thank you in advance.
So I got terminated at a upmc hospital a couple months ago. I honestly think it was for the best however, I feel so embarrassed and upset about it because personally I’ve never been fired. Mainly for targeting reasons for sure. I haven’t tried calling the hr to ask if I could still apply to another hospital or what my status is. I have a new job not within upmc that I am very happy with now! Basically I want to ask is it true if you get fired from one upmc hospital you can’t work at any of the others? How long is it for? Thanks in advance!
Recently went to the ER for liver enzymes and extreme abdominal and shoulder pain. During my time at the ER with labs that showed really high liver enzymes and other abnormal bloodwork, I was literally treated like a drug-seeker. Funny thing is I’m also an employee at this hospital and I was just basically kicked out, was not given discharge instructions or any next steps. I was still in pain and did not understand why I was being discharged with no answers.
Told nurse the discharge pain meds the doc ordered did not work for me (recently had surgery and was given the same meds) and in a very snarky tone all she said was “ok then don’t pick them up”. Asked if I could speak to hepatology and I was told no. I’m not sure where these people get off treating patients this way, maybe it’s because I’m young, no idea.
As a patient extremely frustrating and as an employee super disappointing. Sucks I had to pay a 350 copay just to be treated like that. Anyone else have a similar experience?
Hi all!
I currently work full time but am looking to pivot my career into medicine. I know that I need to get clinical hours so I was looking at part time/casual MA/PCT opportunities.
Do you think these roles would align with my schedule? I'm willing to work overnight shits/weekends. But I heard that they have some required training thats only offered during the work week? Is that true??
Also any general advice on how to get clinical experience/hours for med school while working full time would be great! I'm currently in Pittsburgh
I was wondering if when you submit applications (as a current employee) to other units/ departments if your current clinician/manager/supervisor can see them and do anything with them?
Asking since there’s some things that are not adding up
- applied to 4 other units within my hospital and for the same position I am currently in so I am already qualified for it
- for several days my status was as “in consideration” and promptly after applying too
- none of these are “sister” units so there isn’t a chance they have the same UD/clinicians overseeing all the applications at once
Then yesterday I received what seemed like automatic rejection emails for all those applications within the same second, like someone just nuked all my applications at once
Then I checked the Job portal, and all those positions are applied for are still listed as *active* (accepting submissions)
So it’s not like they magically filled all the positions and sent that to any remanding applications out there
Then I get an email from shift select (due to my clinician inputting shifts on my account) which means they are active on my account, and I got a phone call verifying payroll for Kronos. All this activity aligning (shift select, HR direct, Kronos) all within the same 20 minute window makes me suspicious. An hour later they stop by our area and give me two very out of character compliments when they are usually dry and not talkative walking by us. It’s all very bizarre but I don’t know if this overreach onto applications is possible but I was wondering if technically it is or they are aware and can interfere like that. I am in policy to transfer, been there 2 yrs now
My supervisor was asking us, during a phase of short staffing, why we were punching out no to the uninterrupted 30 min break on Kronos when we left. She said that we need to be finding a way to hand off our phones and take the 20 minutes (which is confusing me because we are working 12 hour shifts and apparently 20 mins is the new 30?? Are you freaking kidding me?”
AND THEN said even if we take 10 minutes to eat a snack or another 10 minutes for lunch we need to punching out yes to a break because that adds up to 20 mins
I am beyond confused how this is okay…?
Anyone else not able to use the bathroom during the day unless on break or lunch
Hi!
Was wondering if anyone has been to this particular location and finished the program? I’m just looking for information about the 16 months and how the course looks. What’s your opinion on the instructors and course material etc.
Thanks.
Hi everyone,
Just wondering how hard it is to get into UPMC SON? I just applied for January admission for Jameson campus. I wanted to also apply to Shadyside and Washington, but was just told by admissions I can only apply to 1 campus. I have a BS in biology already, not strongest Gpa but completed a hard degree. With a BS I’m exempt from TEAS exam. I meet all high school requirements with classes also. Thank you!!
Hi! I just recently applied to UPMC Jameson New Castle campus for January 2027. I am waiting to hear back after submitting my hs and college transcripts, I’m exempt from TEAS exam. I have heard a mix of good and bad from different people regarding Jameson, so I feel super torn and confused.
To help myself a lot during the program I want to take A&P, micro, etc prior to going so I can focus solely on nursing classes and clinicals, minimizing my overall workload will help for sure.
I’d love to hear personal stories on Jameson vs Washington for the 16 month RN diploma. Thanks!
My boss approved this for me as sometimes I do events. I have no idea how or what app to use and my boss didn’t know either. I have sent several tickets but haven’t had any luck. I did get a confirmation email that it was approved. Anyone know how to do this?
*adding that I have a upmc issued phone.
How are you guys ordering online scrubs and getting the upmc embroidery? Is there a pdf or something with the image we need to have?
Has anyone done the public service loan forgiveness thing? It says to get someone from your job to fill out paperwork but ive asked my supervisor and no one knows who to get it to.
Hello,
So i originally took the sign on bonus right after getting out of school and to put a long story short, for multiple reasons I can not stay in the position i signed for.
For anyone who has had to pay it back, were you able to do a payment plan?
I'm currently applying and being considered for an Exec Assistant role and hoping to get an accurate idea of what kind of hours *really* get put in, how frequent/likely are you asked to or called in to do something post-COB, evenings or weekends.
Recruiters and primary interviewers tend to like to say things like "fire-drills are really rare" but in my experience those vague "occasional" evenings/weekends really translates to about 3-4 times a month and a lot of having to tell people I have prior commitments with to not plan around me because I might have to beg off last minute.
Anyone who has been in that role, can you give an idea of whether personal time is *actually* respected (with the understanding that there's probably a huge variation between departments, etc).
Thanks in advance.