Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: Melnic Consulting Group is in need of Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Progressive Care Unit (PCU) right now, this job will be designated in Pennsylvania. Detailed specification about this job opportunity kindly see the descriptions. We have a new opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to
join the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) team at! this leading academic childrenÂ's
hospital and medical center. The CNS in
the PCU provides clinical care and clinical consultation for medically fragile
children with acute and chronic needs who are transitioning from other units
such as the NICU, PICU or the CICU. The
16 bed critical care unit also cares for patients from other facilities as well
as patients who have gone home, become acutely ill and return to the PCU for
care and treatment.
The children in this Progressive Care Unit are dependent on
respiratory and other technologies. The
CNS and the PCU team educate families to independently care for their child at
home, providing them with the emotional and social support that gives them
confidence in their ability to function well in the community. Should a family be unable to care for their
child at home, the CNS and the PCU team assist the family to transition their
child to a less acute care facility.
The CNS in the PCU is an advanced practitioner, consulta! nt,
leader, educator and researcher as well as a clinical expert who provides an
environment of continuous learning through developing and delivering
educational programs for patients, families and staff.
For more information please contact Melnic
Consulting Group, Jill Gilliland at jill@melnic.com or (800)
886-7906. Thank you.
MSN from an NLNAC and/or CCNE accredited
graduate school of nursing, required; current national certification as a
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, required; experience in PICU, critical
care or experience caring for complex chronic pediatric patients, required;
experience working in a team setting with multiple responsibilities, required;
strong knowledge of and skills in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint
and Outlook), required.
Qualifications:
- .
If you were eligible to this job, please give us your resume, with salary requirements and! a resume to Melnic Consulting Group.
Interested on this job, just click on the Apply button, you will be redirected to the official website
This job will be started on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:53:45 GMT
Apply Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Here