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About Children’s Minnesota
Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Position Summary
The Critical Care Clinical Practice Specialist (CPS) is a clinical expert in practice within a specialty who utilizes nursing arts and sciences, child development, education, psychosocial and cultural theories to facilitate the delivery of comprehensive nursing care to patients and families. The CPS designs, implements and evaluates cost-effective, population based programs of care to enhance patient and family outcomes. Serves as a leader, consultant, mentor, and change agent in advancing the practice of nursing. She/he leads multi-disciplinary groups in designing and implementing innovative alternative solutions that address system solutions and patient/family care issues. The scope of responsibility includes leadership, clinical practice, consultation, education, research and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Required:
Minimum of 5 years clinical and pediatric experience. Completion of Master of Science in Nursing, ND, DNP, PhD or current enrollment in a Master of Science in Nursing, ND, DNP, PhD with a focus in clinical specialization. Strong computer skills. Excellent customer service and communication skills with hospital/clinic staff, providers, children, parents and visitors.
Preferred:
Experience in leadership, consultation, education, research and interdisciplinary collaboration preferred. Knowledge of quality tools, process improvement, and patient safety/error prevention highly preferred. Multilingual.
Required License/Certification:
Current Minnesota RN license.
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All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Children’s Minnesota requires proof of COVID-19 vaccine, and as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), immunity to vaccine preventable infectious diseases, prior to employment.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
