Clinical Nurse Specialist--Cardiac and Critical Care
Job Category:
Nursing Leadership
Hours per Shift:
Varies
Shift Start Time:
8:00 am typically
Shift End Time:
5:00 pm typically
FTE:
1.0
Shift:
1st
Company:
Covenant Medical Center-Iowa
Department:
Patient Care Administration
State:
Iowa
City:
Waterloo
Location:
Iowa- Covenant Medical Center- 3421 West 9th St
Requirements:
MSN or must be actively pursuing an MSN.
Three to five years of clinical experience in critical care.
High level of cognitive skills for language, math and reasoning ability.
Licensure as RN in Iowa. Certifications as deemed necessary by specialty. Mandatory Reporter. BLS.
Description:
The Clinical Nurse Specialist acts as a clinician, educator, consultant and researcher in the development and maintenance of quality patient care and professional practice standards. Adheres to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's performance expectations and performs all defined services and other related duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (WFH) is a faith-based 511-bed; not-for-profit, comprehensive medical/surgical health care provider offering acute levels of medical care at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo; Sartori Memorial Hospital, Cedar Falls and Mercy Hospital, Oelwein. In addition, WFH includes Covenant Clinic featuring 138 primary and sub specialty physicians).
Covenant Cardiology offers interventional cardiac catheterization 24/7/365, diagnostic cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, electrophysiology (ablations, pacemakers and defibrillators) in a new, state-of-the-art EP lab, diagnostic testing - including the new Cardiac CT Scanner, and more.
Covenant's Intensive Care Unit is a 12 bed multi-disciplinary unit which specializes in cardiac care, ortho-neuro services and supports our Level 2 trauma center. Our team of physicians and ancillary personnel compliment the excellent care given by our nursing staff.
The Wheaton Franciscan System is committed to protecting the privacy and
confidentiality of patients’ protected health information and has
had practices in place for many years to respect patients’ right
to privacy. In response to the Health Insurance Portability and AccountabilityAct
of 1996 (HIPAA), we are pleased to provide our patients with a Notice
of Privacy Practices as they enter our facilities for health care services.
