Description:
Seeking Med/Surg CNS
The Organization
Rooted in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Park Nicollet Health Services (PNHS) is an integrated
health care delivery organization. The two largest
entities that comprise PNHS are Park Nicollet
Methodist Hospital, a 426-bed community hospital
located in St. Louis Park, and Park Nicollet
Clinic, a 500-plus, physician multi-specialty
group with 25 offices in Minneapolis and its
southern, western, and northern suburbs. PNHS
truly is an integrated system, as processes of
care are designed and managed across these entities
to optimize the delivery of care for the patients
and communities served.
Park Nicollet Mission, Vision and Values
Mission:
Our mission
is to care for and support the health,
healing and learning of those we serve.
Vision:
Everyone
caring, every day, creating with
the individuals we serve, optimal
health and greater value.
Values:
Excellence
is the standard we apply
to our work, achieving best
possible outcomes and upholding
the highest professional
standards.
Caring
is our heartfelt motivation
to serve our patients
and create the best possible
experience.
Stewardship
is our commitment
to create ever greater
value with the resources
entrusted to us.
Joy
is what we experience
when serving
our patients
and each other
through a job
well done.
Learning
is the way
we continually
improve and
create knowledge
and value
that can
be shared.
What
makes us
unique?
Park
Nicollet
Health
Services
is a
strong,
stable
and organically
grown
multi-specialty
group
practice
within
the affluent
and highly
educated
western
Twin
City
metropolitan
area.
PNHS
has a
long-standing
commitment
to quality,
proficiency
and stewardship,
and has
embarked
on a
pioneering
effort
to study,
adopt
and integrate
the Toyota
Production
System's
Lean
Methodology
(Kaizen),
enhancing
previous
gains
realized
from
its Six
Sigma
efforts.
Although
PNHS
has developed
and engaged
in strong
business
partnerships
with
local
competitors,
having
a single
hospital
focus
adds
to its
list
of strengths
and advantages.
PNHS
was one
of the
first
integrated
healthcare
systems
in the
nation
to adopt
a unit
medical
record
that
is now
electronic
and ubiquitous.
To
learn
more
about
our organization,
including
our award
winning
care,
please
visit
our website
at www.parknicollet.com.
The
Clinical
Nurse
Specialist,
CNS,
serves
in an
advanced
nursing
practice
role
in this
integrated
health
system,
attending
to the
needs
of patients
in a
particular
population
wherever
they
may present
along
the continuum
of care.
The CNS
coordinates
complex
patient
care,
evaluates
patient
care
outcomes,
utilizes
and conducts
clinical
research,
designs
specialized
clinical
education
curricula,
provides
professional
consultation
and promotes
interdisciplinary
collaboration.
The CNS
also
develops
tools
(e.g.
critical
pathways,
guidelines,
protocols)
which
facilitate
care
rendered
by others
in basic
practice.
Education/Experience:
-Academic
preparation
includes
a Masters
in Nursing
with
a focus
in clinical
specialization.
-Experience
in basic
nursing
practice
required.
Experience
in advanced
nursing
practice
preferred.
-Minimum
of 3
years
experience
in area
of specialty
required
(basic
or advanced).
-Experience
in leadership
roles,
research
and research
utilization,
staff
development
and interdisciplinary
collaboration
(preferred).
-Experience
in teaching
desired.
Special
Knowledge,Skills,Certifications,
and Licenses:
-Advanced
certification
in CNS
specialty
or waiver
from
Minnesota
Board
of Nursing
required.
-Evidence
of skills
in written/verbal
communications,
conflict
resolution
and interpersonal
relationships.
-Valid
Minnesota
Nursing
License.
-Valid
Minnesota
Drivers
License
or photo
identification.
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