Description:
Rated as one of Child Magazine's top Children's
Hospitals, we are dedicated to nurturing, advancing
and protecting the health and well-being of all children.
Children's
Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is a 232-bed state-of-the
art Magnet designated children's hospital located in
the city of Orange and has earned a strong reputation
for leadership in pediatric health care across the
Southern California region.
CHOC is the dominant
pediatric provider in this robust and growing region.
We are ranked as the 15th busiest and the 11th largest
children's hospitals in the U.S. Located on the 6th
floor, the unit houses 30 private rooms - 12 in CVICU
and 18 in PICU. The unit was created with the family
foremost, and encourages interaction between parents
and caregivers in a peaceful, healing environment.
Innovative in its design, the unit features private
patient rooms with sofa/sleep beds and separation curtains
for parents, satellite nursing stations throughout
the unit with bedside charting, and advanced equipment
that gives caregivers 360 degree access to patients.
The unit also features a satellite pharmacy
so medications can be more quickly dispensed, and an
onsite blood-gas lab for respiratory therapy. Rooms
for on-call physicians are also located on the unit.
The
Cardiovascular Nurse Manager will manage a 12-bed CVICU,
with accountability for the delivery of quality care,
patient safety and satisfaction, and staff performance
and education, while maintaining an orientation to
fiscal management and sound business decisions. This
manager will have a dedicated pediatric cardiovascular
intensive care unit (CVICU) staffed by pediatric cardiologists,
cardiac surgeons, pediatric intensivists, cardiac clinical
nurse practitioners, pediatric ICU nurses, respiratory
therapists, dieticians and case managers all with specialized
cardiac training and experience to ensure optimal outcomes
for each patient. Through the CHOC Heart Institute,
more than 250 cardiac procedures are performed annually
and CHOC is the only facility in Orange County to perform
pediatric open-heart surgery and therapeutic catheterization
procedures.
Ideal candidate will have Bachelors
Degree, CA License, Minimum 3 years supervisory or
management experience and Minimum 3-5 years CVICU or
PICU experience in a Pediatric Acute care setting.
For
further details contact Rossedy Anderson, Employment
Manager
roanderson@choc.org
