Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job Description

Cottage Health is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team. This position will practice in the Pediatric and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) at our Children’s Medical Center, a pediatric regional referral center for the care of infants, toddlers, and children. You will also collaborate with Clinical Nurse Specialists throughout Cottage Health (NICU, Adult Critical Care, and Emergency).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing
• California RN license
• Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) license by the California Board of Registered Nursing
• BLS and PALS from the American Heart Association (AHA)
• CCNS-P, CCRN Pediatric, CPN, or PED-BC
• Three (3) years of full-time clinical nursing experience in Pediatrics and/or PICU.
• Preferred: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and 2 years of experience in leadership or practicing as an APP.
  
  

Cottage Children’s Medical Center comprises an 18-bed Pediatric Unit, 8-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 22-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Grotenhuis Pediatric Clinics, and an active Pediatric Surgery Division.

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.

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