At Kindred Healthcare, our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion. At March 31, 2008, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 646 locations in 40 states. Kindred’s 52,900 employees are committed to providing high quality patient care and outstanding customer service to become the most trusted and respected provider of healthcare services in every community we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug Free Workplace. Fortune named Kindred Healthcare as the Most Admired Company in the Health Care: Medical Facilities category!   Consider a career with Kindred - it's rewarding on many levels...We are currently recruiting for an experienced Clnicial Nurse Specialist at our Flamingo Hospital! 
 
The Clinical Nurse Specialist functions as a practitioner, coordinator, consultant, educator, and researcher within the nursing specialty areas.  Will also be a member of the Kindred Hospital/Hospital Division patient care services team.
 

Directs, guides, provides and/or evaluates direct and indirect care to acute and outpatient oncology patients and families by utilizing physical and psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation techniques based on research and advanced oncology nursing knowledge.
Collaborates with the Education department to assess, conduct, and evaluate programs for staff development and competency determination from the oncology perspective. 

Serves as a preceptor, mentor, and facilitator of learning in LTAC nursing practice for Kindred Healthcare/Hospital Division Hospitals staff.  Serves as a resource to departmental, interdepartmental, administrative, and regional staff regarding nursing practice.

Facilitates through education, a patient, family's or community's decision-making process regarding the initiation, completion or revision of the comprehensive treatment or action plan. 

Coordinates care of selected complex patients utilizing resource availability, accessibility, quality and cost effectiveness. Acts as a resource to promote, maintain, restore, rehabilitate or provide nursing care to the patient, family, community and environment through individual counseling, facilitation of support groups, and/or through community education and Memorial Foundation activities.

Writes reviews and updates LTAC nursing policies & procedures within the standards and scope of practice defined by professional, institutional, and regulatory agency relations/standards.     Identifies recurrent problems and system deficiencies and participates in quality improvement processes in LTAC related departments as needed. 
Participates in patient care services activities and performs other duties as assigned. 
 
Benefits:
Kindred Healthcare offers an attractive benefits package for employment, including medical/dental insurance, life insurance, short-term disability, PTO, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and much more for full time and part time positions. Premium salaries commensurate with experience.

Contact Info:
Lori Mohrman, Sr. Recruiter, Lori.Mohrman[Click Here to Email Your Resumé] or apply directly to our website at:  www.kindredhealthcare.com.