EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding position, then come join us at UK Children's Hospital, the first and only children's hospital in the Bluegrass. We can offer you an excellent salary and benefits package, continuing education and a work environment that surpasses all others. To search the UK database for positions, go to the UK Jobs page. To search for a nursing position, go to the Nursing Opportunities page. NURSING Children in need of nursing expertise and quality medical care can find it here. We serve the child from infancy through early adulthood with a unified team approach based on a family-centered care philosophy. REGISTERED NURSES Opportunities are available to work with: Children in pediatric critical care Infants, toddlers and preschoolers Neonates School-age children, adolescents and children with cancer A specialized training program that is individualized to the experience level of each nurse is provided. Nurses who are hired to work in neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive are, pediatric hematology/oncology, pediatric ECMO or neonatal transport receive additional intensive education and training. NURSING STUDENTS Nursing students who have completed their fundamental course, a clinical rotation or who have certification as a nursing care technician are hired to work in the UK Children's Hospital. A Summer Nursing Apprentice Program (SNAP) is available for students the summer before their senior year. NURSING CARE TECHNICIANS Certified nursing care technicians are hired to work in the UK Children's Hospital to assist the registered nurse in the care of patients. It takes a special person to be a nurse at UK Children's Hospital. Whether our nurses are providing direct patient care or participating in one of the many support or administrative roles, they want to make a difference in the lives of others. It is the goal of nursing in the UK Children's Hospital to give compassionate, caring and expert care. The family is the most important structure in the life of the child. It is the role of the nurse to promote optimum family functioning. Family-centered care provides the structure for planning the best way to assist each child and family. Parents are encouraged to stay with their child and participate, to the best of their ability, in their child's care. Information about health care and child development are incorporated into each child's plan of care, and strategies are planned for the most effective and efficient way to facilitate learning by the child and family. Nursing works with a variety of services to provide coordinated, comprehensive and highly technical care. Our nurses also participate in clinical research projects and studies. WHAT MAKES UK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NURSES UNIQUE? The Children's Hospital nurses only work in the Children's Hospital. A specialized training program that is individualized to the experience level of each nurse is provided. Nurses who care for highly specialized pediatric patients receive additional intensive education and training. All UK Children's Hospital nurses wear locator badges so that their patients can call directly for them at any location in the Children's Hospital. For more information contact: Department of Nurse Recruitment: (800) 233-5851 University of Kentucky Hospital 800 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40536-0293 Equal Opportunity Employer

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