Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare Career Opportunities

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare meets the special health-care needs of people — primarily children and teens — who have disabilities. Our mission is to help those we serve realize greater well-being, independence and enjoyment in life.

We combine medical, nursing, therapeutic, technical, psychosocial and other expertise in family-centered programs. We provide services at our clinics, in our hospital and throughout the region, in response to community needs and often in collaboration with other organizations. We seek to build community partnerships that help continue our mission and enhance care for people who have disabilities.

Treating people who have disabilities and complex medical conditions requires a team of experts. At Gillette, our doctors, surgeons, nurses, therapists, orthotists, psychologists, social workers and other specialists work together to care for patients. Throughout our centers for excellence, we offer leading-edge medical treatments tailored to the unique needs of each patient.

• Center for Cerebal Palsy
• Center for Craniofacial Services
• Center for Gait and Motion Analysis
• Center for Pediatric Neurosciences
• Center for Pediatric Orthopaedics
• Center for Pediatric Rehabilitation
• Center for Pediatric Rheumatology
• Center for Spina Bifida

At Gillette Children's Speciality Healthcare, we value the core philosophies of nursing and believe in providing opportunities for professional growth. In fact, we're pursuing formal status as a "magnet hospital" - one that attracts and retains nurses whose positions give them a high degree of professional and personal satisfaction - from the American Academy of Nursing.

A Satisfying Career

Whether you come to Gillette straight out of school or from another employer, we think you'll appreciate what we have to offer.

Our nurses say they joined the profession because they wanted meaningful work caring for others. "Anyone can learn to run a machine or administer a shot," says Cathy Johnson, R.N., a clinical educator. "Doing that with caring attention, however, is what nursing was meant to be."

Because our patients often have disabilities that require consistent follow-up care over the years, Gillette nurses get to know patients and their families. Within that relationship lies the opportunity to make a difference to patients - by recognizing subtle physical or emotional signs, easing pain, applying specialized medical knowledge, and communicating complex information in an easy-to-understand way.

Professional Development

At Gillette, we identified four keys to building an environment of growth and fulfillment for nurses:

• Peer support
• Professional development
• Autonomy and flexible scheduling
• A voice in care decisions

We also found that nurses consider professional support from their employers to be as important as opportunities for technical development.

To provide peer support, we sponsor informal discussion groups that let nurses reflect and share experiences in small groups. Off-site retreats enable nurses from various departments to meet one another, rejuvenate their enthusiasm and share the intangible benefits of their jobs. "These sessions not only advance my professional knowledge, but also provide opportunities to grow personally," says Stephanie Lurken, R.N., a change nurse. "They're also great ways of receiving support from peers, especially after challenging or emotionally taxing situations."

To offer opportunities for professional development, our registered nurses designed a program that recognizes exemplary nursing practices in patient care, leadership, professionalism, research and education.

• Professional Level 1 - rewards nurses who demonstrate the essential elements of skilled nursing
• Professional Level 2 - rewards nurses who develop expertise in specific clinical areas and who serve as resources and role models for others
• Professional Level 3 - rewards nurses who hold leadership positions in addition to their clinical responsibilities

The program increases nurses' salaries if they take on leadership responsibilities, earn specialty certifications and continue their education.

To help foster a sense of autonomy and flexibility at work, nurses at Gillette help discern patient needs and develop appropriate work schedules. "It's nice to have input - especially from the front-line nurses - when we project staffing needs," says Lurken.

Our nurses also share a voice in care decisions by working closely with other professionals to plan and deliver care. Together, we address the physical, psychosocial, socio-cultural, developmental and spiritual needs of each patient.

A SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
Effective January 1, 2007
Most benefits are available for regular-status employees working at least 40 hrs/pay period (pay periods are every two weeks).

PAID TIME OFF
PTO is a combination of vacation, holiday and sick time. The amount of paid time off (PTO) you earn each year is determined by the number of hours you work.

HEALTH COVERAGE
Gillette employees may enroll in HealthPartners Open Access plan.

DENTAL COVERAGE
Dental coverage through Delta Dental is available for employees and their families.

VISION COVERAGE
Employees with or without Gillette health insurance can elect voluntary vision benefits – including eye exams, frames, and lenses.

DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare provides the same medical, dental and vision benefits to registered same-sex domestic partners of benefit-eligible employees as it does to legal spouses of employees.

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS
Two accounts are available that allow you to pay for eligible health care and dependent care expenses on a before-tax basis.

LIFE INSURANCE
Your life insurance benefit is one times your annual salary rounded to the nearest thousand with a maximum benefit of $100,000.

OPTIONAL TERM LIFE INSURANCE
Optional insurance to cover you, your spouse, and/or your dependents is available to you.

SHORT-TERM DISABILITY
Pays up to 60 percent of your gross monthly salary after 30 days of disability through the 90th day of disability.

OPTIONAL SHORT-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
Employees may purchase additional short-term disability insurance.

LONG-TERM DISABILITY
Pays 60 percent of your gross monthly salary, up to $7,500 per month until age 70.

MALPRACTICE INSURANCE
Gillette Children’s provides liability insurance up to $1,000,000 per occurrence with an annual maximum of up to $5,000,000.

RETIREMENT PLAN
Gillette contributes 3.29 percent of your compensation to the retirement plan and matches 100 percent of your contribution – up to 2 percent of your compensation – if you are a regular status employee and have completed a year of service in which you worked at least 1,000 hours.

529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN
Investment earnings on contributions are exempt from federal and state taxes if used for qualified higher education expenses.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Employee Assistance Program offers confidential, short-term counseling 24 hours a day, by phone or face-to-face.

CONTINUING EDUCATION
After completing six months of service, receive 100 percent of the cost of books and tuition for courses that are a part of a degree or certificate program from an accredited college or university, not to exceed $2,500 in a calendar year.

COMPUTER LOAN
After completing one year of service, employees may apply for a two-year computer loan for a new home computer.

ADOPTION REIMBURSEMENT
Provides financial reimbursement up to a maximum of $2,400.00 to employees who adopt children.

BUS PASSES
Gillette offers bus passes to employees, free of charge, if they are licensed drivers giving up a parking space.

MERSC (Minnesota Employers Recreation and Services Council)
Employees and their immediate family members are eligible for MERSC discounts on products and services. To get complete information on MERSC discounts, go to www.mersc.org.

For the convenience of patients, we offer many of our services at multiple locations throughout the metro area.

St. Paul (Main) Campus



Gillette's main campus in St. Paul, Minn., includes a 60-bed hospital with five specialized inpatient units, including one for adult patients. It also houses our largest outpatient clinic, which serves thousands of patients each year. A complete array of our medical specialities and services is available at this location.

Burnsville



The Burnsville Clinic is Gillette's newest and second-largest outpatient facility and therapy center. We have specialists in craniofacial services, neurology, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric orthopaedics, psychiatry, pediatric rehabilitation medicine and sleep medicine. For children and teens with cerebal palsy and other conditions, our Burnsville Clinic offers casting and assistive-technology services, spasticity evaluations, rehabilitation therapy and psychological counseling.

Minnetonka



Gillette's Minnetonka Clinic offers services in assistive technology, casting, neurodevelopmental pediatrics, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric orthopaedics, pediatric rehabilitation medicine, and rehabilitation therapies.

St. Paul - Phalen



Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare treats people 16 and older who have cerebal palsy, neuromuscular conditions, spina bifida and post-polio symptoms. We offer assistive technology services, rehabilitation therapies, chronic pain assessments and treatments, social work, and counseling.

Duluth



Gillette's Duluth Clinic includes pediatric rehabilitation medicine physicians, orthotists, family-practice nurse practitioners, and registered nurses. We offer outpatient and assistive-technology services.