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Explore nursing careers and job opportunities at Children's Wisconsin. At Children's Wisconsin, nurses have a passion for providing the best and safest care to patients and families.

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We offer part- and full-time positions, including 12-hour shifts, an internal float pool and weekend programs in a variety of care settings so that nurses can balance career objectives with personal and family needs. Weekend and night shift programs are available for bonuses. Part-time positions at a point five or higher are eligible for benefits.

From primary care to specialty care, Children's Wisconsin has opportunities in:

  • Hospital — acute care and critical care
  • Emergency Department and Trauma Center
  • Transport team
  • Primary care and ambulatory specialty clinics
  • Urgent care
  • Surgical services — operating room and outpatient surgery
  • Home and school-based community health programs
  • Research and quality improvement
  • Poison Center
  • Nursing leadership
  • Mental and behavioral health
  • Fox Valley Hospital and ambulatory specialty care

Children's Wisconsin also works with more than 30 colleges and universities to provide clinical practicum opportunities for student nurses.

We're a Leader in Pediatrics

About Our Nursing Team

Children's Wisconsin has received five consecutive Magnet® designations from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Our Milwaukee and Fox Valley hospitals, Surgicenter, specialty and primary care clinics, community and school-based nurses are recognized for excellence in nursing practice. More than 80% of our nurses have earned a bachelor's degree or higher in nursing, which is preferred. In partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin, more than 170 advanced practice nurses partner with physicians as members of the Children's Wisconsin care team.

On the forefront of pediatric medicine, Children's Wisconsin nurses are using new technologies and applying advanced treatment options. Focused on evidence-based care and outcomes, our nurses are setting care standards — not only adopting best practices but developing and sharing them too. The competence and expertise demonstrated by our nurses gives both comfort and confidence to patients and families. Here, nurses understand the importance of involving the patient along with family and other caregivers in the plan of care.

Professional Growth and Development

Your professional growth and development matter to us. We encourage continuing education, professional certifications and participation in nursing-research opportunities. Children’s Wisconsin has a shared-governance structure that allows nurses to participate in decision-making.

REACH (Recognizing Excellence, Expertise and Achievements at Children's Wisconsin) is the professional advancement program for nurses. REACH recognizes professional development, expertise and outcomes for individual practice, the unit/department and organization/community.

We also offer:

  • Education assistance and nursing scholarships
  • A comprehensive orientation program, including learning sessions at three, six and 12 months
  • A mentoring program

Roles

Below is a list of roles we are currently hiring for at Children’s Wisconsin. This does not include all roles as there are many more!

Help Kids Get the Care They Need, Close to Home

Children’s Wisconsin is looking for experienced pediatric nurses to help us deliver high quality care in locations that are convenient and accessible for Wisconsin families. As an ambulatory float nurse, you’ll travel to our clinics in Delafield, Fox Point, Greenfield, Kenosha and New Berlin.

Every day will be different, and you’ll make a difference to kids. Working one-on-one with Children’s Wisconsin specialty providers, you will provide primary nursing care, assist with on-site procedures and give patients and families the education and support they need for the healthiest outcome.

This position offers one-of-a-kind rewards, including the opportunity to:

  • Work with pediatric patients across metro Milwaukee
  • Grow and expand your skills in multiple specialties
  • Be part of a dynamic team with a collaborative approach to care
  • Enjoy a flexible schedule with daytime, weekday hours (no weekends or holidays) and minimum of four shifts per month, if available

How To Apply

Lead the Way to Better Health

If you’re a skilled nurse with strong leadership skills, we want to hear from you.

Working with medical directors, you’ll lead our community nursing program — which provides prevention, care and wellness services for children and families. A primary duty is to coordinate the continuum of care for case management, medical management and services for children covered by our community contracts.

It’s a golden opportunity to advance your career while strengthening the fabric of our community.

Put your leadership skills to work as you supervise a team of community nurses. Collaborate with leaders, peers, physicians, community members and families to improve services and impact health policy. And turn your vision for community health into better care — partnering with the region’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children.

Together, we can help make Wisconsin kids the healthiest in the nation.

Job Summary

The community nurse supervisor assumes a variety of duties, including the following:

  • Provides leadership in clinical practice, orientation, clinical education and professional development for health care staff at community contracted entities
  • Serves as clinical practice role model in the care of children and families, monitors practice standards and facilitates interventions based on quality improvement, competency and evaluation of data, evaluates clinical practice environment and quality of care
  • Shares accountability for development of clinical competencies in collaboration with staff and leadership team
  • Facilitates access, interpretation and use of clinical research to support evidence-based practice and improved patient and system outcomes
  • Develops and monitors unit operating and personnel budgets
  • Manages a variety of roles related to consultation and collaboration, professional development and administration (personnel, compliance, program standards and needs, coordination and reporting to program medical director)
  • Ensures timely clinical assessment and documentation for covered children

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) with professional knowledge and clinical expertise in family-centered care of infants, children and adolescents
  • Knowledge of child welfare service delivery and non-profit management at a level normally acquired through three years of progressively responsible experience in community or public health nursing
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to think critically
  • Current license to practice professional nursing in Wisconsin
  • Supervisory experience, with progressive management responsibility
  • Current CPR certification — Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers through American Heart or American Red Cross
  • Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, personal auto liability insurance coverage and the ability to be insured by the CHHS auto-insurance carrier
  • Experience in the out-of-home care field, public speaking and group facilitation (preferred)

How To Apply

Part-Time and Full-Time Nights

Caring for kids when every moment counts

If you’re a registered nurse with solid skills, a big heart and the capacity to care for kids when they need it most, Children’s Wisconsin has an exciting opportunity for you in our Emergency Department.

As a Children’s Wisconsin Emergency Department nurse, you can practice your specialty at the region’s only independent health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We’re a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center with highly specialized facilities, services and care for kids, and we see more than 60,000 emergency/trauma visits each year.

At Children’s Wisconsin, you’ll have the unique opportunity to:

  • Care for kids and support families during an emergency visit, and help them navigate the health system to access additional care or services they may need
  • Tackle diverse tasks — from triage to patient placement to trauma and primary care — and be involved in many aspects of the nursing process, including care management, discharge planning, teaching, consultation and research
  • Collaborate with highly skilled pediatric medical and nursing professionals as part of our team-centered approach
  • Work in a state-of-the-art environment where you can grow your knowledge and expand your professional options. Children’s Wisconsin supports emergency nurses by providing formal training in specific areas, such as Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and trauma care.

How To Apply