Nursing Specialty Units

Nurses at St. Francis Hospital can choose to concentrate their practice in any of the following nursing specialties:

Medical/Surgical/Telemetry

• Kellenberg 1
• Kellenberg 2
• 1 East
• 1 West
• 2 East
• 2 West
• FP2

Intermediate Care Unit

• 3 East

Critical Care

• Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
• Medical Intensive Care Unit 2
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Emergency Department

Perioperative Services

• Pre Admission Testing
• Heart Center Operating Rooms (6)
• Operating Rooms (14)
• Post Anesthesia Care Unit
• Endoscopy Suite

Nursing Administration

• Patient Experience
• Palliative Care

Diagnostic Services

• Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
• Radiology
• Cardiac Imaging
• Electrophysiology

Outpatient Services

• South Bay Cardiovascular
• Infusion unit
• Women’s Health Center
• Cardiac Rehabilitation and Fitness
• Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics (CACT)
• Research

Clinical Documentation

Care Management

Performance Improvement

Nursing Education

At St. Francis Hospital, our goal is to provide our nurses with many exciting opportunities to develop and enhance their careers. Our nurses can change their clinical focus to reflect their interest, experience and advanced nursing degree, all of which are facilitated by the Hospital’s generous tuition assistance benefits. In addition to the comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits package offered to all St. Francis Hospital employees, additional benefits available to our nurses include:

• Professional Development Program - Each nurse participates in this program. Our Professional Development Program rewards and recognizes nurses who have developed expertise in nursing practice, and who function as preceptors and mentors for novice colleagues. The path for clinical nursing experience follows the continuum of: Clinical Nurse I; Clinical Nurse II; Clinical Nurse III; and Clinical Nurse IV.
• Experience Differentials
• Education Differentials
• Float Differentials
• Relief Charge Nurse Differentials
• Loan Forgiveness
• Retention Benefit
• Certification Payment
• Preceptor Payment
• Free Uniforms

There is no place better than St. Francis Hopsital to start or continue your nursing career. Please contact our nurse recruiter at (516) 562-6893 to learn more about professional nursing opportunities at St. Francis and how you can make a difference in a patient’s life.