The first goal : Johns Hopkins Hospital.

International nurse

Johns Hopkins Nursing encourages nurses from countries other than the U.S. to pursue opportunities here, and we welcome their distinctive and diverse skills and experience. Because there are unique considerations for our international nursing candidates, Hopkins Nursing has developed well-established pathways to ease the pursuit of your goals. Already, we’ve helped hundreds of international nurses to join the Hopkins team.


Application ; Eligibility

The application process takes about a year and a half—from the filing of the I-140, through the visa process, to arriving in Baltimore.

Hopkins will consider international nurses for sponsorship only if they have:

CGFNS certification or United States RN licensure Minimum of 3 years current acute tertiary hospital experience prior to arrival in U.S. to commence work. Tertiary hospital setting must be at least 150 bed capacity. Good command of the English language. Proof is score of 50 (Test of Spoken English) or IELTS overall board score of 7.0 and speaking module score of 7.0. Interviewer completes face-to-face or phone interview assessment of verbal English skills. Applicant must be able to comprehend the questions and able to express ideas clearly. Graduate of an accredited nursing school with a proven track record. BSN required (case by case exception). Three letters of reference from immediate supervisors with a rating of 'meet or 'exceed' job performance. This must come from a nursing supervisor, not physicians, unless physician is considered the applicant's supervisor. Medical and Surgical Skill or critical care checklist rated 3 or 4 -- scale of 1 (low) to 4 (high).

Benefits.

Johns Hopkins Nursing can offer you a professional anchor that opens doors to fascinating opportunities and rewarding relationships. Throughout the world, the Hopkins name symbolizes excellence. As a Hopkins nurse, your colleagues at hospitals everywhere will know you are superbly skilled. And as you continue to chart your career course here, you will be in the right position to take on whatever roles you seek.

Still, as you scout out the hard-and-fast details of our compensation package, do not be surprised if your attraction to Hopkins extends much deeper—it is that elusive effect we can only call the Hopkins Benefit. From pay scales to benefits to opportunities for educational advancement, the rewards of being a Hopkins nurse are concrete and measurable.

1. Career and Professional Development

Focus on your professional dreams and watch them become a reality at Hopkins. You name your goals. We will help you get there.

• Unit-Based Committees
  Unit-based nursing committees not only form the basis for shared governance here, they help you take the lead on such issues as peer review, patient safety, education, performance improvement, evidence-based practice and more. All over this complex medical center, nurses are creating innovative techniques that can ease patients’ stays in the hospital and improve the quality of their lives. Your ideas matter-and we are listening.
  
  
• Clinical Advancement Program (PACE)
  You have made it through our extensive orientations; you are feeling great about what you have already achieved. So how do you gain the next foothold in the complex environment that is Hopkins? With our Professional Accountability and Clinical Excellence program, we have created a clear, five-level advancement ladder for bedside nurses. PACE defines structured salary increases to recognize and reward the combination of experience and competencies that allow you to take on increasing clinical responsibility.
  
  
• Advanced Certification
  Certification is one of the best ways you can demonstrate your advanced knowledge and skill. As a Magnet organization, we encourage and support you in achieving any credentials that are offered in your area of specialization, and we reimburse you upon successful completion of your certification exam.
  
  
• Research Possibilities
  The excitement of discovery and medical innovation is a prime animating force at Johns Hopkins. Here, nurses practice in an environment that nurtures their research and academic mindset, an environment where new ideas about approaches to patient care are always welcome. It is part of our mission to help both individual nurses and groups of nurses improve patient care by not only using existing research findings but by conducting their own research and outcomes measurement. Our Fellowship in Outcomes Management, for example, provides financial support so two nurses each year can devote 16 hours per week for six months to develop outcomes management skills.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance
  On every unit, in every specialty, you will find RNs here taking advantage of our tuition assistance to advance their practice or move it in an entirely new direction. We welcome—and support—your ambition.
  
  
• Global Opportunities
  Whether it is volunteering at a neighborhood health center, accepting a teaching stint in China, or joining a medical relief mission to Louisiana or Banda Aceh, Hopkins nurses regularly take their expertise on the road. One of the most gratifying experiences at Hopkins, say those who have heeded the call for help when natural disasters strike, is the number of colleagues who step forward to cover while they are away.
  
  Now, Hopkins Office of Global Nursing is identifying even more ways for us to share our knowledge worldwide. As part of the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing-a cooperative partnership between the hospital’s Department of Nursing and the School of Nursing-the newly created office is working to strengthen Hopkins’ international presence in nursing education, research, practice and service.

2. Collaboration & Teamwork

Nurses thrive at Johns Hopkins because our autonomy is both respected and expected. Every unit is unique, governed not only by the complex needs of its patient population and even its geography, but by the nurses who work there and decide together on its policies, procedures and new directions.

What makes Hopkins such a fulfilling place to build your career is finding that each individual unit speaks the common language that forms this entire health care enterprise: patient care, teaching and research. Many of our best practices originate with a single nurse, like-minded colleagues and collaboration to see their concept through.

3. Education

At Hopkins, you will find that seeking and applying new knowledge is part of the very air that we breathe. From the moment you set foot on any of our units, you will grow under our legendary tenet of “learning by doing.”

Within the hospital, you can take full advantage of our ongoing in-service, continuing education and clinical advancement programs. If your goals include an advanced nursing degree, our tuition assistance benefit means you have no limits.

Continuing Education

Our general and targeted courses advance your expertise in clinical practice and prepare you for role advancement. Ranging from 12-lead EKG interpretation and ethics in critical care to nursing in the United States and the nuts and bolts of educational presentations, these classes are free for JHH nurses and include Maryland Nurses Association continuing education contact hours.

Clinical Advancement Program

Known as PACE—Professional Accountability and Clinical Excellence—this career-ladder blueprint helps you target your next move and gain the knowledge you need to get there.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Right across the street from the Johns Hopkins Hospital is one of the nation’s premier nursing schools, allowing RNs to conveniently use their tuition reimbursement benefits and realize their most ambitious academic aspirations. Programs include:

BSN for current RNs Accelerated BSN Combined BS / MSN Master’s and PhD options and combinations

4. Flexibility & Life Style

At Hopkins, your possibilities are endless. We do far more than simply offer you the flexibility for which nursing is famous--we offer wide-open job choices, thorough orientations and unit-specific training. And that is just the beginning.

Want more education? We will help you get going and pay your way. And we will be there to celebrate your achievements with you.

Need hours that let you juggle family responsibilities, volunteering, time to recharge your batteries? Thanks to a user-friendly, self-scheduling program called Nightingale, you name your preferences electronically—even from home—then pick the open shifts that suit you.

5. Hopkins Achievement

We Are Magnetic In 2003, Johns Hopkins became the first health care organization in Maryland to achieve the Magnet Recognition Program designation for excellence in nursing practice. In 2008, Magnet Recognition was awarded again. From our beginnings more than 125 years ago, Hopkins nurses have stood in the forefront of the profession. Our first superintendent of nurses, Isabel Hampton, helped launch the American Nurses Association, then served as its first president. Adelaide Nutting, her successor, helped create the American Journal of Nursing. We like to think that these visionaries, who worked so tirelessly to set national standards and elevate nursing’s status, would be as proud as we are of our Magnet designation. The highest honor bestowed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Magnet status affirms the depth and breadth of Hopkins Nursing--our evidence-based practice, our interdisciplinary collaboration and participatory decision-making, and our spirit of innovation and excellence.

America's "Best" Hospital The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again — for the 18th consecutive time — earned the top spot in U.S.News & World Report’s annual rankings of American hospitals, placing first in three medical specialties and very high in 12 others. Our nurse staffing and certification as a Magnet facility are among the factors that place us in the forefront of this elite group, along with such measures as severity of illnesses treated, use of key technologies, patient and community services, commitment to research and use of advanced treatment guidelines.

Children's Center#4 in Pediatric Facilities The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is consistently voted among the top children’s hospitals in the nation. The hospital was ranked No. 4 in the magazine’s annual rankings of American children’s hospitals in 2008. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Johns Hopkins Hospital number one in the nation for 17 years in a row. Hopkins Children’s is on track to advance its national ranking when the new children’s hospital opens its doors in early 2011. Without a doubt, this honor is due to the hard work and dedication of the Children’s Center’s extraordinary nurses, faculty, trainees and staff. Every day, they are fulfilling our commitment to patient care and safety, diversity, innovation and the education of new generations of physicians. As we see the construction progress on the site of the new children’s tower, we can only look forward to greater achievements and recognition in the future. All of the children’s hospitals on the magazine’s list are superb, and we are privileged to be in their esteemed company. For now, we congratulate our colleagues at these fine facilities and, again, want to thank our incredible faculty and staff at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Consumer’s Choice It is not only a superb national and international reputation that counts. What people in your own backyard think also speaks volumes, and for 12 straight years, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has received the Consumer Choice Award for the Baltimore region from the National Research Corporation. NRC, a firm specializing in health care performance measurement, annually honors the hospitals that local consumers rate as having the best quality and image, based on a survey of more than 200,000 households in 48 States and the District of Columbia. Hopkins was one of only a few hospitals nationwide to earn top-choice status in a multimarket region.

A Great Place to Work As Baltimore magazine noted in its July 2007 issue on the area’s best employers, "While there are plenty of great things about working in education or health care, there’s no doubt that global name recognition ranks right up there." Yes, the editors liked that, but they also pointed out what we have known all along: We get to work with "really, really smart people" and enjoy "solid benefits, a sweet tuition offer, plus the prestige of working for a well-respected institution."

AARP Featured Employer The Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHSC), have collaborated with Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (AARP). Hopkins joined with AARP in this program because we recognize that older workers make up a very important part of the workforce. We want to hire older workers who continue to bring leadership, experience and skills to their jobs.

6. History

Over a century ago, the Quaker merchant Johns Hopkins did more than provide in his will for the construction of a university and a hospital. He provided a vision for the first-of-its-kind, university-based health care center, one with a vital new aim — to create a learning, training and caring environment. He also directed that a nursing school be established as part of the institution.

For some 125 years the role of nursing has gone hand in hand with the Johns Hopkins mission to create a model for patient care in America. Our mission is not to simply practice nursing but to transform it.

Hopkins Nurses are Leaders

Since 1889 when its doors first opened, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has been recognized worldwide for its leadership in all areas of health care. The first president of the American Nurses' Association was a Hopkins nurse, and Hopkins nurses were instrumental in founding both The American Journal of Nursing and the Superintendent's Society, the forerunner of the National League for Nursing.

In an environment in which innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration are the norm, Hopkins remains today an acknowledged leader in the fields of nursing practice, research and education.

Notable Dates:

1889 The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing open.

1890 First hospital to institute the use rubber surgical gloves, inspired by nurse Caroline Hampton.

1893 The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine opens. Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses are founded by Isabel Hampton, M. Adelaide Nutting, and Lavinia Dock.

1895 Nutting proposes longer training and shorter workdays for nurses to the Hopkins Hospital trustees.

1907 Nutting helps to launch the American Journal of Nursing. Nutting is appointed professor at Columbia University; she was the first nurse to occupy a chair on a university staff.

1916 The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health opens.

1917 Fifty-three Hopkins nurses staff The Johns Hopkins Hospital Unit, a 1300-bed facility in war-torn France.

1935 Students' work hours are shortened to allow more time for study, paving the way for students to become degree candidates.

1942 Inspired by the nurses of 1917, Hopkins nurses leave for the Pacific within months of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

1950 Anna D. Wolf, Director from 1940-1955, forges new links with the University, making major inroads for nurses training toward University affiliation.

1973 Decentralized management system is adopted by the Hospital.

1981 Professional Practice Model concepts of shared governance is implemented on selected nursing units.

1984 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing opens.

1987 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing establishes its Master's Degree Program.

1988 Nursing Research Program is initiated at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

1990 Clinical Advancement program is implemented to reward and recognize expert clinical practice. The Center for Nursing Research is established at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

1993 First Doctoral students are admitted to the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

1995 The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is formed through a joint venture between The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Hospital University School of Nursing.

2003 The Johns Hopkins Hospital is awarded the first ANCC Magnet designation in Maryland.

2004 The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing received the Sigma Theta Tau International Pinnacle Award for the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines.

7. Tuition support

• Work 40 hours/week and receive a maximum of $10,000 per academic year. For more information about this unique benefit, please see our online Human Resources policy for Tuition Assistance.

• A special tuition loan program is available through the Johns Hopkins Federal Credit Union for our employees who are enrolled in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The loan is interest free for the student and covers each semester’s tuition (some restrictions apply). The School of Nursing covers loan interest while eligible students are enrolled. When employees are reimbursed at semester’s end by the Hospital, they will use the proceeds to pay off the loan.

7. Salary & Benefits.

• Full-time and night-shift bonus Medical and dental insurance Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Long-term care insurance Professional liability insurance Paid time-off plans plus 7 paid holidays per year Retirement plan/tax-deferred annuities (403b) On-site garages, discounted parking for eligible RNs MTA pre-tax transit program Pre-tax health and dependent care spending accounts

  
  

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