Director of Critical Care This order is a cover letter accompanying an extensive resume in application for the position of Director of Nursing III, Critical Care, Full Time. The resume sets forth comprehensive and detailed qualifications while the cover letter uses the opportunity to speak pointedly about the candidate's exceptional capabilities for the position. Highlighting a career marked by excellent patient care during a 20-year Nursing career the candidate readily led, collaborated or followed as needed in an unflinching commitment to excellent patient care. Showing both specifically-suited familiarity and skills for the system to which the candidate is applying, the cover letter also speaks to the candidate's nationally-valued capabilities in administrative, collaborative and liaison roles that ideally suit the candidate for a directorship in critical care. In closing, the candidate welcomes further discussion and gives an open-ended offer of any further information/documentation required.
Director of Critical Care
Mr./Ms. X, Chief Nursing Officer
Adventist Midwest Health System
120 North Oak Street, Hinsdale, IL 60521
RE: DIRECTOR OF NURSING III, Critical Care, Full Time (Job Number: 118447)
Dear Mr. / Ms. X:
My annexed resume is submitted for the position of "Director of Nursing III, Critical Care, Full Time, Job Number 118447." While the resume details my extensive qualifications, I appreciate this opportunity to speak pointedly about my exceptional capabilities for this position. Excellent patient care is the hallmark of my 20-year Nursing career and with or without the title of "Director," I have readily led, collaborated or followed as needed in my unflinching commitment to that ideal. As a result, in addition to the customary minimal qualifications, I possess a depth and breadth of outstanding skills that make me an exemplary candidate and I welcome 24-hour accountability to achieve system-wide excellence.
I am specifically well-suited to an executive role in the Adventist Midwest Health System, having actively promoted Adventist's holistic approach to healthcare and life throughout my career. A permanent resident of Illinois, I received my BSN in Illinois, obtained my Illinois Nursing license in 1991 and have continually maintained my license to this day. Nearly my entire Nursing career has been concentrated in Illinois and I have been employed by the Adventist Midwest Health System for nearly 2 years as staff nurse in ICU/CICU/ER at Adventist LaGrange Hospital, which is known for both its high-tech proficiencies and personal patient approach. In addition, as a charge nurse in an acute care setting, I am accustomed to quickly adapting and making decisions under pressure. Consequently, while obtaining my Masters in Nursing, I am already proficient in maintaining Adventist's healthcare systems, safety policies and procedures, as well as complying with such governmental health care regulations as JCAHO, OSHA and IDPH.
I am also well-qualified to direct critical care in generally accepted American healthcare systems, with national certifications in CPR, ACLS, TNCC, PALS, PEDS, ONC, PICU, CICU, MICU, SICU, ER, INS, PICC, Midline, Chemotherapy, Home Health High-Tech Infusion, JCAHO, Medicare, and Medicaid, and am necessarily proficient in the use of various medical instruments, machines, tools and equipment. Furthermore, the goals of lowering costs, raising productivity levels and developing programs/processes to improve the speed and quality of healthcare are deeply ingrained in my personal practice method. In addition to my detailed career-long achievements in those areas, I am familiar with the nationally-accepted Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and am eager to implement FMEA to accomplish those objectives by proactively assessing risks and potential system failures while creating and refining superior practice systems.
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