Careers at Holy Cross Hospital
A Wide Range of Career Choices
As
one of the largest
hospitals in Maryland, we offer an unusually
broad range of career choices with schedules that include full-time,
part-time, PRN and temporary positions.
Hiring Areas in Health Care
and Health Care Support:
- Accounting/finance
- Administrative services
- Allied Health
- Dietitians
- Laboratory services technologists
- Occupational/physical therapists
- Imaging technologists
- Respiratory therapists
- Pharmacists
- Physician assistants
- Social workers
- Facility services
- Food and nutrition services
- Health care/business management
- Information technology
- Medical records/coding
- Nursing
- Acute
care
- Case management
- Educators
- Home care & hospice
- Nursing leadership
- Patient registration
- And many more
Clinical Units
Ambulatory Care Center (ACC)
The Ambulatory Care Center provides outpatient services including
Acupuncture, Wound Center, Laser Eye Service, Manometry, and those
involving our Incontinence Clinic.
Ambulatory Surgery Department (ASD)
The ASD is a 29-bed outpatient unit within Surgical Services, which
provides pre- and post-procedure care for adult and geriatric patients
undergoing surgical, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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Cancer Research Program
Work with individuals who are at risk for cancer or diagnosed with
cancer, and who are participating in research studies that involve
early detection, diagnosis, treatment of cancer, symptom management
and/or quality of life.
Case Management (CM)
Embrace responsibilities that advance the effectiveness and impact of utilization
review, case coordination, concurrent documentation improvement and discharge
planning.
Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
The CCU Unit is a 12-bed critical care unit caring for patients presenting
with potentially life-threatening cardiac events.
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Coronary Intermediate Care Unit (CIC)
The CIC is a 29-bed primarily medical post-cardiac
care (“telemetry”)
unit providing intensive nursing and medical care for patients who
exceed the expertise and/or reasonable allowance of a general medical/surgical
patient care unit and do not meet admission criteria to the ICU,
CCU or IMC.
Dialysis
The Dialysis Unit includes chronic outpatient hemodialysis, acute
hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis for those patients with end
stage renal disease.
Endoscopy
The Endoscopy Unit is a three-suite unit responsible for procedures
such as colonoscopies, ERCPs, bronchoscopies and much more.
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Emergency Center
Ours is designated as a Level II Emergency Center (EC) with an annual
patient volume of approximately 73,000 visits. Caregivers provide
immediate treatment and stabilization of any patient who presents
for care.
General Medicine – 5
General Medicine – 5 is a 30-bed unit
that provides continuous care with primary focus on patients with
a medical diagnosis.
General Medicine – 6
General Medicine - 6 is a 28-bed unit that provides continuous care
with primary focus on patients with a medical diagnosis.
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General Surgical Unit
The General Surgical Unit is a 31-bed unit serving patients (age 18
and over) with general surgical procedures.
High Risk Perinatal Center (HRPC)
The HRPC is a 20-bed unit that provides full spectrum, high-quality
obstetrical care for women with low and high-risk pregnancies requiring
inpatient hospital care related to an obstetrical complication.
Holy Cross Hospital Health Center
The Holy Cross Hospital Health Center is a primary care medical center
providing affordably priced health care services to uninsured adults
at least 18 years of age in Silver Spring and the surrounding areas.
This state-of-the-art center is a collaborative effort between Holy
Cross Hospital and Montgomery College and is located in downtown
Silver Spring at 7987 Georgia Avenue.
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Home Care and Hospice
The Holy Cross Hospital Home Care and Hospital Agency provides skilled
nursing and physical, occupational and speech therapy. Medical social
work and home health aide services also are available for patients
who need follow-up care after a hospitalization or for patients who
can be treated at home in lieu of hospitalization. In-home hospice
care offers end-of-life care for patients with a life expectancy
of less than six months.
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
The ICU is a 14-bed mixed medical/surgical unit caring for patients
who present with potentially life-threatening medical conditions.
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Intermediate Care Unit (IMC)
The IMC Unit is a 27-bed mixed medical/surgical unit care for patients
presenting with potentially non life-threatening medical conditions.
Joint Center and Spine Center—Opening
October 2007
A new specialty unit designed for spine and total joint replacement
patients featuring:
- 14 private rooms
- Patient education room
- Physical therapy activity room
- Multidisciplinary environment
- Internship Program - Specialty training
in joint and spine nursing including pre-operative preparation
- Surgical
process, pre-operative management and discharge program
- Continuing
education and training programs
Labor and Delivery (L&D)
The Labor and Delivery Unit includes 24-LDRs, an eight-bed triage
and six-bay post procedure recovery area as well as three obstetrical
ORs. It provides care to the laboring patient, from the initial triage
and/or admission phase through labor, delivery and the immediate
post partum period.
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Maternity Suites
The Maternity Suites Unit is a 68-bed nursing unit providing care
for postpartum mothers and well newborns.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The NICU is a 46-bed Level IIIB nursing unit that provides care to
neonates with special medical needs.
OB/GYN Clinic
An outpatient clinic that provides prenatal, obstetric and gynecologic
services to uninsured women.
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Oncology
The Oncology Unit is a 17-bed inpatient
unit that provides care for patients admitted with a medical or surgical
oncology diagnosis.
Operating Room (OR)
A 16-room operating suite providing multi-specialty procedures
for patients ranging from pediatric to older adult.
Ortho-Neuro Surgical Unit
The Ortho-Neuro Surgical Unit is a 30-bed unit
that serves a variety of adult and geriatric patients, with an emphasis
on total joint replacement.
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Outpatient Infusion Center
An outpatient unit that provides care for patients requiring infusion
services such as blood products, chemotherapy, biotherapies, immunotherapies,
as well as antibiotic therapy.
Pain Management
The Pain Management Center is a professional medical practice unit dedicated
to the effective treatment and management of pain.
Pediatrics
The Pediatric Center is a nursing unit serving inpatient and outpatient
medical and surgical pediatric patients.
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Perinatal Diagnostic Center (PDC)
The Perinatal Diagnostic Center provides medical imaging and perinatal
consultative services to inpatient and outpatient high-risk obstetrical
patients.
Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
The PACU provides observation and intervention for
inpatients and outpatients during post anesthesia Phase I. The primary purpose
of this critical care unit is to ensure that patients are safely reacted
from the anesthetic agents received during surgery/procedures. PACU staff
provides transitional care until patients are ready to be transferred to
other care units.
Post Procedure Recovery (PPR)
The PPR Unit provides pre and post procedure care for cardiac
catheterization and intervention radiology patients, as well as post
procedure care for inpatients undergoing endoscopy and radiology procedures.
Pre-Admission Testing (PAT)
Our Pre-Admission Testing area prepares patients who are
scheduled for procedures/surgery (both same-day surgery patients
as well as those to be admitted as inpatients).
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Private Home Services
(PHS)
Private Home Services provides personal
care and sitter/companion services to patients in the comfort of
their homes or facilities as their temporary or permanent place of
residence.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
A 16-bed intensive care unit providing care of patients with
potentially life-threatening surgical conditions.
Women’s Surgical Unit
A nursing unit serving inpatient and outpatient female surgical patients.
EOE, M/F/D/V. We perform pre-employment drug/alcohol screening.
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