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Careers at Holy Cross Hospital
For Experienced Nurses

Holy Cross Hospital offers experienced nurses an unusually broad range of career choices as well as career growth and professional development opportunities.

Onsite Baccalaureate Degree Program
This program, affiliated with Marymount University, enables you to pursue your BSN without having to travel to a campus. All classes are conducted onsite at Holy Cross Hospital.

Onsite Master’s Degree Programs
These programs, affiliated with Marymount and Catholic Universities, enable you to pursue your master’s education from the area’s most esteemed institutions without having to travel to a campus. All classes are conducted onsite at Holy Cross Hospital.

Educational Programs

• Nurse Refresher Course
• Critical Care Nursing Course (including Emergency Center)
• Maternity Child Health Nursing Course

Annual RN Internal Career Day
An additional opportunity for our current employees to learn about other nursing specialties and take advantage of educational programs that will enable them to advance their career. This can be achieved within Holy Cross Hospital, while maintaining your earned seniority and eligible benefits.

Clinical Ladder
Holy Cross Hospital offers a clinical ladder program for nurses designed to reward and recognize excellence in clinical practice. The program recognizes and provides opportunities for professional growth, emphasizes teamwork, supports the utilization of evidence-based practice and enhances patient care.

Nurses are eligible for advancement if they work a minimum of 1040 hours annually, have satisfactorily completed a probationary period, receive a satisfactory rating on the last performance evaluation and receive manager endorsement. New graduates who are Registered Nurses are eligible for promotion after one year to a Registered Nurse I. All RNs with experience start as a Registered Nurse I. The sequential clinical ladder levels are:

• Registered Nurse I: All RNs with at least one year of experience.
• Registered Nurse II: 30 hours with a maximum of six contact hours. Requires an application process for promotion to a Registered Nurse II.
• Registered Nurse III: 50 hours with a maximum of 12 contact hours. Requires an application process for promotion to a Registered Nurse III.
• Registered Nurse IV: 70 hours with a maximum of 18 contact hours. Requires an application process for promotion to a Registered Nurse IV.

Self-development hours can be achieved through various activities. Each hour translates to one hour of self-development activity and each formal contact hour equals one hour. The applicant must describe in the professional portfolio the connection of self-development activities to clinical practice and how it influences patient outcomes. The applicant must reflect the principles of the Quality-Caring Model in her or his professional portfolio. A few examples of accepted professional activities include hospital committee participation, quality improvement initiatives, patient/family education development, clinical research or professional membership.

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